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Most of those caught off guard by the intense downpours from the remnants of Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Henri lived in areas outside of coastal floodplains, making flood insurance an afterthought for most of the working-class families whose neighborhoods were among the hardest hit.

More than 100,000 customers were without power in Texas and Louisiana on Thursday morning as now post-Tropical Cyclone Nicholas moved near the coastline.

Nicholas made landfall Tuesday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, initially knocking out power to half a million homes and businesses and dumping more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

GasBuddy's Patrick De Haan projects that prices may start to fall from their levels heading into the fall and winter seasons.

Hurricane season is here, and it's already causing billions of dollars worth of property damage — some of which won't be covered by insurance. Keep reading to see if a standard homeowners policy covers hurricane damage.

More than half a million customers in two Gulf Coast states were without power on Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Nicholas threatened to bring dangerous flooding and whipping winds to the region.

Oil prices are not the only commodity climbing. Natural gas prices are surging and supplies are dwindling a lethal combo for that winter heating bill.

Supply trucks are once again delivering beer on Bourbon Street and the landmark Cafe Du Monde is serving beignets, even though there aren’t many tourists or locals around to partake of either.

Crews are making progress restoring power to those in Hurricane Ida's path, with nearly 155,000 Louisiana residents able to turn their lights on once again.

Louisiana’s electricity provider restored power to most New Orleans households by Monday morning, as a heat wave continued to threaten elderly residents and other vulnerable people.

Wellacrest Farms has 1,400 cows on the property — about half of them are milking cows.

Hurricane Ida, which made landfall Sunday afternoon in Port Fourchon with winds of 155 miles per hour, knocked out a hefty majority of the offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production.

Energy companies have worked to assess the extent of damage in the post-Ida Gulf landscape as over a million residents remain without power.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida.

In the wake of Hurricane Ida and its remnants, here’s what you need to know about cleaning up your flooded home.

When Jenny Hess visited her sister in Healdsburg, Calif., in May of 2020 to get out of New York City during Covid, she was entranced by the area’s temperate weather, natural beauty and sophisticated food and wine culture.

Over the past week, gas prices around the nation have already increased 5 cents to about $3.18 per gallon, with the Great Lakes region seeing the largest increases.

Businesses across Mississippi have struggled to keep up with demand in the aftermath of the deadly Hurricane Ida passed through the state this week.

Amtrak canceled all service between Washington D.C. and Boston on Thursday due to impacts from heavy rainfall and flooding associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

The monumental destruction wreaked this week by Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall in the U.S., has become a new catalyst on Capitol Hill for lawmakers pushing a $1 trillion bill to rebuild the nation's crumbling infrastructure.