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Tropical Storm Barry Pelts Louisiana, Millions Brace For Flooding
Major storm Barry slammed into Louisiana on Saturday, pelting the region with heavy rain and ferocious winds as millions of Americans braced for the serious flooding expected to follow.
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US President Donald Trump To Donate $1 Million To Flood Relief: White House
US President Donald Trump will donate $1 million to flood relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana after the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Harvey, the White House said Thursday.
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22 Confirmed Dead From Hurricane Harvey, Houston Mayor Imposes Nightly Curfew
The biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States finally began to move away from Houston on Tuesday, as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey and its endless, merciless rain bands spun east to menace Louisiana instead.
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Hurricane Harvey Lands First Blow To Texas, But More Is Expected To Come
Texans from the Louisiana border to the Hill Country in the middle of the state awoke to dire warnings of a major natural disaster Saturday as Hurricane Harvey charged inland, with weather officials downgrading it to a Category 1 storm but cautioning that the danger was far from over as the region braced for catastrophic flooding and potential torn...
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Hurricane Harvey Strengthens, Threatens US With Most Powerful Storm In 12 years
Hurricane Harvey intensified early on Friday, spinning into potentially the biggest hurricane to hit the US mainland in more than a decade, with life-threatening floods expected along the Gulf Coast.
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Flash Flood Warning As Tropical Storm Cindy Heads Towards US
Weather monitors warned Wednesday of tornados and potentially deadly flash floods as Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico headed towards the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.At 0600 GMT Cindy was located about 200 miles (325 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, and 270 miles (435 kilometers) southeast of Galveston, Texas, the National Hu...
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Mobile Homes Returning To Louisiana After Deadly Flooding
Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding.
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Barack Obama Visits Flood-Hit Louisiana
President Barack Obama touched down in flood-stricken Louisiana on Tuesday, hoping to offer support to devastated communities and silence his critics who say he should have visited sooner.
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More Disaster Recovery Centers Opening In Louisiana
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening additional disaster recovery centers in the Baton Rouge area.
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Barack Obama To Tour Flood-Battered Areas In Louisiana
President Barack Obama will visit Louisiana today to assess flood damage there, days after he was criticized for not cutting short his vacation on Martha's Vineyard to view the devastation in the Gulf Coast state.
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Underfire Barack Obama Heads To Flood-Hit Louisiana
Fresh from a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama visits flood-hit Louisiana on Tuesday, hoping to offer support to devastated communities and silence his critics.
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Flooding Puts A Damper On US Rice Harvest
Heavy rain that brought record flooding to Louisiana recently has put a damper on the nation's harvest of rice, a food staple that usually likes water as it grows but can't be gathered by machine if fields are inundated.
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Health Official Warns Zika Could Spread Across US Gulf
One of the top US public health officials on Sunday warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could extend its reach across the US Gulf Coast after officials last week confirmed it as active in the popular tourist destination of Miami Beach.
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11 Dead, 40,000 Homes Flooded In Louisiana
The death toll from historic flooding in Louisiana climbed to 11 on Tuesday as the expanding flood zone prompted authorities to declare disasters in 20 parishes of the south-eastern US state.
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7 Dead, 30,000 Rescued In Record Louisiana Floods
Louisiana faced epic flooding Monday, with seven people killed and thousands evacuated to emergency shelters after waterways in the southern part of the state overflowed their banks.
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Tropical Storm Barry Pelts Louisiana, Millions Brace For Flooding
Major storm Barry slammed into Louisiana on Saturday, pelting the region with heavy rain and ferocious winds as millions of Americans braced for the serious flooding expected to follow.
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US President Donald Trump To Donate $1 Million To Flood Relief: White House
US President Donald Trump will donate $1 million to flood relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana after the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Harvey, the White House said Thursday.
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22 Confirmed Dead From Hurricane Harvey, Houston Mayor Imposes Nightly Curfew
The biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States finally began to move away from Houston on Tuesday, as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey and its endless, merciless rain bands spun east to menace Louisiana instead.
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Hurricane Harvey Lands First Blow To Texas, But More Is Expected To Come
Texans from the Louisiana border to the Hill Country in the middle of the state awoke to dire warnings of a major natural disaster Saturday as Hurricane Harvey charged inland, with weather officials downgrading it to a Category 1 storm but cautioning that the danger was far from over as the region braced for catastrophic flooding and potential torn...
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Hurricane Harvey Strengthens, Threatens US With Most Powerful Storm In 12 years
Hurricane Harvey intensified early on Friday, spinning into potentially the biggest hurricane to hit the US mainland in more than a decade, with life-threatening floods expected along the Gulf Coast.
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Flash Flood Warning As Tropical Storm Cindy Heads Towards US
Weather monitors warned Wednesday of tornados and potentially deadly flash floods as Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico headed towards the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.At 0600 GMT Cindy was located about 200 miles (325 kilometers) south of Morgan City, Louisiana, and 270 miles (435 kilometers) southeast of Galveston, Texas, the National Hu...
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Mobile Homes Returning To Louisiana After Deadly Flooding
Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding.
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Barack Obama Visits Flood-Hit Louisiana
President Barack Obama touched down in flood-stricken Louisiana on Tuesday, hoping to offer support to devastated communities and silence his critics who say he should have visited sooner.
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More Disaster Recovery Centers Opening In Louisiana
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening additional disaster recovery centers in the Baton Rouge area.
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Barack Obama To Tour Flood-Battered Areas In Louisiana
President Barack Obama will visit Louisiana today to assess flood damage there, days after he was criticized for not cutting short his vacation on Martha's Vineyard to view the devastation in the Gulf Coast state.
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Underfire Barack Obama Heads To Flood-Hit Louisiana
Fresh from a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama visits flood-hit Louisiana on Tuesday, hoping to offer support to devastated communities and silence his critics.
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Flooding Puts A Damper On US Rice Harvest
Heavy rain that brought record flooding to Louisiana recently has put a damper on the nation's harvest of rice, a food staple that usually likes water as it grows but can't be gathered by machine if fields are inundated.
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Health Official Warns Zika Could Spread Across US Gulf
One of the top US public health officials on Sunday warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could extend its reach across the US Gulf Coast after officials last week confirmed it as active in the popular tourist destination of Miami Beach.
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11 Dead, 40,000 Homes Flooded In Louisiana
The death toll from historic flooding in Louisiana climbed to 11 on Tuesday as the expanding flood zone prompted authorities to declare disasters in 20 parishes of the south-eastern US state.
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7 Dead, 30,000 Rescued In Record Louisiana Floods
Louisiana faced epic flooding Monday, with seven people killed and thousands evacuated to emergency shelters after waterways in the southern part of the state overflowed their banks.
