COVID-19 complicates reaction to Hurricane Laura and raises fears of new epidemics

People wait to board buses while they are evacuated through local and state government before Hurricane Laura arrives Tuesday in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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Texas and Louisiana were already suffering from the spread of coronavirus when Hurricane Laura hit Wednesday night, and now some experts warn that mass evacuations may be guilty of a new wave of infections.

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