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Lake Charles, Louisiana
Authorities arrested Christopher T. Cater, 41, on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of Sheila Ortega, 72, in Louisiana.
We cant depend on the president. We cant depend on nobody, one hurricane survivor said.
President Trump toured the damage in Louisiana and Texas on Saturday as the death toll from the hurricane rose to 16.
The Confederate monument made it through a vote, but Hurricane Laura brought it down anyway.
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It was one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S.
Fittingly, the baby's name is Hope.
The storm caused its first reported fatality, a 10-year-old boy in Alabama, on Wednesday.