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Trump to visit storm-hit Louisiana and Texas

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump says he will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to tour damage from one of the fiercest hurricanes to hit the United States.

WATCH: Texas Gov. Abbott gives update on Hurricane Laura aftermath

By Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to speak at 1:30 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here.

Laura still a hurricane 170 miles after landfall

By Associated Press

The powerful storm struck land near Cameron on the southwest Louisiana coast at about 1 a.m. Thursday. Nine hours later, it was about 10 miles north of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and had not yet weakened into a tropical storm.

1st death reported from Hurricane Laura

By Associated Press

Gov. John Bel Edwards said he's received report of the first fatality from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana, a 14-year-old girl who died when a tree fell on her home. The governors of Louisiana and Texas say search and rescue teams…

PHOTOS: Laura blasts destructive, life-threatening Gulf Coast path

By Gerald Herbert, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press, Melinda Deslatte, Asssociated Press

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday, threatening the lives of people who didn't evacuate.

Gulf Coast gears up for monster Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm

Potential catastrophe is blowing out of the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Laura has morphed into a Category 4 monster, with winds that could reach 145 miles per hour. Officials are warning of extreme damage as the storm slams into the…

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WATCH: Texas governor warns of 'unsurvivable' storm surge

By Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged people who had not yet evacuated from the path of Hurricane Laura to leave — as they only had "about five hours" to do so as of his noon press conference.

Laura strengthens into 'extremely dangerous' Category 4

By Jeff Martin, John L. Mone, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press

Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities.

Abbott proposes punishing Texas cities that 'defund' police

By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed punishing cities that cut police funding by freezing property tax revenue, the main funding source for local government services including schools, roads and law enforcement.