Resort on Mississippi coast set to reopen months after Zeta
February 15, 2021 GMTBILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Repairs are nearly complete at one of the resorts that was heavily damaged when Hurricane Zeta struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast...
Louisiana receives major disaster declaration for Zeta
January 13, 2021 GMTBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The White House has approved a major disaster declaration for Louisiana's destruction from Hurricane Zeta in October, the governor's office announced...
Louisiana law sets deadline for hurricane insurance filings
December 12, 2020 GMTBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says people who need to file proof of loss documents for insurance claims involving property damage from Hurricane Laura have until February to do so...
Louisiana officials feud over generators for polling places
November 2, 2020 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans' Democratic mayor and Louisiana's Republican secretary of state argued Sunday over who's responsible for providing generators if some polling places didn't have electricity on Election Day but by the end of the day it appeared all polling stations would have power...
Zeta’s toll on a Louisiana island: ‘Like a bomb was dropped’
October 30, 2020 GMTGRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — Mark Andollina remembers stinging rain and a howling wind that peeled the roof off part of his Cajun Tide Beach Resort on Grand Isle, the Louisiana barrier island town where residents were among the first to feel the ferocity of Hurricane Zeta...
Zeta soaks Southeast after swamping Gulf Coast; 6 dead
October 29, 2020 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh anguish over a record-setting hurricane season...
The Latest: President declares emergency in Mississippi
October 29, 2020 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Zeta (all times CDT):
10:45 p.m.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has declared an emergency exists in Mississippi and ordered federal assistance be expedited to aid state, local and tribal efforts to recover from Hurricane Zeta...
Hurricane Zeta forces Panhandle voting sites to close early
October 28, 2020 GMTPENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Early voting locations in several counties in Florida's Panhandle will be closing as Hurricane Zeta approaches the region...
At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast
October 28, 2020 GMTNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings and knocked out power to thousands before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains and dangerous storm surge...