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Explosives bring down rest of South Florida collapsed condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday that brought down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming...

Hurricane Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast
Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.5 million homes and businesses without power in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans...

At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast
Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings, knocked out power to thousands...

Hurricane Zeta speeds toward a storm-weary Louisiana
Hurricane Zeta was speeding toward storm-weary Louisiana with landfall expected Wednesday afternoon just south of New Orleans, where a pump system failure has raised the city's risk of floods.

“This is not a bad dream”: New hurricane menaces Louisiana
Louisiana residents confronting the menace of a new hurricane weeks after one battered their communities got stark warnings Thursday to brace for winds that could turn debris into missiles and...

As Hurricane Sally chugs to coast, Gulf residents get ready
Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents rushed to finish last-minute preparations Monday as Tropical Storm Sally chugged slowly through warm Gulf waters. Forecasters predicted landfall as a hurricane, and said the biggest...

Evacuations ordered as Hurricane Laura aims at U.S. coast
Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate the Texas and Louisiana coasts Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam into land as a major storm...

Lost to coronavirus: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85
Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons...

Barry’s flood threat lingers as storm slowly sweeps inland
Tropical Storm Barry dumped rain as it slowly swept inland through Gulf Coast states Sunday, sparing New Orleans from a direct hit but stoking fears elsewhere of flooding, tornadoes, and...

As Barry approaches, New Orleans residents debate evacuation
Residents who survived Katrina remember the heartaches and hardships that befell them -- whether they fled their homes or rode it out.