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Damage from August wind storm in Midwest at $7.5B
By Associated Press | Posted by Shivani Kumar | Iowa
UPDATED ON OCT 18, 2020 11:50 PM IST
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it’s currently the second-costliest US disaster so far in 2020, although cost estimates for widespread wildfires along the West Coast aren’t yet available.

Battered by Hurricane Delta, Louisiana vows to rebuild: ‘We can’t lose our momentum’
By Associated Press | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | Lake Charles
PUBLISHED ON OCT 12, 2020 09:03 AM IST
Roughly 350,000 customers in Louisiana remained without power two days after Delta blew ashore near the town of Creole with winds of 100 mph (155 kph), slamming a part of the state still recovering from Hurricane Laura’s 150 mph (241 kph) onslaught on Aug. 27.

Hurricane Delta makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana
By Associated Press | Posted by Shivani Kumar | Lake Charles
UPDATED ON OCT 10, 2020 06:24 AM IST
The center of the hurricane made landfall about 6 p.m. near the town of Creole with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph), pushing a storm surge that could reach up to 11 feet (3.4 meters), the National Hurricane Center said.

Battered Louisiana coast braces for 1 more: Hurricane Delta
By Associated Press| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi | Abbeville
PUBLISHED ON OCT 09, 2020 02:52 PM IST
Life wasn’t at a complete standstill though. A gas station was doing steady business as people filled their cars and spare gasoline cans and a grocery store served last customers stocking up.

Oil holds near $43 as hurricane Laura’s passing brings Covid-19 back in focus
By Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
UPDATED ON AUG 31, 2020 05:49 AM IST
Refiners on the US Gulf Coast halted around a third of gasoline and diesel production as Laura approached, yet the market impact was relatively muted. West Texas Intermediate crude futures started the week at $42.48 a barrel and ended it close to $43.

Weeks without power or water ahead as Laura cleanup begins
By Associated Press | Posted by Prashasti Singh | CAMERON PARISH
PUBLISHED ON AUG 30, 2020 12:15 PM IST
The US toll from the Category 4 hurricane rose to 16 deaths Saturday, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators.

Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in post-convention trip
By Associated Press | Posted by Prashasti Singh | Laura Charles
UPDATED ON AUG 30, 2020 07:21 AM IST
The President’s stops, first in Louisiana and later in Texas, came two days after the Category 4 storm slammed the Gulf Coast, leaving at least 16 dead and wreaking havoc with severe winds and flooding.

6 killed as hurricane Laura slams Louisiana
By Reuters | Posted by Shivani Kumar | Louisiana, United States
UPDATED ON AUG 28, 2020 05:43 PM IST
In Westlake, a chemical plant caught fire when hit by Laura, and the flames continued to send a chlorine-infused plume of smoke skyward nearly 24 hours after landfall.

US oil and gas exports severely disrupted by Hurricane Laura
By Reuters | New York/Singapore
PUBLISHED ON AUG 28, 2020 10:26 AM IST
The hurricane also temporarily suspended operations at several liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the world’s third largest exporter of the super-cooled gas, with shipments on track to fall to their lowest in 18 months.

Hurricane Laura thrashes Louisiana, but damage is less than predicted
By Associated Press| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal | Lake Charles
UPDATED ON AUG 28, 2020 08:25 AM IST
A full assessment of the damage wrought by the Category 4 system was likely to take days. But despite a trail of demolished buildings, entire neighbourhoods left in ruins and more than 875,000 people without power, a sense of relief prevailed that Laura was not the annihilating menace forecasters had feared.

Hurricane Laura slams southwestern Louisiana, gutting buildings and killing at least one
By Reuters | Posted by Shivani Kumar | Reuters
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 11:31 PM IST
The hurricane’s first reported US fatality was a 14-year-old girl in Leesville, Louisiana, who died when a tree fell on her house, a spokeswoman for Governor John Bel Edwards said.

As Hurricane Laura batters US cities, NOAA plane flies through it to capture rare images from inside
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 03:40 PM IST
The NOAA has been tweeting about the hurricane’s movement and the stunning images its various bodies captured ahead of the landfall.

As Laura makes landfall in Louisiana, a look at other tropical storms heading towards Mexico
By hindustantimes.com| Edited by: Harshit Sabarwal | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 03:28 PM IST
Laura will be the seventh named storm to strike the United States in 2020 setting a new record for landfalls by the end of August.

Hurricane Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas
By Associated Press | Posted by Prashasti Singh | Delcambre
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 12:44 PM IST
Winds gusted above hurricane force to 127 mph (204 kph) while Laura’s northern eyewall moved onshore over Cameron Parish. Forecasters said even stronger winds were possible that could rip apart buildings, level trees and toss vehicles like toys.

Hurricane Laura moves toward landfall in southwestern Louisiana
By Associated Press | Posted by Prashasti Singh | Delcambre
PUBLISHED ON AUG 27, 2020 10:16 AM IST
Authorities implored coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana to evacuate, but not everyone did before howling winds began buffeting trees back and forth in an area that was devastated by Rita in 2005.

‘Unsurvivable’ storm surge feared as Hurricane Laura strengthens to Category 4
By Agence France-Presse | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | Lake Charles, United States
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 02:32 AM IST
Storm surges could penetrate up to 30 miles inland along parts of the coasts, and peak surge coupled with high tide could see water as high as 15 to 20 feet above normal levels.

Hurricane Laura poses biggest storm threat to US oil output in 15 years
By Reuters| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal | Houston
PUBLISHED ON AUG 26, 2020 10:46 AM IST
Oil producers on Tuesday had evacuated 310 offshore facilities and shut 1.56 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output, 84% of Gulf of Mexico’s offshore production, near the 90% outage that Katrina brought 15 years ago.