Stronger Hurricane Laura races toward heart of U.S. oil refining industry

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Stronger Hurricane Laura races toward heart of U.S. oil refining industry
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Laura strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday as it raced over evacuated oil-production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and took aim at the energy industry's refining hub along the Texas/Louisiana coast.

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HOUSTON - Laura strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday as it raced over evacuated oil-production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and took aim at the energy industry’s refining hub along the Texas/Louisiana coast.

A half a million people in the two states fled the storm, clogging highways and filled hotels in a rush to avoid the storm and shelters. The storm resembles 2005’s Hurricane Rita, which caused more than $18 billion in damages and killed more than 120 people, many during a hurried Texas evacuation.

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