Group of Hurricane Laura evacuees must leave Spring hotel
SPRING, Texas - It has been almost three weeks since Hurricane Laura made landfall and evacuees are still in the Houston area seeking shelter.
A group of evacuees from Lake Charles are being housed at a Holiday Inn in Spring, and are now being asked to leave by 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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They tell FOX 26 that their city is still not livable with power and water not fully restored.
The evacuees were given a number to call by the American Red Cross, in which they’ll be reassigned to a new hotel further away in Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin.
We are told there are around 85 to 100 evacuees, many of them have their families others are elderly.
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The American Red Cross sent out this statement in response:
“The American Red Cross continues to support sheltering solutions offered by the State of Texas and providing care, comfort and hope to those displaced by Hurricane Laura.”