The California wildfires are hitting too close to home for a woman who used to live in New Orleans. She was forced to ...

MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA) - A former University of Mobile student and Birmingham native lived through Hurricane Katrina as it pummeled the Gulf Coast. Now, she’s living through the Los Angeles wildfires.

For Lovell-Walsh, who used to live in New Orleans, evacuating felt all too familiar. She was among those forced to evacuate during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She also expressed concerns over looting, ...