New Orleans mayor encourages Hurricane Ida evacuees to return home

Six days after Hurricane Ida made landfall, hard-hit parts of Louisiana were still struggling to restore any sense of normalcy.

‘We’re going to have your back’: Biden tours Hurricane Ida damage in Louisiana

As flights resume and some power is beginning to be restored in New Orleans, the president planned later on Friday to visit the hurricane-battered state and deliver remarks.

Ida flooding: Cleanup begins in Northeast after record-breaking rainfall

Forecasters warned of potentially dangerous hazardous flooding from Ida, but the ferocity of the storm caught the nation's most densely populated metropolitan corridor by surprise.

Calmer winds aid California firefighters but hot Labor Day weekend looms

There is some optimism and progress as winds eased on the fire’s western flank while in the northeast, despite gusty ridgetop winds, firefighters with bulldozers and shovels were steadily hacking out fire lines or burning away vegetation to box in the flames before they reached Tahoe.

Sept. 3 morning forecast
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Meteorologist Kylie Capps talks about the weather for your labor day weekend.

4 nursing home residents die after Ida evacuations

Louisiana health officials say four nursing home residents died after being evacuated to a large warehouse during Hurricane Ida.

‘We need to act’: Biden says Ida a deadly reminder of climate crisis

President Joe Biden on Thursday emphasized how “extreme storms” such as Hurricane Ida are a deadly reminder that the climate crisis is here and the nation needs to act to combat it.

September 2nd Evening Forecast
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It continues to be hot here in North Texas, with temperatures to stay in the 90s over the next week.

Sept. 2 morning forecast
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Meteorologist Evan Andrews talks about the forecast leading up to Labor Day weekend.

Hurricane Ida remnants spawn flooding, tornadoes in Northeast

Soaking rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida prompted the evacuations of thousands of people after water reached dangerous levels at a Pennsylvania town nicknamed Flood City.

North Texas volunteers sending 700 disaster relief kits to Louisiana

Volunteers with the Home Depot Foundation and Operation Blessing have assembled more than 700 disaster relief kits that will be sent to impacted communities. Each disaster relief kit contains various supplies that include garbage bags, paper towels, cleaners, hand sanitizer, masks and gloves.

Video: Tornado caught on camera in Maryland

Tornado activity was caught on camera in Maryland on Wednesday afternoon.