- Houston care home owner creates emergency kits to help seniors during hurricane evacuations
- Flooding and rock slides close heavily damaged I-40 section in Smoky Mountains
- Erick weakens after landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane
- Erick upgraded to an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 hurricane, US forecasters say
- Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coast
Initial $56M in Florence recovery aid clears legislature
Bills include $56.5 million for initial recovery funding, plus waivers for students missing lots of school.