Mel Bridges
speaker
91 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 25 Aug
Mel Bridges’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Originally, hurricane forecasters had the storm hitting the Florida Panhandle or even petering out in the Gulf, but current models show the system skimming coastal Louisiana.
As Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grimes explains, it wouldn't take much movement for the storm to hit metro New Orleans as well.
Louisiana has already been hit by another named storm this hurricane season, post-tropical storm Arthur, which spawned at least 14 tornadoes across the state and left a wave of damage in coastal parishes in June.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
As Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grimes explains, it wouldn't take much movement for the storm to hit metro New Orleans as well.
Louisiana has already been hit by another named storm this hurricane season, post-tropical storm Arthur, which spawned at least 14 tornadoes across the state and left a wave of damage in coastal parishes in June.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
Originally, hurricane forecasters had the storm hitting the Florida Panhandle or even petering out in the Gulf, but current models show the system skimming coastal Louisiana.
As Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grimes explains, it wouldn't take much movement for the storm to hit Metro New Orleans as well.
Louisiana has already been hit by another named storm this hurricane season, post-tropical storm Arthur, which spawned at least 14 tornadoes across the state and left a wave of damage in coastal parishes in June.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
Tropical Depression II has been forming in the Atlantic hurricane basin for four days.
Originally, hurricane forecasters had the storm hitting the Florida Panhandle or even petering out in the Gulf, but current models show the system skimming coastal Louisiana.
As Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grimes explains, it wouldn't take much movement for the storm to hit metro New Orleans as well.
Louisiana has already been hit by another named storm this hurricane season, post-tropical storm Arthur, which spawned at least 14 tornadoes across the state and left a wave of damage in coastal parishes in June.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
The storm deposited a large amount of rain on southern Louisiana.
Some areas saw six to nine inches of rainfall.
Areas south of New Orleans were hit the hardest, including Terrebonne Parish and our southwest.
Parish Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director Earl Youse says the rain overwhelmed the flood control system.
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