Tegan Wendland
Lead Coastal ReporterTegan has reported on the coast for WWNO since 2015. In this role she has covered a wide range of issues and subjects related to coastal land loss, coastal restoration, and the culture and economy of Louisiana’s coastal zone, with a focus on solutions and the human dimensions of climate change. Her reporting has been aired nationally on Planet Money, Reveal, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace, BBC, CBC and other outlets. She’s a recipient of the Pulitzer Connected Coastlines grant, CUNY Resilience Fellowship, Metcalf Fellowship, and countless national and regional awards.
Tegan has a master’s degree in Life Sciences Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has previously worked for NPR stations in the Midwest and WRKF in Baton Rouge. In her free time Tegan can be found kayaking the swamps of south Louisiana, foraging mushrooms with her dog or making kimchi.
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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.” -
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. -
Ida weakened to a tropical storm but dangerous conditions persist in most of Louisiana, forecasters said Monday morning. -
Hurricane Ida has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane in the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. The storm is expected to continue strengthening before moving inland over Louisiana and the U.S. Gulf Coast later today, forecasters said Sunday morning. -
Tropical Storm Ida will strengthen into a major Category 3 hurricane just before it moves over southeast Louisiana, forecasters said Friday morning. -
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. -
Advocates say the plant would pollute the environment and the air in St. James. -
Officials say they are prepared to issue cease and desist orders to businesses that violate the new rules.
