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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

All right, today is Friday, August 28th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

Remnants of Hurricane Lara unleashed heavy rain and twisters, hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and mangled buildings along the Gulf Coast.

And forecasters warned an eastern turn would again make a storm a looming threat this time to the densely populated eastern seaboard.

Trees were down and power was out as far north as Arkansas, where remnants of the storm that killed at least six people in the United States were centered.

The once fearsome category four hurricane packing 150 mile per hour winds weakened to a depression after dark.

New tornado warnings were issued after nightfall in Mississippi and Arkansas hours after one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the United States barreled across Louisiana on Thursday. Demolished buildings, entire neighborhoods left in

ruins and almost 900,000 homes and businesses were without power along the coast. A lower than

expected storm surge also helped save lives. Ocean water rose as much as 12 feet rather than

the 20 feet that was predicted. Yeah, they were showing these guys who, I guess they call themselves the Cajun Navy or anybody has a boat down there and they were ready to do boat rescues. And they said, we realized about a couple hours into it that we needed to switch to pickup trucks because it had not flooded as much they thought as it would. President Trump plans to visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to tour the damage.

What does this mean for the shore on Saturday?

There will be lots of rain heavy at times with possible damaging wind gusts.

A high school teacher has been charged for repeatedly sexually assaulting an underage

victim that began when the victim was 17 years old, according to the Camden County officials.

36-year-old Bridget, Sapira of Cherry Hill, was charged with secondary began when the victim was 17 years old, according to the Camden County officials.

36-year-old Bridget, Sapira of Cherry Hill, was charged with second-degree sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. She was also charged with sexual assault and endangering

the welfare of a child for crimes that occurred in Gloucester Township. According to court

documents, the victim contacted detectives earlier this month telling police that

Sapira initiated the relationship in January of 2019. The victim was a student. The victim told

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