Day in New Orleans will look a bit different this year, as the city is changing times and routes for the Zulu and Rex parades because of severe weather forecasts.  The storied Zulu Social Aide & Pleasure Club's parade will roll on a shortened route starting at 7 a.

Jefferson Parish canceled its parades, and officials in New Orleans were warily watching the Tuesday forecast.

It’s Carnival season in Acadiana but due to the predicted rainy and windy weather parades are being rescheduled. Here’s a list of parades and events around Acadiana.

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give up habits for 40 days.

Five people were injured in a mass shooting after a Mardi Gras parade in Louisiana. The shooting, which police described as gang-related, occurred around 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 2, after the Pepe Mardi Gras Parade in Franklinton.

Jefferson Parish officials are canceling Mardi Gras Day parades because they are worried strong winds could flip floats, send tents flying and create other unsafe conditions. Why it matters: It's the first time the holiday's parades have been canceled in recent memory,

The severe weather has already led Jefferson Parish to cancel its two Mardi Gras day parades. There was no word yet from New Orleans officials on whether parades would be rescheduled there, which would require the massive security coordination put in place in the wake of the Jan.