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Louisiana was the last state to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 after a landmark Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriage in all 50 U.S. states. Red River Parish was the final holdout of Louisiana's 64 parishes when it continued to deny marriage licenses after 63 other parishes began doing so in late June 2015.
Louisiana has been losing about 25 square miles of land per year in recent decades". [2] The EPA further reports: "If temperatures continue to warm, sea level is likely to rise one to three feet during the next century. Rising sea level has the same effect as sinking land, so changing climate is likely to accelerate coastal erosion and land loss.
Lafayette, Louisiana is part of the Gulf Coastal Plain region of the United States and is located at coordinates 30°12′50″N 92°01′46″W. [1] It has an elevation of 36 feet (11.0 m). [2] One of the physical characteristics of the geography include many streams that drain the parish.
National Weather Service issues severe storm and flood warnings for Lafayette and most of south central Louisiana. Flooding, possible tornadoes, heavy rainfall expected to impact south Louisiana ...
A map of radar-estimated rainfall accumulations across Louisiana between August 9 and 16, 2016; areas shaded in white indicate accumulations in excess of 20 in (510 mm). Early on August 11, a mesoscale convective system flared up in southern Louisiana around a weak area of low pressure that was situated next to an outflow boundary.
Lafayette's climate is described as humid subtropical using Köppen climate classification. It has year-round precipitation, especially during summertime. Lafayette's highest temperature was 110 °F (43 °C) on August 27, 2023 and the lowest temperature was 4 °F (−16 °C) on January 22, 2025; it has hot, moist summers and warm, damp winters.
Low level cold in the winter sweeping in from Canada combine with relatively warmer, unfrozen lakes to produce dramatic lake-effect snow on the eastern and southern shores of the Great Lakes. [53] Lake-effect precipitation produces a significant difference between the snowfall around the Great Lakes, sometimes within small distances.
Wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph pounded south-central and southeast Louisiana Wednesday evening, downing trees and power lines in multiple parishes, including Terrebonne, Lafourche and St. James.