LAKE PEIGNEUR, LA (WAFB) - Residents who live in Lake Peigneur in Iberia Parish are worried active bubbling on the lake near their homes could be putting their lives in danger. "They haven't told us ...

YouTube channel Scary Interesting shares a detailed look at what happened to drain Lake Peigneur in an astonishing few hours. Popular bass fishing Lake Peigneur was situated above a giant salt mine.

Every morning, Louis Derise brews a cup of coffee and steps outside to savor the beauty of a lake no longer littered with the pilings from abandoned wellheads and platforms. “That’s my favorite part ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Virlie Langlinais was at her Louisiana home on Lake Peigneur when she saw the ...

Some stories — even big stories — are sometimes knocked from the front page by even bigger stories. That's where the podcast "Eclipsed" comes in. When Campside Media created the history podcast, the ...

A years-long battle could be determined within the next three months when 16th Judicial District Judge Keith Comeaux decides on a lawsuit alleging the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ Office ...

The in-depth story of the Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident: When The Earth Swallowed a Lake. November 20, 1980, is a new day at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana. Some 9 miles north of the Vermilion Bay in ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

On the morning of November 21, 1980, a Texaco oil rig team on Louisiana's Lake Peigneur noticed that their drill had seized up below the surface of the shallow lake. The twelve men were baffled when ...

LAKE PEIGNEUR, La. (KLFY) — 40 years ago, a catastrophe like no other occurred in Acadiana. The largest manmade whirlpool and tallest waterfall in the state were created when an oil drill and salt ...