Hurricane Laura
Laura thrashes Louisiana, nearby states face tornado threats
But despite a trail of demolished buildings, a sense of relief prevailed that Laura was not the annihilating menace forecasters had feared
Laura strengthens to Category 4 hurricane, threatens catastrophic storm surge at US Gulf Coast
The storm surge is expected to reach levels not seen in Louisiana since Hurricane Audrey in 1957, the Governor said
Residents flee as US Gulf Coast sees possible tandem hurricanes
The prospect of piggybacked hurricanes was reviving memories of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in 2005
2 newly formed tropical storms pose a potential double threat to US Gulf Coast
Two hurricanes have never appeared in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, according to records going back to at least 1900
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