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Improvements Planned to Strengthen South Louisiana Civic Center

The Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center in southern Louisiana would be able to withstand Category 3 hurricane winds after completion of a roughly $2.2 million project the Parish Council is considering. The Courier reports the council introduced an ordinance to upgrade center’s …

Hospital Adds Screens as Protection Against Hurricane Winds

West Jefferson Medical Center is working on what hospital officials describe as a hurricane-hardening project to secure its windows. New Orleans CityBusiness reports the work is part of a series of upgrades underway at the hospital in Jefferson Parish. It’s …

UK Braces for Severe Storm

Britain is taking precautions for a storm that is expected to hit the country with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. Forecasters say the storm will arrive in the southern half of the U.K. on Sunday, a day of major sports …