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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., about the first night of the GOP convention and the storms facing Louisiana this week, 15 years after Katrina tore through the state.

Laura was declared a hurricane Tuesday morning, when a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft detected maximum sustained winds of 75 mph in its center.

The Chamber has called for legislative action on climate, but the business group didn't take climate into account when evaluating U.S. lawmakers' voting records, an environmental think tank says.

Marco weakened to a tropical storm but still threatens southern Louisiana with rain and flooding. It's the first of two storms expected to hit Louisiana this week.

Laura is predicted to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast as a Category 2 hurricane later this week — bringing heavy rain to some of the same areas that are being drenched by Marco.

Hurricane Marco is forecast to make landfall Monday, followed by Tropical Storm Laura, which is expected to become a hurricane. "The first 72 hours is on you," Gov. John Bel Edwards warned residents.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says an area the size of Rhode Island is now ablaze in his state. He's looking for help from other states and the federal government.

One storm is currently forecast to hit near the Texas-Louisiana border; the other could reach the Florida Panhandle. Two hurricanes hitting the Gulf at once would be unprecedented, experts say.

The possibility of catching or spreading the coronavirus adds a new dimension of risk to the job, both on and off the front lines, and poses new threats to those seeking refuge in temporary shelter.

Dozens of major fires are burning in California. The state is enduring a heat wave that's also forcing rolling blackouts. Thousands are under evacuation orders while trying to socially distance.

A pilot was killed after he crashed while battling a blaze in Fresno County. Officials say "a historic lightning siege" has caused more than 367 new fires throughout California.