BATON ROUGE - Gov. Jeff Landry declared Wednesday, May 1, as National Heatstroke Prevention Day as a reminder for drivers not to leave unattended children in their car.More than 1,083 children have died from heatstroke in hot cars since 1990, and at least another 7,500 survived with varying types and severities of injuries, according to data collected by Kids and Car Safety.Additionally, the overwhelming majority of victims are age five and younger, with rear-facing child safety seats...
SB255 passed with a vote of 85-9 out of the house on Wednesday, April 24. The bill splits the state into seven Supreme Court districts, each with one justice to be elected.
Murray County Emergency Management said Sunday's efforts have been focused on search and rescue, with FEMA teams on the ground.
Homeowners in Shawnee came outside Friday morning to find damage after
WESTMORELAND (KSNT) - With families picking up the pieces after a tornado ripped through Westmoreland, these programs could provide the financial assistance needed to make it through. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Department offers single-family housing repair loans and grants in Kansas for families badly impacted by severe weather. The Section 504 []
A tornado that briefly touched down in Hillsdale, Oklahoma, around 1:30
MARIETTA, OK — There is extensive damage along I-35 in Marietta, Oklahoma, including the nursing home where residents and staff escaped unharmed, the Homeland Grocery store, and next to it used to be the Dollar General store. Sadly, a truck driver was killed when his 18-wheeler overturned. The tornado began on the west side of the highway. Drone video shows the twister tore its way through the Dollar Tree warehouse and crossed the highway. The Love County Emergency Management Director...
OMAHA, Neb. >> A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, today, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Some injuries were reported but there were no immediate reports that anyone was killed.
PHOTO GALLERY: April 30 Westmoreland Tornado Damage. 0. By Brandon Peoples on May 1, 2024 Local News, Pottawatomie County. Photo by Steve and Diane Ebert.
A tornado caused extensive damage to the City of Westmoreland on Tuesday, April 30.
The city of Sulphur in Murray County experienced some of the most extensive storm damage after a deadly tornado outbreak Saturday night in Oklahoma.
Widespread damage was reported after several tornadoes were confirmed