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WBRZ FLASHBACK: The Shrimp and Petroleum Festival's history with six major hurricanes

Posted 7:23 AM 8/28/2025 by WBRZ Staff

MORGAN CITY — This week in WBRZ history, six different hurricanes made landfall, putting Morgan City's Shrimp and Petroleum Festival at risk each (More)

8/26/2025

2 Your Town Morgan City: Decades-old flood walls represent culture of resiliency

Posted 7:03 AM 8/26/2025 by Balin Rogers

MORGAN CITY — Morgan City's decades-old flood walls protect the coastal city from devastation from hurricanes and other floods. 

The concrete walls guard against floods that could swallow streets and homes in a matter of hours. 

It was a system born out of necessity (More)

8/22/2025

Raining soot, oil around Roseland after large fire

Posted 9:53 PM 8/22/2025 by Meteorologist Balin Rogers

Cars, driveways, pools, turned black after raining soot or oil this afternoon and evening around Roseland. This comes after a large fire erupted, emitting lots of black smoke. The raining soot, also called "Black Rain", has a meteorological explanation. 

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8/18/2025

WATCH: Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf, winds along North Carolinas Outer Banks

Posted 10:33 AM 8/18/2025 by Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Erin began pelting part of the Caribbean with rain and wind Monday before it’s expected to churn up dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

Evacuations were being ordered on a few islands along North Carolina’s Outer (More)

8/8/2025

Keep watch for shooting stars, one of the best meteor showers is about to peak

Posted 10:09 PM 8/8/2025 by Meteorologist Malcolm Byron

Known as one of the best shooting star displays of the year, the Perseid meteor shower will peak Tuesday night (Aug. 12-13). Under optimal viewing conditions, an observer could see up to 100 meteors per hour. That said, moonlight will spoil the fun this time.

Since the Moon will be shining (More)

8/1/2025

Record lightning Megaflash stretches 515 miles across U.S.

Record lightning Megaflash stretches 515 miles across U.S.

Posted 10:37 AM 8/2/2025 by Chief Meteorologist Dr. Josh Eachus

AUSTIN, TX – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially recognized a new record for the longest single lightning flash, a staggering "megaflash" that covered 515 miles across the central United States on October 22, 2017. The bolt of lightning stretched from eastern Texas (More)

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LATEST: Storm Station, LSU Kickoff Weather Index

LATEST: Storm Station, LSU Kickoff Weather Index

Posted 3:38 PM 8/27/2025 by Chief Meteorologist Dr. Josh Eachus

On Saturday, LSU Football will kick off in Clemson Memorial Stadium against the Clemson Tigers at 6:30pm CDT. The Storm Station forecast calls for a kickoff temperature of 75 degrees beneath partly sunny skies. A stray shower or storm is not off the table. Temperatures will fall throughout the (More)

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