A group of NICU nurses drove to Louisiana from Beaumont, Texas.

Less than a week has passed since Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana, leaving an estimated 180,000 people there without water.

Predictions for Hurricane Laura were more accurate because of improved modeling and faster computers.

Medical and MBA student Russell Ledet shares how he is helping his hometown Lake Charles, Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Laura.

Hurricane Laura is a Category 4 storm with "unsurvivable storm surge" expected in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.

Authorities are surveying the damage in the storm's aftermath.

Residents in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Laura strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night.