Grand Isle, LA (WVUE) -In late 1893, Gulf Coast community of Cheniere Caminada must have seemed a paradise. Caminada, just east of Grand Isle, was something of a boom town, providing fisheries to ...

Some of the worst storms ever to hit the state, including the Cheniere Caminada Hurricane of 1893 that killed as many as 2,500 people, and 1964's Hurricane Hilda, which left 39 dead, occurred ...

An open house to celebrate the completion of the permanent displays intended to preserve the history of Cheniere Caminada is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the South Lafourche Public Library ...

That ties with the Last Island hurricane of 1856. The next strongest hurricanes going by wind speed are Betsy in 1965 and the Cheniere Caminada storm of 1893. Katrina’s winds were 125 mph and ...