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.

Aug. 26 morning forecast
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Meteorologist Evan Andrews gives an update on Hurricane Laura in the gulf and how it will affect the forecast here in North Texas.

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.

Aug. 25 morning forecast
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Meteorologist Evan Andrews talks about rising temperatures and Hurricane Laura in the Gulf.

McKinney firefighters head southeast to clean up after hurricanes

Firefighters from across North Texas are staging in South and East Texas awaiting the potential threats to the coast.

Aug. 24 morning forecast
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Meteorologist Evan Andrews is keeping an eye on the storms in the Gulf and talks about how they might affect our forecast.

August 23rd Weather Forecast
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Ali has a look at how the two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico could impact us here in North Texas.

North Texas crews preparing to head to Texas coast for hurricane relief

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said dozens of state resources are being gathered and sent to the Texas coast as two tropical systems approach.