HURRICANE IDA

After witnessing how Hurricane Ida affected the mental health of her colleagues, Louisiana resident Kentrell Jones started a mindfulness program to help participants treat stress.

People who work in hurricane-affected areas often talk about the stress the long rebuilding process can take on people and the anxiety stirred up during hurricane season.

Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico helped Hurricane Ian gain strength. Rapidly intensifying major hurricanes are more likely as the Earth gets hotter.

Many hurricanes grow weaker as they approach land. But Hurricane Ian, like Hurricane Ida last year and a string of other recent hurricanes, did the opposite: Its top winds suddenly grew stronger as the storm neared Cuba, jumping from 65 miles (105 kilometers) per hour to 100 mph in less than a day. Meteorologists call that kind of dramatic shift “rapid intensification” -- and say that climate change appears to be making it more common.

Many hurricanes grow weaker as they approach land. But Hurricane Ian, like Hurricane Ida last year and a string of other recent hurricanes, did the opposite: Its top winds suddenly grew stronger as the storm neared Cuba, jumping from 65 miles (105 kilometers) per hour to 100 mph in less than a day. Meteorologists call that kind of dramatic shift “rapid intensification” -- and say that climate change appears to be making it more common.

Many hurricanes grow weaker as they approach land. But Hurricane Ian, like Hurricane Ida last year and a string of other recent hurricanes, did the opposite: Its top winds suddenly grew stronger as the storm neared Cuba, jumping from 65 miles (105 kilometers) per hour to 100 mph in less than a day. Meteorologists call that kind of dramatic shift “rapid intensification” -- and say that climate change appears to be making it more common.

Newsy catches up with a Louisiana resident who went through Hurricane Ida one year ago.

Global warming is producing more extreme weather.

Federal meteorologists say this hurricane season may not be quite as busy as they initially thought, but it should still be more active than normal.

Federal authorities say 1 million gallons of oil have been collected since April 2019 at the nation's longest oil spill iste, in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

Readers along the Mississippi River respond to suggestions that the West could import from that waterway.

Ten months after Hurricane Ida damaged a museum celebrating New Orleans' African American parading culture, the Backstreet Cultural Museum is reopening.

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse as Hurricane Ida approached last year was arrested on Wednesday.

Bob Dean is charged with multiple counts of cruelty persons with infirmities, Medicaid fraud and obstruction of justice after last year's fatal evacuation ahead of Hurricane Ida.

As another hurricane season gets started, many Native American residents in southeast Louisiana are still struggling to recover from last year's Hurricane Ida.

NOAA has announced that the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be more active than average for the seventh year in a row.

The Atlantic season has experienced a growing number of destructive, rapidly intensifying hurricanes over the past several decades.

Meteorologists are retiring the name Ida from the list of Atlantic hurricane names.

The hurricane season officially begins June 1 and ends November 30.

Many residents also suffered damage just last year when Hurricane Ida — a Category 4 hurricane — swept through the region.

Many residents also suffered damage just last year when Hurricane Ida — a Category 4 hurricane — swept through the region.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is allocating nearly $3 billion in disaster relief to cover recovery efforts by multiple state and local governments.

In the last five years, from 2017 through 2021, the total cost of these billion-dollar disasters has been $742 billion, according to NOAA.

In an on overview published ahead of its full report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that 2021 ranked the third costliest on record for such events.

Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer have helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters.

Global tally was 13% more than 2020's total of $150 billion, says the British charity Christian Aid. It blames climate change for the worsening trend.

Even an inch of rain, if it falls too quickly, can overwhelm a place.

That's 13 percent more than 2020's total of $150 billion, says the British charity Christian Aid. It blames climate change for the continuing trend.

Insurance companies operating in Louisiana will be charged at least $100 million to pay the claims of two failed property insurers who went belly up in Hurricane Ida’s aftermath. The Advocate reports that the board of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association — a state-sponsored safety net for policyholders -- voted for the first time since 2004 to charge insurers 1% of their net written premiums to help fill its coffers. The guaranty fund, known as LIGA, covers claims for policyholders whose insurers become insolvent.

