Barely Hanging On: How climate disasters are displacing Louisiana communities
September 21, 2021 — From above, Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a patchwork of cerulean blue tarpaulin, stitched onto the dull grey and black of roof tiles. In some areas, rooves are ripped clean off, exposing jumbled beams and capsized walls spewing tufts of insulation. The destruction is lingering evidence of four federally declared weather disasters to hit the city in one year.