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National Weather Service warns of "unsurvivable" Hurricane Laura storm surge

The National Weather Service on Wednesday tweeted that an "unsurvivable" storm surge from Hurricane Laura is approaching Texas and Louisiana, projected to reach as high as 20-feet and penetrating up to 30 miles inland.

Why it matters: NWS is urging residents in need of evacuation to do so immediately. The surge is predicted to begin by Wednesday.

Unsurvivable storm surge with large, destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, TX, to Intracoastal City, LA. Surge could penetrate up to 30 miles inland.

If you need to evacuate, do so NOW. Surge will begin today, well ahead of the strongest winds pic.twitter.com/H6ZgRAiJ14

— National Weather Service (@NWS) August 26, 2020

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Hundreds of places with racist names dot the US

More than 1,000 towns, lakes, streams, creeks and mountain peaks across the U.S. still bear racist names, according to a federal board under the Department of the Interior.

Why it matters: The legacies of sites with names such as Squaw Lake, Minn., and Dead Negro Spring in Oklahoma endure, even amid a national push to remove Confederate monuments and change designations of public buildings named for racists.

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