Weather

If you're wondering just HOW bad the drought is here in our area, take a look at what the "duck pond" park on East Kings Highway looks like right now. In all my years of living in Shreveport-Bossier, I have never seen this happen

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Halloween...it's almost that time -- and what better staple for decorating than...pumpkins?? Some pumpkin farmers in the north are reporting smaller crops this year because of excessive rain. So..

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The National Weather Service in Shreveport says an enhanced fire danger continues across the Ark-La-Tex so its issued another Red Flag Warning.

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As the drought persists, so, too, does the risk of more wildfires. The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Red Flag Warning for all of the Ark-La-Tex. It's in effect until 7 pm CDT this evening.

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What had been Tropical Storm Lee is now just a Tropical Depression and it's moved east out of Louisiana. 

While here, though, Lee brought some welcome rain to the Ark-La-Tex and too much rain to southeast Louisiana

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The center of Tropical Storm Lee is inland very near the Louisiana coast, however its effects are being felt over a much larger area along the Gulf Coast.

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain will impact portions of LA, MS, AL and the FL Panhandle on Sunday. Isolated tornadoes will continue to be possible near the central Gulf Coast as well.

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For the third time in a week, volunteers from the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross are deploying to help with Hurricane Irene recovery efforts. This morning, Rob Blackmon of Shreveport and Rick van Loon of Ruston flew out of Monroe, headed to Tinton Falls, New Jersey

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Two more volunteers from the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross are headed to Richmond, Virginia, to work as Client Casework Supervisors. Jean Lanier and Lisa Marie Griffin, both of Bossier City, left late yesterday afternoon to join three other volunteers from our area who deployed from Shreveport and Monroe last week

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The Weather Channel has updated the long range forecast for the holiday weekend and things will be getting better.

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Parish park officials say boaters should exercise more caution when driving through Caddo Lake because of low water levels. To warn boaters, the Parks Department placed caution signs at the lake this week

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