WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:



NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Coast Guard is hosting a media availability at Air Station New Orleans, Friday with search-and-rescue helicopter pilots in the wake of Hurricane Isaias.

WHO: Lt. Cmdr. Andrew P. Schwalbenberg, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans pilot.

WHAT: A Coast Guard pilot will discuss pre-storm aircraft staging, storm-avoidance flight paths, and how crews conduct immediate post-storm search, rescue, and damage assessment flights in heavily impacted areas. The pilots and aircraft at Air Station New Orleans will be responding directly to any impacts of Hurricane Isaias.

WHEN: Frdiay, Oct. 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. ...