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Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast of the U.S. as a Category 4 major hurricane on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Earlier in the week, it caused deadly flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic while also crossing Cuba and dousing Puerto Rico.

August 28, 2020

Laura weakens to tropical depression, leaves deadly path of destruction up Gulf Coast

Hurricane Laura weakened to a tropical storm Thursday afternoon after paving a path of destruction throughout Louisiana, with at least four deaths blamed on the storm.

August 27, 2020

Officials in a Louisiana parish voted to keep a Confederate statue. Then Hurricane Laura toppled it.

The South’s Defenders Monument was knocked off its pedestal as the Category 4 monster swept through the parish.

August 27, 2020

Damage from whopper hurricanes rising for many reasons

America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which is menacing the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural climate cycles, reductions in air pollution and man-made climate change, experts say.

August 27, 2020

Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year

As it cut a destructive path through Louisiana and surrounding states, Hurricane Laura was also testing an already-stretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be a unprecedentedly disastrous year.

August 27, 2020

US flood strategy shifts to ‘unavoidable’ relocation of entire neighborhoods

This month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency detailed a new program, worth an initial $500 million, with billions more to come, designed to pay for large-scale relocation nationwide.

August 27, 2020

This month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency detailed a new program, worth an initial $500 million, with billions more to come, designed to pay for large-scale relocation nationwide. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/climate/flooding-relocation-managed-retreat.html

August 27, 2020

Hurricane Laura’s path of destruction along the Gulf Coast | Photos

Hurricane Laura made landfall as a devastating Category 4 storm on the coast of Louisiana near the Texas border before dawn Thursday, Aug. 27. Laura is possibly the strongest storm to hit Louisiana since 1861. The storm surge that Laura pushed ashore caused widespread destruction, and the governor of Louisiana said anybody who stayed on the immediate coast during landfall very likely didn't survive. Here are scenes of the damage Hurricane Laura caused.

August 27, 2020

Hurricane Laura continues strengthening Wednesday morning as it moves over the central Gulf of Mexico on a crash course to impact the Gulf Coast this week as 2020′s first major hurricane bringing massive storm surge to communities.

August 26, 2020

Texas deputies prepare for next hurricane with intense training

Ten Harris County deputies participated in the training this week, even though most had experienced similar scenarios in 2017 during Hurricane Harvey. Much of those rescue efforts stemmed from pure instinct.

August 24, 2020

Hurricane Marco formed as a Category 1 in the Gulf on Mexico Sunday afternoon as Tropical Storm Laura churned through the Caribbean Sea. The entirety of Florida was outside the predicted path of Tropical Storm Laura by Sunday, though the Keys are expected to feel its impact.

August 23, 2020

Tropical Storm Marco forms off Mexico but Tropical Storm Laura's forecast track shifted farther south late Friday, leaving only the lower Keys in the cone of concern.

August 22, 2020