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Prior to making landfall, tropical storm watches and warnings are issued along the Gulf Coast, west to New Orleans. [ 12 ] August 5, 2002 – Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on Boothville as a minimal tropical storm with wind speeds of 40 mph (64 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1,008 mbar (29.8 inHg), moving across Louisiana as a weakening ...
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Pam Fortner and Earl Bernhardt, owners of the Tropical Isle bar founded during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, created the melon-flavored Hand Grenade as their signature cocktail. [1] Since January 1992, the Hand Grenade has been served in a green, translucent, plastic yard glass container with a bulbous, textured base shaped like an ...
Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward from the storm’s center by 140 miles. A hurricane warning is in effect from the Louisiana coastline east of Cameron to Grand Isle.
The town of Grand Isle issued a mandatory evacuation on October 27 as a voluntary evacuation was ordered for Jean Lafitte that same day. [26] Tulane University moved classes to virtual learning on October 28, while also closing health centers on campus. [27] Cleco employed more than 200 new workers to help restore power in the aftermath of Zeta ...
On land, 2,500 residents and tourists on Grand Isle were also evacuated. [6] In total, as many as 80,000 people evacuated from coastal areas leading up to Bob's eventual landfall. In New Orleans, 4,000 people checked into the city's 19 evacuation centers.
Louisiana's governor declared a state of emergency and forecasters announced a hurricane watch for New Orleans as Ida barreled toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.