There were 21 named storms in the Atlantic Ocean this year, including seven hurricanes.

With 21 named storms, this year’s Atlantic hurricane season was considered busy, but was not on par with the recording breaking 2020 hurricane season.

There were 21 named storms in the Atlantic Ocean this year, including seven hurricanes.

Hurricane Ida alone caused more than $60 billion in damages, making it one of the five most costly U.S. hurricanes on record since 1980. Forecasters ran out of names for a record second year in a row.

The season — which officially runs June 1 to Nov. 30 – had 21 named storms, seven hurricanes and four major hurricanes.

After Hurricane Ida, many residents are weighing the emotional, cultural, and financial costs of leaving the place they call home.

Crews are working to locate caskets and vaults after powerful winds and rains moved them from their original resting place.

Crews are working to locate caskets and vaults after powerful wind and rain moved them from their original resting place.

Keeping global warming well below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century is a goal of the Paris accord, but some nations are falling behind.

Keeping global warming well below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century is a goal of the Paris accord but some nations are falling behind.

A Louisiana task force is working to gather vaults and caskets disrupted from their burial sites by Hurricane Ida and rebury them.

Transit officials and experts say this summer’s storms were the latest reminders that more needs to be done to prepare the East Coast’s vital transit systems in the face of more extreme and unpredictable weather caused by climate change.

Days of rain showers and storms led to flooding in parts of the Southeast on Oct. 6.

The oil producer group should tap the flexible policy it loves so much.

The Treasury Department is looking at the impact of climate change on American households' finances, as well as how to address those risks.

Even as flooding linked to climate change intensifies, coastal homes are still fetching top dollar.

A month after Hurricane Ida, small communities along Louisiana’s southeastern coast are still without power or running water.

As recovery continues in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida slammed the Gulf Coast state, help is in region thanks to generous donations and support from a Houston-area business.

A combination of strong demand and weak supply is sending crude toward $80 a barrel. That won’t help those already worried about gas and electricity prices.

Volunteers have stepped up to offer meals and laundry services to linemen who are helping restore power.

There were 14 hurricanes in 2020, the busiest season since 2005. Here’s how they form and why climate change is making them more intense.

When severe weather strikes it can bring strong winds along with it. If you're not sure what to do when the wind picks up, check out this informative video.

Six former Treasury secretaries urged Congress and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to raise the U.S. debt ceiling or risk serious economic harm.

Smoke and flames shot up the side of the Superdome's roof after a pressure washer being used to clean the roof of the New Orleans arena caught fire.

Smoke and flames shot through the side of the Superdome's roof on Tuesday as crews worked to clean and prepare the New Orleans sports and entertainment arena for painting. The New Orleans Fire Department confirmed firefighters responded to flames on the building's roof shortly after 12:30 p.m. The fire appeared to be under control a short time later. New Orleans Emergency Management Services said on Twitter that they were transporting one person to the hospital for “minor burns.”

From clean energy incentives to green jobs training, here's what climate spending could pay for.

If you’re looking to move somewhere in the U.S. to ride out the climate apocalypse, bad news: The list is growing shorter.

If you’re looking to move somewhere in the U.S. to ride out the climate apocalypse, bad news: The list is growing shorter.

The steady fall in weekly applications for unemployment benefits coincides with a scaling-back of aid for jobless Americans.

Some 332,000 U.S. workers applied for unemployment last week as the Delta variant and hurricanes weighed on labor market.

Houston oil and gas companies are working to bring production in the Gulf of Mexico back online after a pair of storms hit the region.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID-19 infections may have slightly increased layoffs.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Depression Nicholas hovered over Louisiana on Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on a region struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida and swamping coastal Mississippi, Alabama a[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Forecasters said Nicholas would slow to a stall over central Louisiana through Thursday, with plenty of water still to dump, drenching the Gulf Coast as far as the western Florida Panhandle.

