Nicole J. Moncrief was caring for her wheelchair-bound mother and her two nieces as Hurricane Rita barreled toward their Lake Charles home 20 years ago. Ahead of previous storms, none of which caused ...

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana (KTRK) -- As Hurricane Delta is working its way toward the Gulf, residents in Louisiana aren't taking any risks and are leaving the area. Drivers were seen slowly moving in ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) — Five years after Hurricane Laura devastated Lake Charles, two local businesses are making strides toward recovery. This comes after the category four hurricane ripped ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. - A fire at a Louisiana chlorine plant erupted with thick, billowing smoke Thursday after Hurricane Laura plowed through part of the country’s petrochemical corridor with storm ...

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana -- Despite the raging winds and rain outside, leaky windows and no air conditioning or running water, nurses and other staff at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital kept their most ...

The Lake Charles lakefront is usually home to happy times and beautiful sunsets, but for one SWLA family, it holds a mystery 20 years in the making.

Hurricane Rita's landfall launched an exodus from Cameron Parish. In the years after the storm's Sept. 24, 2005, landfall, people, businesses, and resources all began to move away from the southwest ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. — A Confederate statue has fallen victim to Hurricane Laura. The South’s Defenders monument has stood since 1915 outside a courthouse in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where local ...