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Nurses rescue 4 babies from NICU in Hurricane Laura-hit hospital
NICU nurses from CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System in Beaumont, Texas, crossed state lines to rescue babies from the NICU at a Hurricane Laura-damaged hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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Nurses rescue NICU babies in Hurricane Laura-damaged hospital
A group of NICU nurses drove to Louisiana from Beaumont, Texas.
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Residents wait hours for basic supplies in Hurricane Laura aftermath
Less than a week has passed since Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana, leaving an estimated 180,000 people there without water.
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Louisiana storm survivors wait hours in line for basic supplies
Less than a week after Hurricane Laura tore through Lake Charles, Louisiana, residents are now waiting in line for up to four hours to receive basic supplies from the U.S. military.
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Hurricane Laura predictions more accurate with better modeling, faster computers
Predictions for Hurricane Laura were more accurate because of improved modeling and faster computers.
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Thousands without power, water, housing in Louisiana after Laura
Last week's deadly Category 4 hurricane killed at least 18 people in Louisiana and Texas; FEMA has placed nearly 9,000 evacuees in hotels as hundreds line up for food and supplies.
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Louisiana nurses race into action
The team at Lake Charles Memorial Women’s Hospital saved 19 infants during Hurricane Laura.
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Louisiana residents struggling after Hurricane Laura destruction
Hundreds of thousands have no electricity or water in triple digit heat.
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Louisiana struggles to recover from Hurricane Laura
As Louisiana marks Hurricane Katrina anniversary, hundreds of Laura evacuees stay in New Orleans while help arrives at the disaster zone.
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Hurricane Laura death toll rises
The storm caused widespread destruction in Louisiana and Texas.
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Hurricane Laura’s death toll rises to at least 14
At least 3 people are dead in Port Arthur, Texas, in what authorities suspect was carbon monoxide poisoning from generators, and a Louisiana family of four has also died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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After Hurricane Laura, med student enlists colleagues to help hometown
Medical and MBA student Russell Ledet shares how he is helping his hometown Lake Charles, Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Laura.
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Satellite images of Hurricane Laura aftermath
Images show areas of Lake Charles and Cameron, Louisiana, before and after the storm.
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Laura's devastating toll
The hurricane left a path as of destruction in its wake in Louisiana and Texas, killing at least six people, and leaving much of the region without power. ABC's Will Reeve has details.
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Laura moves inland as a tropical depression
Tropical Depression Laura brings torrential rain and reported tornadoes to the mid-South.
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Remnants of Laura move east
ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee tracks the storm’s remnants which will bring possible flash flooding and tornadoes.
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Sheriff has grim advice for those who don't evacuate Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura is a Category 4 storm with "unsurvivable storm surge" expected in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.
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Dozens of families didn't evacuate Hurricane Laura, official says
Authorities are surveying the damage in the storm's aftermath.
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Hurricane Laura continues to weaken as it moves inland
Hurricane Laura was the most powerful storm to make landfall in southwestern Louisiana.
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4 dead after Hurricane Laura hits coast
The storm slammed the Texas-Louisiana coast with 150 mph winds, and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said state officials have confirmed at least four related deaths.
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Communities rally in wake of Hurricane Laura
Volunteers in Texas and Louisiana band together in the wake of destruction to aid their communities after Hurricane Laura toppled trees and destroyed buildings.
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Chemical fire breaks out after Hurricane Laura batters Louisiana
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said the fire was reported near Westlake and advised residents to shelter in place until further notice.
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This family decided to ride out hurricane Laura
Louisiana resident Ashley Thomas describes what it was like to spend the night in the middle of the storm.
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Mayor says Galveston dodged a 'big bullet'
Craig Brown has the latest from his Texas community in the wake of Hurricane Laura.
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ABC News Live Update: Hurricane Laura ravages Texas and Louisiana
Plus, an update on a fourth night of protest in Kenosha and the latest on the NBA playoffs
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Louisiana first responder in the eye of the storm
Sheriff Mark Herford of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, breaks down the situation on the ground and the active emergency while Hurricane Laura rages
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Riding out the storm in Louisiana
Ashley Thomas of Sulfur, Louisiana, details her family’s harrowing experience surviving Hurricane Laura
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Louisiana resident waits out storm at home
Beecher Threatt of Port Charles, Louisiana, discusses riding out the storm with her elderly mother.
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Texas hospital awaits patients
A hospital in Beaumont, Texas, awaits patients after Hurricane Laura devastates nearby Louisiana.
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Texas mayor on dangers of Hurricane Laura
Mayor of Port Arthur Texas, Thurman Bill Bartie discusses the uncertainty his city faces as Hurricane Laura passes.
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Louisiana mayor hunkering down
Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana, Jeffery Hall speaks on the dangers his community faces as Hurricane Laura rages through.
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ABC News Live Update: Hurricane Laura ravages Texas and Louisiana
Plus, a fourth night of protest in Kenosha with the NBA players responding to the unrest and a breakdown of night three of the RNC
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Life-saving volunteer awaits call during storm
Jordy Bloodsworth, member of the volunteer group the Cajun Navy, is riding out Hurricane Laura while waiting to help those in need.
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Video shows hurricane’s aftermath in Texas
Damaged traffic lights, downed trees and other debris scattered throughout Orange, Texas, reveal the destructive path of Hurricane Laura.
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Hurricane Laura will leave ‘nothing left in its wake’: Louisiana Lt. Gov.
Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser said those who thought they could ride out Hurricane Laura had “no chance.”
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Hurricane Laura bringing dangerous winds and torrential rain well inland
ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee tracks the latest path of the storm from Port Arthur, Texas.
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Southeast Texas under mandatory evacuation as Hurricane Laura strengthens
Residents in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Laura strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night.
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Hurricane Laura barrels down on Texas, Louisiana as a monster storm
National Hurricane Center warns that the massive tropical system is expected to deliver "unsurvivable storm surge" in some areas.
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Water levels start to rise as hurricane approaches
A video taken by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office shows floodwaters starting to overtake Louisiana Highway 1 as Hurricane Laura nears.
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NOAA satellite captures wildfires and hurricane from space
The GOES-West satellite captured wildfire smoke on the West Coast and hurricane clouds over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Red Cross on Hurricane Laura: Ready to ‘respond to whatever may come’
Red Cross spokesperson Stephanie Wagner discusses how the state of Louisiana is preparing for Hurricane Laura amid the pandemic.
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Millions bracing for ‘unsurvivable storm surge’ from Category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall overnight as a 500-mile wide storm packing 140 mph winds.
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Laura expected to make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane
Tracking Hurricane Laura’s path as it closes in on the Texas-Louisiana border with storm surges as high as 10-15 feet in some areas
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Time-lapse of plane flying through Hurricane Laura
A NOAA plane shows the center of the hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico as it churns toward the U.S.
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Storm surge, flood fears ahead of monster storm
ABC News senior meteorologist Rob Marciano explains the kind of damage that storm surge, which could reach up to 15-feet high, could cause and how people are trying to stop it.
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Urgent evacuations as nearly 500K flee ahead of Hurricane Laura
A mandatory evacuation order is in effect in Galveston, Texas, which could see impacts from the storm as families are racing to leave the island city along the Gulf Coast.
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Hurricane Laura on collision course with Gulf Coast
Over 500,000 people were told to evacuate ahead of what’s expected to become a Category 3 storm. ABC's Kenneth Moton reports.
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