hurricane season

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It's that time of year here in the south, hurricane season! The first tropical depression of the 2014 season has been upgraded to a tropical storm, and it's a boy!

The sales tax holiday suspends the state sales tax on hurricane-preparedness items like batteries, portable generators and flashlights.

Colorado State forecasters Dr Gray and Dr Klotzbach have just released their 2014 Hurricane Forecast, and it looks like good news for us in Acadiana.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Thursday after Tropical Storm Karen formed in the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to come ashore over the weekend along the Gulf coast.

From KATC : WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal forecasters are slightly reducing their prediction for a busy Atlantic hurricane season.

The 2013 Hurricane season is just about here, and the names have just been released for the upcoming season. Here’s to hoping we never meet any of these people/storms.

Whether you watched “Jersey Shore” or not, I think we can all agree this is some serious storm damage. A roller coaster at Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, NJ, spotted this morning out in the ocean. “There has been billions of dollars in damage here, I could never have imagined it,” said Bill Akers, Seaside Heights mayor, this morning...

Here's the latest look at Hurricane Isaac from our media partners at KATC

As Hurricane Isaac continues to sweep across the state of Louisiana government officials on all levels are reminding citizens to take this storm serious. We have already received reports of people stranded in Plaquemines Parish as water breached the levee system due to the storm surge...

From  KATC TV3: Expect a continuation of tropical storm conditions today through Friday morning with sustained winds for most areas remaining in the 35-45mph range with occasional gusts to 55-60mph in squalls. A tornado threat could increase and continue today...

Sandbags will be available at the following locations:

From KATC : Reconnaissance Data indicates that Isaac is now a Hurricane. As of 11:20am winds are now 75mph. It is located at 28.1N and 88.6W or about 75 miles SSE of the mouth of the Mississippi River or about 160 miles SSE of New Orleans...

As we all keep our eyes peeled on Hurricane Isaac, here is the latest cone just released at 4pm. 08/26.        

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) — Hurricane watches have been posted from Morgan City to the Florida gulf coast as forecasters shift Tropical Storm Isaac’s predicted path further to the west. As of 11 a.m. Isaac was just north of Cuba, moving to the west-northwest at 18 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour...

Hurricanes cause all sorts of damage, but do you have any idea just how much?

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

Is there anything scarier than a hurricane at full force? Not if you’re in the middle of it filming the action.

The latest update on tropical storm Debby from the storm team 3 weather lab at KATC is that the storm has weakened, and is sitting over the northeastern gulf. Expect Debby to make landfall later this week over Florida.

Hurricanes are no laughing matter. The destructive storms can bring heavy rains, strong winds and tons of damage to both people and places. Brave newscasters are thrust into the field to report on how bad the winds are, how people should stay indoors and the latest damage attributed to the storm. At this point, hurricane reports have become something of a routine occurrence, but these reporters ar