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They survived the hurricane. Their insurance company didn’t.

Hurricane Ida revealed a fragile insurance industry ill-prepared for the consequences of climate change. More than four years ...

$25K Grant from FHLB Dallas and Woodforest National Bank Repairs Home of Army Veteran

A $25,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and Woodforest National Bank (R) (Woodforest) funded major home repairs for a U.S. Army veteran whose life was turned upside ...

Cannabis company Acreage says cultivation center damaged due to Ida

Acreage Holdings Inc said on Tuesday Hurricane Ida caused extensive damage to the cannabis company's cultivation center located in Sewell, New Jersey, which was nearing the completion of its ...

'The cabinets are bare': Residents visit food banks as hunger rises in Bayou Region

Catholic Charities and Terrebonne Churches United both report increases in the number of families they have served this year.

Louisiana’s Cajun Navy delivers aid to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

A Louisiana-based volunteer force has gone global. The United Cajun Navy is now on the ground in Jamaica, coordinating relief ...

Two sisters who lost everything in Hurricane Melissa move to New Orleans

The community is stepping in to help two sisters who lost everything in Hurricane Melissa.The young girls from Jamaica are now here in New Orleans, staying with their father, as they start over.But a ...

Louisiana urges residents to seek shelter as Hurricane Zeta nears

The governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, on Wednesday warned residents in the path of the fast-moving Hurricane Zeta to take shelter as the storm bore down on the state.