Tegan Wendland
Tegan Wendland is a freelance producer with a background in investigative news reporting. She currently produces the biweekly segment, Northshore Focus.
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The New Orleans City Council is grilling power company Entergy about the catastrophic failure of its grid after Hurricane Ida. Mass power outages contributed to at least 11 deaths related to heat.
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The power company failed to build a stronger system after hurricanes repeatedly pummeled Louisiana. Then Ida knocked out power for more than a week. “I don’t think it’s just Mother Nature,” said one resident. “This is neglect.” -
Entergy failed to rebuild a stronger system after hurricanes repeatedly damaged its electric grid. Then Hurricane Ida knocked out power for more than a week in the middle of a heat wave. -
Utility company Entergy failed to provide power for a million people after Hurricane Ida ripped through New Orleans. A new NPR-ProPublica joint investigation examines why.
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families. -
In LaPlace, a man lost the home his family has lived in for generations, and a church that was a refuge for many immigrants is now destroyed. -
Some people say they stayed behind because they didn’t want to leave their belongings unguarded, or they felt they could ride out the storm. But many people didn't have a choice. They didn’t have the money, the gas, or family connections to get out of dodge. -
Lower coastal parishes bore the brunt of the storm. Parish leaders are trying to rescue people and take stock of the damage, all without phone service, water or power. -
As Tropical Storm Ida gains speed and churns towards the Louisiana coast, where it’s expected to land as a hurricane, the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (S&WB) says their infrastructure is ready to handle the storm despite three major pumps being down. -
On the day before the anniversary of Hurricane Laura, and as Louisianians eye another storm forming in the Gulf, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell toured storm-ravaged southwest Louisiana Thursday with Gov. John Bel Edwards and discussed federal disaster aid with local officials.
