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Beryl becomes major hurricane forecast to bring life-threatening conditions to Caribbean

Beryl strengthened into a hurricane Saturday as it churned toward the southeastern Caribbean, with forecasters warning it was ... Read more

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Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Florida and Georgia, swamping wide stretch of coast

Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the ... Read more

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Meteorologists: Where weather system ends up remains to be seen

John Guidroz A broad, low-pressure area in the Bay of Campeche has a 70 percent chance of developing ... Read more

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Meteorologists: Where weather system ends up remains to be seen

John Guidroz A broad, low-pressure area in the Bay of Campeche has a 70 percent chance of developing ... Read more

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Senate vote on Geymann’s insurance bill unanimous

Jim Beam The state Senate Monday approved legislation by Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Moss Bluff, that deals with insurance ... Read more

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Nungesser says his office seeks to help SW La. businesses, events

John Guidroz Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said his office’s marketing plan must support every locally-owned business and event ... Read more

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Insurers that have ‘failed’ SW La. residents targets of advancing legislation

Jim Beam Supporters cite many complaints following 2020 storms   BATON ROUGE — The Senate Insurance Committee sent ... Read more

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Shelter remains in shambles nine months after storm

John Guidroz The shelter at Oasis A Safe Haven — the only Lake Charles-based nonprofit shelter for victims ... Read more

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Shelter remains in shambles nine months after storm

John Guidroz The shelter at Oasis A Safe Haven — the only Lake Charles-based nonprofit shelter for victims ... Read more

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Sulphur woman says insurance commissioner ‘humiliated’ her

John Guidroz Robin Baudoin said she was stunned and humiliated after reading Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon’s letter ... Read more

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