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It’s been nine months since Ashley LaCour and her family have slept in their home on Lake Calcasieu just south of Lake Charles.
The family of six evacuated in late August, days before Hurricane Laura barreled through southwest Louisiana, causing more than $19 billion in damages.
Now they’re getting ready to return, just in time for another hurricane season to start.
“(The storms) are coming,” she said. “It’s just a matter of when.”
Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which starts June 1, to be “above normal” with 13-20 named storms.