The National Hurricane Center has issued a special tropical weather outlook message for a low pressure system in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean that it's giving only a 10% chance of turning into a tropical depression or storm over the next seven days.
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It can be hard to properly prepare for a multi-week event like the New Orleans Heritage and Jazz Festival, since, as Louisianans know all too well, weather forecasts are often subject to sudden change.
Nearly 700 homes and more than 50 businesses were damaged in the tornadoes that ravaged the area around Slidell and Pearl River on April 10, according to new estimates from the St. Tammany Parish government.
A recent cold front from the north swept through Louisiana on Sunday, causing temperatures to plummet. But before the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on Thursday, the highs will creep back into the 80s, according to the National Weather Service.
Hurricane Ida did a number on the roof of the St. Roch home that Sylvia Matthews rebuilt in 2010, years after Katrina tore it up.