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Damaged homes sit among flood water after Hurricane Laura passed through the area August 27, 2020 in Holly Beach, Louisiana.(AFP)

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...

28 Aug 2020 3:33 AM GMT

Waves from the storm surge from Hurricane Laura began to come ashore at Sea Rim State Park on August 26, 2020 in Sabine Pass, Texas. (AFP)

Laura strengthens to Category 4 hurricane, threatens catastrophic...

The storm surge is expected to reach levels not seen in Louisiana since Hurricane Audrey in 1957, the Governor said

27 Aug 2020 4:31 AM GMT

People tie down their vessels along Lake Pontchartrain as they prepare for Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura. (AFP)

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...

24 Aug 2020 4:50 AM GMT

This satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Laura in the North Atlantic Ocean, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Laura formed Friday in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters said it poses a potential hurricane threat to Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. A second storm also may hit the U.S. after running into Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. (NOAA via AP)

2 newly formed tropical storms pose a potential double threat to US...

Two hurricanes have never appeared in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, according to records going back to at least...

22 Aug 2020 5:49 AM GMT