Hundreds of thousands flee U.S. coast ahead of Hurricane Laura
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Gov. Greg Abbott talks about Hurricane Laura at the alternate State Operations Center at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 25.2/17
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Evacuated students from Texas A&M University at Galveston arrive by bus at Aloft College Station on Tuesday, Aug. 25, in College Station, Texas. Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday.3/17
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Houston SPCA staff members Linnea Wood, foreground, and Calista Stover carry pets from the Galveston Island Humane Society, onto a Wings of Rescue plane headed to Dallas/Fort Worth Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Houston, as Hurricane Laura threatens the Texas coast.4/17
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Owner Nick Gaido, top right, and Miguel Andrade secure a strap over a giant crab on the roof of Gaido's Seafood Restaurant, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast. The crab has been on display since 1960.5/17
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Municipal workers fill sandbags for the elderly and those with disabilities ahead of Hurricane Laura in Crowley, La., Tuesday, Aug. 25.6/17
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John Ray, top, boards up his house in Pirates Beach on the West End of Galveston with help from his friend Bryan Everett as Hurricane Laura tracks toward the upper Texas coast Tuesday, Aug. 25.7/17
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Kelly Peltier and Nancy Evans unfurl plastic sheeting for the doors on the ground floor of their building on Post Office Street in downtown Galveston Tuesday, Aug 25. Residents and local business owners continued to make preparations for Hurricane Laura's arrival along the gulf coast.8/17
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Workers board up windows at the Galvez Hotel & Spa, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast.9/17
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Alfreda Henderson and her daughter, Miracle, 5, walk to a charter bus that will evacuate them from Galveston Island to Austin in anticipation of impact from Hurricane Laura, Tuesday, Aug. 25, from the Galveston Housing Authority offices in Galveston.10/17
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Evacuees walk to board buses Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston, Texas. The evacuees are being taken to Austin, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast.11/17
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People wait in front of the Galveston Housing Authority offices to board charter busses that will evacuate them from Galveston Island to Austin in anticipation of impact from Hurricane Laura, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston.12/17
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An animal control officer directs people as they wait to board charter busses that will evacuate them from Galveston Island to Austin in anticipation of impact from Hurricane Laura, Tuesday, Aug. 25, from the Galveston Housing Authority offices in Galveston.13/17
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People wait in front of the Galveston Housing Authority offices to board charter busses that will evacuate them from Galveston Island to Austin in anticipation of impact from Hurricane Laura, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston.14/17
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Municipal workers fill sandbags for residents in advance of Hurricane Laura in Abbeville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 25.15/17
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Issac Alvarado boards up windows of coastal decor store Bayside Chic, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast.16/17
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Tiara Walker holds her dog, Buece, as she waits with her family to board a bus to evacuate Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston, Texas. The evacuees are being taken to Austin, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast.17/17
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Evacuees, from right to left, Tommie McNeil, Elisabeth Pelham, Nota Norris, and a woman who did not want to be identified, wait to board a bus as they evacuate, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Galveston, Texas. The evacuees are being taken to Austin, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast.
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