Mayor Landrieu: "Be ready" for hurricane season
 

With "hurricane season" underway, Mayor Mitch Landrieu briefed the city on its hurricane preparedness plans. Landrieu said the city “dodged a very difficult bullet” as the rising Mississippi River threatens much of Louisiana, but officials are assured "the levees are doing exactly as they’re supposed to be doing," he said.… [ Read more ]

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