2 tropical storms: Rene becomes earliest ‘R’ named storm on record in Atlantic after Paulette forms

The two tropical storms formed Monday. Rene is the earliest 17th named “R” storm in a record-setting hurricane season, breaking the previous record of Rita, which formed Sept. 18, 2005.

Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in Texas, Louisiana

President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura on a post-Republican National Convention trip that allowed him to use the trappings of his office to try to project empathy and leadership.

Hurricane Laura evacuees grateful for North Texas hospitality

For a second day in a row, hurricane evacuees waited for hours in Mesquite hoping to be put in a hotel room for the night.

‘Houses that are totally gone’: 4 dead as Tropical Storm Laura exits Louisiana, leaving wake of destruction

One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain early Thursday morning, but Laura rapidly weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm by afternoon.

Gov. Abbott: Texas dodged a bullet from Hurricane Laura

Hurricane Laura quickly made its way out of Texas Thursday leaving behind far less damage in the state than originally predicted.

All hands on deck: Linemen, Cajun Navy volunteers prepare to assist as Hurricane Laura bears down

Hundreds of volunteers, from linemen to boat crews to chainsaw crews, were assisting local governments and first responders to prepare to provide relief in the wake of the hurricane’s destruction.

Hurricane Laura moving inland over Louisiana after making landfall as Cat 4

Hurricane Laura made landfall and brings unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves that will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana.

State officials: Laura may bring 'unsurvivable' storm surge

Officials are urging people to get out of Hurricane Laura’s path before it makes landfall overnight as a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane.

Hurricane Laura forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate Gulf Coast

More than 385,000 residents were told to flee the Texas cities of Beaumont, Galveston and Port Arthur, and another 200,000 were ordered to leave low-lying Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana, where forecasters said as much as 13 feet (3.96 meters) of storm surge topped by waves could submerge whole communities.