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Nation Oct 07
Stalled weather front drenches Alabama, at least 4 killed in floodsDozens of people had to be rescued Wednesday night in central Alabama, where the National Weather Service said as much as 13 inches of rain fell.
Nation Sep 15
Nicholas crawls into Louisiana from Texas, dumping rainNicholas has weakened into a tropical depression as it crawls across southern Louisiana, unleashing heavy rain across the coasts of Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. It's unwelcome weather for survivors of Hurricane Ida, which destroyed thousands of rooftops now…
Nation Aug 31
WATCH: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA’s Criswell give Hurricane Ida damage updateLouisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are now dealing with the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat.
Nation Aug 31
Hurricane Ida leaves no power, no flights, scant drinking water for manyIda ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would come back on.
Nation Aug 31
Small Louisiana communities bear brunt of Hurricane IdaWhile New Orleans largely escaped catastrophic flooding during the storm, LaPlace and other nearby communities were not so lucky.
Nation Aug 30
Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power gridA fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat.
Health Aug 26
Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kidsKentucky and Texas have joined a growing list of states that have surpassed their record for hospitalized coronavirus patients. The two states on Wednesday reported the most COVID-19 patients in their hospitals since the pandemic began.
Health Jul 18
With pandemic worsening in US, surgeon general worriedNoting that nearly all coronavirus deaths now are among the tens of millions of people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted an unsettling picture of what the future could hold.
Politics Jun 17
As COVID-19 crisis ebbs, some lawmakers seeking 9/11-style commissionThe proposal comes amid lingering questions over the government's response to the crisis and the origin of the virus that has killed more than 600,000 Americans.
Nation May 05
Flood threats persist as storms continue to drench the SouthRelentless wind and rain have pummeled large swaths of the South, spawning tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama and damaging homes from Texas to Virginia.