U.S. industrial production slowed to a 0.4% gain in August as shutdowns of petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants caused by Hurricane Ida curbed manufacturing activity.

Bands of heavy rain have been pummeling parts of the Alabama Gulf Coast and the Florida Panhandle.

The story behind a casket that floated away in Hurricane Ida's floodwaters and the neighbor who rescued it and vowed to rebury it.

Officials have raised Hurricane Ida's death toll in Louisiana to 26.

Fire crews from the Houston area are helping in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida.

Louisiana health officials are revoking the licenses of seven nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where residents died after Hurricane Ida amid conditions deemed squalid and unsafe.

The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters.

More than 400,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana still don’t have power nine days after Hurricane Ida.

Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and tornado damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida show the need to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure network.

Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the apparent source as one-foot diameter pipeline displaced from a trench on the ocean floor and broken open.

At KPRC 2, we’re dedicated to keeping Houstonians informed. As part of our Ask 2 series, the newsroom will answer your questions about all things Houston.

Officials in New Orleans say they will thoroughly inspect senior living apartments in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida after finding people living in buildings without working generators that trapped residents in wheelchairs in dark, sweltering upper floors.

President Joe Biden has approved major disaster declarations greenlighting federal aid for people six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Joe Sobol, owner of Big Easy Construction in New Orleans, has bad news for homeowners who’ve been calling about roofs damaged by Hurricane Ida.

Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and tornado damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida show the need to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure network.

When Hurricane Ida swept ashore, the town of Houma was the first major population center in its path.

Brande Duke’s cellphone is her lifeline to what’s left of her home in New Orleans.

As residents and businesses across New Jersey spent the holiday weekend trying to clean up damage from last week’s storm, rescue workers resumed the search for two friends whose car was caught up in the floodwaters.

The destruction left by the remnants of Hurricane Ida have officials and experts agreeing that infrastructure including roads, sewers and housing in New York and New Jersey must be quickly improved.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida.

A 16-year-old girl says she heard vehicles crashing all around the pickup truck where she and her mother were trapped after a highway collapsed in rural Mississippi.

Parishioners of a church outside New Orleans were surprised to find electricity had been restored overnight, allowing for an indoor service on Sunday.

President Joe Biden will visit all three 9/11 memorial sites to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and pay his respects to the nearly 3,000 people killed that day.

The dismal state of power in Hurricane Ida’s wake is a distressingly familiar scenario for Entergy Corp. Louisiana’s largest electrical utility has grappled with other widespread outages after numerous previous hurricanes.

Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the streets of a hardhit Louisiana neighborhood on Friday and told residents “I know you’re hurting."

Houston Texans Defensive Back, Justin Reid, said that the images of devastation caused by Hurricane Ida has been distressing on a personal level.

Police are going door to door and drawing up lists of the missing as the death toll edges higher from the catastrophic flooding set off in the Northeast by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Power should be restored to almost all of New Orleans by the middle of next week.

Hurricane Ida may bring temporary gas price volatility to many Texas drivers, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.

A couple who evacuated Louisiana because of Hurricane Ida have found themselves as the latest victims of catalytic converter theft in the Houston area.

Many people are asking why no one foretold of the deadly ramifications of Hurricane Ida's remnants in the Northeast, but some did.

A critical port that serves as the primary support hub for the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater offshore oil and gas industry sustained less damage from Hurricane Ida’s direct hit than initially feared and should be able to return to working operations “in the near future."

Federal and state agencies say they are responding to reports of oil and chemical spills resulting from Hurricane Ida following the publication of aerial photos by The Associated Press.

Meteorologists say natural and man-made forces made Ida deadly and devastating in the New York and New Jersey area even though the weakened storm made landfall more than 1,000 miles away.

Since Hurricane Ida, life in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish is a mix of frustration and a little adventure.