Southeast Louisiana Leaders to Evacuees: Don’t Go Home Yet
Houma residents say the area looks like a "war zone."
Tropics
Cajun Navy Ground Force Seeking Search-and-Rescue Volunteers
Volunteers are asked to bring four days of food and clothes, as well as chainsaws and gasoline if they can.
7 p.m. Update: Ida’s Progress Slows, Weakens to Cat. 3
Lafayette will see winds gusts up to 55 miles per hour tonight.
Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall
Curfews and evacuation orders remain in place.
Tropical Depression Forms in Caribbean Sea
That system is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico as early as Friday.