Extreme Weather August 26, 2020 11:30 pm Hurricane Laura Watch: Tri-State Sends Help to the Gulf Ahead of Landfall Laura is roaring toward landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border as a menacing Category 4 hurricane. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford and Matt Brickman report. Local 1:18 18-year-old's birthday party on Long Island erupts in gunfire; 6 injured [NY ONLY 0:28 1 dead in baby shower triple shooting in Queens, police say 2:31 Raging NJ fire rips through businesses and apartments, leaving 20 people displaced 2:19 Brooklyn Museum holds pop-up poetry event for AANHPI Month 2:04 Long Island gets ready for Sunday's marathon