Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gerald James Bordelon (February 19, 1962 – January 7, 2010) [1] was an American convicted murderer and sex offender who was executed in Louisiana for murder. Bordelon was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Courtney LeBlanc, his 12-year-old stepdaughter.
The increasingly conducive environment prompted the SPC to issue a tornado watch across southern Louisiana and Mississippi, valid from 7:55 a.m. CST (13:55 UTC) to 2:00 p.m. CST (21:00 UTC); forecasters assessed a 50% chance of two or more tornadoes in the watch box, but only a 20% chance of one or more strong (EF2+) tornadoes.
The May 1995 Louisiana flood, also known as the May 1995 Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi Flood, was a heavy rainfall event which occurred across an area stretching from the New Orleans metropolitan area into southern Mississippi. A storm total rainfall maximum of 27.5 inches (700 mm) was recorded near Necaise, Mississippi. [1]
In Zachary, a man is killed after a tornado knocks a tree onto his truck. [1] Damages from Tropical Storm Allison in Louisiana alone total to $65 million. [11] August 6, 2001 – Tropical Storm Barry causes tides of 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) along the southeastern coast of Louisiana before it makes landfall on Santa Rosa Beach, Florida on
1926 La Plata, Maryland tornado outbreak: November 9, 1926: Mid-Atlantic – 17 fatalities, 65 injuries: 17 people killed at schools in La Plata. An F4 tornado also hit the area on April 28, 2002. Late-November 1926 tornado outbreak: November 25–26, 1926: South: ≥27: 107 fatalities, 451 injuries
The Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW), located in St. Gabriel and the sole Louisiana state prison for women, had 985 prisoners at the time of the flooding. [53] The prison experienced flooding ranging from 8 inches (200 mm) to 3 feet (0.91 m). [54]
• Hundreds of thousands without power: Power outages topped 450,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana Thursday morning but power crews worked to restore service throughout the day. By Thursday ...
This tornado, which came from the same storm that produced the Clarks EF3 tornado and the Richmond EFU tornado, was photographed and caught on video by several storm chasers. No damage was found. [14] EF1 SE of Penns: Lowndes: MS: 01:34–01:41