Pfizer vaccine shipments arrive in Lake Charles, Louisiana where employees from Acadian Ambulance receive the vaccine. CNBC's Brian Sullivan reports.
CNBC's Brian Sullivan reports from Shreveport, Louisiana, on distribution efforts are underway in the state to get Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine out to communities in need.
CNBC's Shep Smith reports on the path of Hurricane Delta as the storm makes landfall in Louisiana.
Hurricane Delta is set to make landfall tonight. CNBC's Shepard Smith reports on the path of the storm and why this storm is worrisome.
Remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland and left a path of death and mangled buildings all along the Gulf Coast. Forecasters warned an eastern turn would again make the storm a looming threat, this time to the densely populated Eastern Seaboard.
CNBC's Contessa Brewer takes a look at how companies had to shift disaster plans for Hurricane Laura in the midst of Covid-19.
Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater. The ferocious Category 4 monster roared ashore with sustained 150 mph winds at 1 a.m. local time. Hours after landfall, Laura was still a Category 2 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.
Laura strengthened into a category 4 hurricane on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. More than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy flooding and the power to push seawater miles inland.
Hurricane Laura is barreling toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, and leaders urged residents to prepare before landfall in Texas or Louisiana over the next 48 hours. Anticipating deadly winds, rains and storm surges, residents are filling sand bags and boarding up buildings.
While Tropical Storm Marco has collapsed, Tropical Storm Laura is expected to rapidly strengthen as it makes its way inland. Louisiana and Texas are now under hurricane watch.
Louisiana has passed 89 abortion restrictions since the procedure became legal in 1973. On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down a law that would have left the state with only one abortion provider. This is a setback for abortion foes' strategy to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.