Hurricane Ida pummels US southern states
Powerful Hurricane Ida battered the southern US state of Louisiana and plunged New Orleans into darkness Sunday, leaving at least ...
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Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana as Category 3 storm
Hurricane Ida battered southern Louisiana Sunday, 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern US city ...
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US coast braces for ‘extremely dangerous’ storm
Residents evacuated high-risk areas and lined up to buy supplies as Louisiana braced for Hurricane Ida, expected to strengthen to ...
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Louisiana hospitals overwhelmed by surging Delta variant
Barely clinging to life, patients in an intensive care unit in Hammond, Louisiana, lie in their beds, gray and emaciated, ...
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First US Congressmember dies of Covid-19
A representative-elect from Louisiana died of Covid-19 Tuesday, the first member of the US Congress to succumb to the disease. ...
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‘Delta’ roars ashore US southern coast
Lake Charles—Hurricane Delta made landfall on the Louisiana coast Friday evening, packing ferocious winds and a “life-threatening” storm surge—and driving ...
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‘Monster’ Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana
Laura made landfall in Louisiana Thursday as a category 4 hurricane, US weather officials said. “Extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane ...
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US announces free COVID-19 testing in three southern hospots
The United States on Tuesday announced it was offering free COVID-19 testing to people without symptoms to stem a surge ...
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Louisiana landfall for storm Cristobal
Washington"•Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in southeast Louisiana on Sunday, bringing strong winds, heavy rains and the threat of damaging ...
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Popeyes chicken lover wins trip to Louisiana
Avid fried chicken lover, Nichael Joseph A. Muncal (left), won a five-day, four-night stay for two to Popeyes’ hometown in ...
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