It is the 14th named storm so far this season. Over 400,000 residents in the Houston area were without power early Tuesday morning after Nicholas made landfall as…
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DOE Taps Petroleum Reserve after Hurricane Ida
Baton Rouge refinery essential to U.S. oil infrastructure. On Friday, the Department of Energy authorized a second exchange of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the…
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Hundreds of Thousands Still Without Power in Louisiana
It has been 9 days since Hurricane Ida devastated the region. A tremendous number of homes and businesses in Louisiana, mostly outside of New Orleans, still do not…
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President Visits New Orleans After Hurricane Ida
Advocates for infrastructure bill to help rebuild President Biden visited locations hard hit by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana on Friday. He was met by the Governor Edwards of…
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President Announces Hurricane Ida Response
Points to climate change as the cause of increasing disasters. As several states dealt with massive floods and major property damage across the Gulf states and Northeastern seaboard…
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Hurricane Ida Pummels Louisiana and Mississippi
Millions left without power. Ida was a Category 4 when it made landfall, causing destruction to parts of the Gulf Coast with heavy flooding conditions and dangerous storm…
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Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall As Category 4
The storm strikes the coast on the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans lost power late on Sunday as Hurricane Ida made landfall. As of early Monday…
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PRAYER ALERT – Hurricane Ida Could Be Category 4
Louisiana braces for landfall that could be devastating Hurricane Ida continues to gather strength and become better organized as it moves northwesterly toward the Louisiana coast. Landfall is…
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Tropical Storm Ida Strengthening in Gulf
Expected to become a major hurricane before landfall. UPDATE 3:00 PM EDT Mandatory evacuations are being ordered in Louisiana. All citizens urged to begin personal preparations – mandatory…
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Texas and Louisiana Hit by Severe Weather
Torrential rain, flooding and tornadoes devastate some areas. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared the situation in his state urgent due to the ongoing severe weather impacting southwest…
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