After fast growth from Category 2 to Category 4 in two days, storm made landfall near Cameron, La., early on Aug. 27, but earlier predicted "unsurvivable" storm surge was less than anticipated.

Federal officials call for changes to national pipeline regulations a little more than a year after the September 2018 natural gas explosions and fires north of Boston and just days before another leak hit the area.

Measure proposed by House members from the flood-battered Midwest,would establish a fund to support loans for resilience projects.

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts reached a settlement with the family of an 18-year-old killed in the Sept. 13 gas explosions north of Boston.