‘Ambiguous’ Flood Deductible May Cost Carriers That Insured New Orleans Hotel The redevelopment of the historic Jung Hotel and Residences in downtown New Orleans flooded four times before renovations were complete.... Read More
After Ida Outages, Utility Proposals Include City Takeover NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Amid calls for investigations following major power losses during Hurricane Ida, the power company subsidiary that... Read More
New Orleans: Flames Shoot Up Side of Superdome Roof, Put Out NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Smoke and flames shot up the side of the Superdome’s roof on Tuesday after a pressure... Read More
Lawsuit: Ida Outages Due to ‘Gum and Super Glue’ at Utility NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit alleges that Louisiana’s largest electric utility used a “bubble gum and super glue” approach... Read More
Analysis: Ida’s Destruction May Help Hurricane Laura Victims BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hurricane Ida’s thrashing left homes in mangled heaps across southeastern Louisiana, but in an uncomfortable... Read More
Nicholas Crawls Into Louisiana From Texas, Dumping Rain POINTE-AUX-CHENES, La. (AP) — Nicholas weakened to a tropical depression as it crawled from Texas into southern Louisiana on Wednesday,... Read More
Freeport’s Texas LNG Export Plant Still Offline After Storm Nicholas U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Freeport LNG said on Wednesday that it was still not producing LNG at its... Read More
Gulf Coast Oil Companies Return to Ida Recovery as Nicholas Recedes HOUSTON — Energy companies worked to restore pipeline service and electricity after Tropical Storm Nicholas passed through, allowing them to... Read More
Formosa Plastics to Pay Nearly $3M to Settle Air Pollution Charges WASHINGTON — The U.S. subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Corp. will pay $2.85 million to settle civil charges it violated federal... Read More
Heavy Downpours From Nicholas Batter Texas, Louisiana Heavy rains lashed, on Tuesday as Hurricane Nicholas weakened into a tropical storm, bringing the threat of widespread floods and... Read More