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Fri Aug 28

A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura's damage in this area of oil fields and industry

Written by John Pardue, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University

Smoke billowed from the fire at a chlorine plant in Westlake, Louisiana, after Hurricane Laura moved through on Aug. 27. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential for more hazardous damage in...

A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura's damage in this area of oil fields and industry

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