Hurricanes
"Do you want us to alert Batman?" one comic asked.
“It was almost too stupid for words,” an ex-White House official told Rolling Stone. “I did not get the sense he was joking at all.”
Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, the nation’s largest cypress swamp, nurtures an abundant ecosystem and protects a critical coast. But years of exploitation and neglect have made it a “ticking time bomb.”
Before turning into a tropical storm, Hurricane Ida caused catastrophic damage to New Orleans, leaving the city without power.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
With countries around the world continually beating their own records for both heat and rainfall year on year, extreme weather is becoming more common. Now, as the planet heats up, natural disasters are on the rise. We have seen events from wildfires to hurricanes increasing in frequency and intensity, but how exactly can our changing climate have an effect on natural disasters?
People who live on Grand Isle have endured decades of destruction, and they've always rebuilt. This time might be different.
A drone boat in a Category 4 storm has its fair share of ups and downs.
A month after Hurricane Ida, small communities along Louisiana’s southeastern coast are still without power or running water.
Some oiled birds have already been rescued from the Alliance Refinery spill, but the operation could take weeks, Louisiana wildlife officials say.
Health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans on Wednesday, mostly older people who perished from the heat.