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City suspends parking restrictions as heavy rain moves into the area

Posted by UptownMessenger.com at 4:14 pm city government, flood protection and drainage, public safety, weather

Jun 052019

Barricades block the flooded intersection of Olive Street at South Carrollton Avenue in August 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)

From the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

Residents are encouraged to prepare for heavy rainfall and potential flooding through Friday, June 7.

Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected across the New Orleans region through Friday, some of which could cause heavy rainfall leading to ponding of water in low-lying areas and areas of poor drainage. Continue reading »

Gordon makes landfall on Mississippi Gulf Coast; weakens to tropical depression

Posted by Robert Morris at 4:47 pm public safety, weather

Sep 042018

Gordon’s position and wind field at 10 p.m. Tuesday, just 15 minutes before landfall. (via the National Weather Service)

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast just west of the Alabama border on Tuesday night, sparing New Orleans the brunt of its 70-mph winds and flooding rain, and rapidly weakened to a tropical depression over land Wednesday morning. Continue reading »

Orleans schools remain closed on Wednesday amid worries of power outages, street flooding from Gordon’s approach

Posted by Robert Morris at 12:45 pm public safety, schools, weather

Sep 042018

All Orleans Parish schools will remain closed on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gordon proceeds toward an expected hurricane-strength landfall overnight, officials said Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading »

Tropical Storm Gordon expected to strengthen to Category 1 hurricane before landfall

Posted by Robert Morris at 10:22 am public safety, weather

Sep 042018

Tropical Storm Gordon may strengthening into a hurricane by 7 p.m. tonight

The 10 a.m. update from the National Weather Service shows Tropical Storm Gordon strengthening into a hurricane by 7 p.m., with tropical-storm force winds reaching New Orleans by 8 p.m.

Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to continue to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane today as it marches across the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall this evening, likely on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Continue reading »

Subtropical storm Alberto forms; Gulf Coast landfall expected early next week

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:58 am weather

May 252018

The 10 a.m. forecast track for Subtropical Storm Alberto. (via National Hurricane Center)

An area of storms near the Yucatan Peninsula has formed into Subtropical Storm Alberto with winds of 40 mph, and forecasters expect it to bring more rain to the New Orleans area when it makes a Gulf Coast landfall early next week. Continue reading »

Mayor Cantrell: “We will never pump our way out of this”

Posted by Robert Morris at 1:14 pm city government, flood protection and drainage, weather

May 222018

A poster for Food Drunk, a food truck-based restaurant, withstands the weather. Inclement, damaging weather caused the cancellation of the first day of Bayou Boogaloo on Friday, May 18. (Zach Brien MidCityMessenger.com)

Days after a sudden Friday afternoon storm flooded parts of Mid-City yet again, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced her plans Tuesday morning to push infrastructure and drainage projects forward.

Cantrell promised to prioritize an urban water plan, that includes rainwater cisterns underneath Uptown parks, while working to free up funding for water mitigation and drainage projects held up in design processes. Read the full article by Claire Byun at MidCityMessenger.com.

Saturday parades to roll early because of rain threat

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:59 am events, Mardi Gras, weather

Feb 032018

Parades to roll earlier due to rain threat. Pontchartrain at 12:30, then Choctaw, Freret, Sparta & Pygmalion. Map: https://t.co/tOR0xeyzaO

— NOLA Ready (@nolaready) February 3, 2018

Saturday’s day parades will start rolling at 12:30 p.m. — a half hour earlier than scheduled — and the evening parades will immediately follow because of the threat of rain this evening, New Orleans officials said.

(image via National Weather Service)

Mayor: Water pressure has risen enough to begin testing quality, but boil-water notice remains in place

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:59 am city government, weather

Jan 192018

Mayor Mitch Landrieu and New Orleans city officials provide an update on the water system Friday morning. (via City of New Orleans)

The water pressure in New Orleans rose enough overnight that officials are able to begin testing it for contamination, but residents should continue to boil water and drink bottled water until that testing process is complete, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said late Friday morning. Continue reading »

Mayor: Freezing weather is “putting incredible strain on all our utilities;” boil-water notice to continue until capacity is restored (video)

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:58 am city government, public safety, weather

Jan 182018

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans city officials and Jefferson Parish officials speak about strain on the water system Thursday morning. (via City of New Orleans)

The unusual period of freezing weather in New Orleans has put so much strain on the New Orleans water system that residents need to refrain from using water when it all possible until the emergency boil water notice can be lifted, though the electrical system is expected to be able to handle the load, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and other officials said late Thursday morning. Continue reading »

Precautionary boil water advisory issued for East Bank New Orleans

Posted by tcworthy at 9:00 am health, public safety, weather

Jan 182018

The Sewerage & Water Board (S&WB) has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for the entire East Bank of New Orleans due to a further drop in water pressure Thursday morning, Jan. 18.

This is an expansion of the advisory issued Wednesday for areas east of the Industrial Canal, including Venetian Isles, Lake Catherine and Irish Bayou. Neither advisory applies to the West Bank.

Boil Water Advisory map (via S&WB)

As freezing weather continues, New Orleans officials urge minimal driving, other precautions

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:18 am city government, weather

Jan 172018

I know it’s more ice than snow but Mid-City is turning into a winter wonderland! #SNOLA pic.twitter.com/Z8VaieIcbs

— Carolyn “Carnival Time” Scofield 💜💛💚 (@NewsCarolyn) January 17, 2018

The freezing weather that covered much of New Orleans in a thin layer of crunchy ice overnight continued Wednesday morning, and officials urged residents to minimize their driving and take other precautions as schools and businesses remained closed.

(image via National Weather Service New Orleans)

Possibility of snow among predictions for bitter cold and hard freeze in New Orleans

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:57 am weather

Jan 162018

Among another blast of unusually cold weather, forecasters are predicting a possibility of snow as part of the below-freezing temperatures expected in New Orleans Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service. Continue reading »

National Weather Service warns of ongoing dangerous sub-freezing temperatures, wind chill

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:58 am weather

Jan 012018

The freezing temperatures that opened the New Year in New Orleans will continue for much of the week, staying in the 30s during the day and dipping back into the 20s overnight through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Continue reading »

New Orleans mayor declares 7 p.m. curfew as fast-moving Hurricane Nate approaches

Posted by Robert Morris at 11:54 am city government, public safety, weather

Oct 072017

The position, wind field and predicted path of Hurricane Nate as of 10 a.m. Saturday. (map via National Hurricane Center)

Hurricane Nate’s winds were 90 mph Saturday morning and the fast-moving storm was expected to strengthen further to a Category 2 storm before making landfall overnight on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and the city of New Orleans said it would be enforcing a mandatory curfew starting at 7 p.m. Continue reading »

“Heavy wind” is likeliest threat to New Orleans from Tropical Storm Nate, mayor says; state of emergency declared

Posted by Robert Morris at 3:46 pm weather

Oct 052017

(image via National Weather Service)

With the forecast track for newly-formed Tropical Storm Nate drifting closer toward New Orleans, city officials are warning residents to prepare for a threat of heavy wind and other possible effects of bad weather. Continue reading »

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