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Delta Adds Insult to Injury in Hurricane-Ravaged Louisiana
Louisiana residents are once again dodging overturned cars on the roads, trudging through knee-deep water to find their homes flooded and pledging to rebuild after Hurricane Delta blew through the besieged part of the state.
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Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall As Category 2 in Louisiana
The hurricane is expected to make landfall near Lake Charles, La., Friday, just six weeks after Hurricane Laura pummeled the same area.
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Delta Makes Landfall in Louisiana as 2nd Major Storm in 6 Weeks
Hurricane Delta made landfall near Creole, La., as a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds
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2 More in Louisiana Die After Hurricane Laura, Bringing Death Toll to 27
Two men in their 40s died in Louisiana from what health officials said was heat-related illness while clearing debris from Hurricane Laura, bringing the number of deaths blamed on the storm in the state to 22, NBC News reports.
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Deaths Related to Hurricane Laura Rise to at Least 24
Two more deaths in Louisiana have been blamed on Hurricane Laura, which made landfall there last month as a Category 4 storm, bringing the deaths in that state to at least 19, officials said. The new deaths in Rapides Parish, involved people who died from medical conditions that were exacerbated by excessive heat and the loss of electricity, the Louisiana…
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Montville Firefighters Organizing Relief Efforts For Hurricane Victims
Montville’s firefighting community says they are just helping their own. They’ve organized relief efforts, donating to firefighters in a community trying to recover from the destruction of Hurricane Laura. In a collaboration between the four independent fire companies serving Montville, a decision was made to help the victims of last week’s devastating storm. Beginning Wednesday and running through the...
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Montville Firefighters Organizing Relief Efforts For Hurricane Victims
Firefighters are collecting items to send to families in need after Hurricane Laura.
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Sweltering Heat Adds to Misery Faced by Laura's Victims
Hundreds of thousands are without power in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Laura, and sweltering heat is making matters worse.
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In Aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Residents Worry About Help
Louisiana residents forced to evacuate because of Hurricane Laura are returning home to survey the damage to their homes and businesses, and some worry they won’t get enough help from state and federal officials
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Key Air Monitors Offline After Laura Hits Louisiana Gas Hub
Key state and federal air hazard monitors are offline in Louisiana after Hurricane Laura hit the heavily industrialized coast.
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Trump Surveys Hurricane Laura Damage in Post-Convention Trip
President Donald Trump is getting a firsthand look at the damage from Hurricane Laura
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‘Protect Our Babies:' Hospital Cares for Babies in Hurricane
A medical team at a southwestern Louisiana hospital worked through the night to care for 19 tiny babies as Hurricane Laura slammed the region
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‘A Time to Pick Up:' Hurricane-Hurt Louisiana Begins Cleanup
Residents in southwestern Louisiana are embarking on the epic task of clearing away felled trees, ripped-off roofs and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura tore through parts of the state
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Photos: Hurricane Laura Leaves Trail of Damage After Landfall
Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight as a Category 4 hurricane on Lake Charles, Louisiana, leaving a trail of wreckage in its wake. Emergency responders had to wait hours before they were able to check the extent of the damage done by the storm.
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Showers, Thunderstorms Possible Saturday
The NBC Connecticut First Alert meteorologists are tracking showers and thunderstorms that will impact the state Saturday. The unsettled weather is a combination of a cold front pushing through the state paired with the remnants of Hurricane Laura. The remnants of laura could bring some beneficial downpours into the state. There are two windows for the storms – early Saturday…
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Trump to Survey Laura Damage in Texas, La.; Deaths Climb to 14
The death toll from Hurricane Laura has risen to at least 14, and hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana are still without power or water. Officials said Friday that those services could be knocked out for weeks or longer along parts of the Gulf Coast.
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How to Help Those Affected by Hurricane Laura
On Thursday, Hurricane Laura hit Cameron, Louisiana, as a Category 4 storm, bringing 150 mph winds and damaging storm surges to an area that’s still recovering from previous storms such as Katrina and Harvey. State officials in Texas and Louisiana ordered over 1.5 million residents to evacuate, but some of the communities in the evacuation zones are among the poorest...
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Laura Downgraded to Tropical Depression, At Least 6 Dead
After making landfall and continuing to move inland, Hurricane Laura was downgraded to a tropical depression by the National Weather Service.
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Tropical Storm Laura Carves Destructive Path Through Louisiana; 6 Dead
Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday as a life-threatening storm.