Hurricane Laura Made Landfall in Southwestern Louisiana; Threatening Continues
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Laura has officially made landfall in the southwestern Louisiana near Cameron after a long journey through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm hit Cameron, Louisiana, at about 1 a.m. (2 a.m. ET), according to the National Hurricane Center, which called it an "extremely dangerous" hurricane.
Hurricane Laura continued moving inland after making landfall along the southwestern Louisiana Thursday morning. Winds unexpectedly lowered slightly over land, dropping to maximum sustained gusts of 140 mph as the storm headed north, just 10 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and 40 miles east of Port Arthur, Texas.
Here are the Key Messages for Thursday morning for Hurricane #Laura. Catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding continues in portions of Louisiana. More: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB or your local weather forecast at https://t.co/SiZo8ohZMN pic.twitter.com/VSjWKiu45I
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 27, 2020
The extremely dangerous Hurricane Laura is expected to produce catastrophic impacts, including dangerous storm surge (that could penetrate up to 40 miles inland), widespread damaging wind gusts, torrential rain, flooding, and tornadoes. Hurricane, Storm Surge and Tropical Storm warnings extend from the northwestern Gulf Coast into parts of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
At 1 am CDT, Hurricane #Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Cameron as a category 4 #hurricane. Maximum sustained winds were 150 mph, with a minimum central pressure of 938 mb. Potentially catastrophic impacts will continue. More: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/GVWRnmGejy
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 27, 2020
Hurricane Laura made landfall on the US’s Gulf of Mexico coast early on Thursday, threatening an “unsurvivable” surge of seawater in the heartland of American oil refining, natural gas exports and petrochemicals production.
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