hurricanes

We're in the middle of hurricane season, so we spend a lot of time listening to meteorologists geek out about storm systems and weather patterns. They get that excited, yet appropriately concerned, look in their eyes as they chatter on about tropical cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes. But are the systems they're talking about all the same thing, or is there a difference? And what about tornadoes?

The singer will be celebrating his 21st birthday this Sunday when the Saints have their season opener.

Despite recently weakening to a tropical storm, the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Isaac continue through Wednesday afternoon. The storm has dumped more than ten inches of rain across the area and left at least 725,000 homes without power ...

Congressman Charles Boustany and Congressman Jeff Landry both stopped by the KPEL studios today to talk about what they are seeing as they travel around the area to witness the effects of Hurricane Isaac. When Congressman Boustany talked about the federal government offering assistance, he said Congress will certainly weigh in after we see what the assessments look like...

As the worst of the storm nears our area, meteorologists have downgraded Isaac to a tropical storm.

The Governor urged voluntary evacuations in areas that are expected to be affected by Isaac.

The one-year anniversary of the land fall of Hurricane Irene will take place this weekend. The storm, which barreled up the East Coast, left an estimated 65 million people at risk, according to NOAA. After the storm had cleared, inland communities found themselves facing record-setting flooding ...

Representatives of multiple groups gathered to review their plan.

Everyone knows that the last two hurricane seasons have been pretty bad. But just how bad were they? Experts say that actually we had just gotten used to an unnaturally low level of hurricane activity, with relatively few major hurricanes hitting the East Coast over the last 30 years.

You think you know hurricanes? Well, be prepared to be schooled.

The beginning of June brings warm weather, new flowers and less joyfully, the start of hurricane season.

June 1st is a day for Louisiana to start preparing.

It's  the  official peak of the Hurricane Season. In an average year we can expect  10 named storms but this year we have already had 14.

Today is the first day of the 2011 hurricane season, and Governor Bobby Jindal is urging Louisianians to "Get a Game Plan."

Federal Climate Scientists say La Nina conditions that are responsible for active hurricanes are weakening.