Hurricane Laura Slams Louisiana At Near Category 5

The Weather Channel reports:



Hurricane Laura made landfall early Thursday and is now tracking northward across western Louisiana with threats of destructive winds, flooding rainfall, storm surge and tornadoes. Laura made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, at 1 a.m. CDT as a strong Category 4 with 150 mph winds. The winds have knocked out power to more than 300,000 homes and businesses in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

Laura is now tracking through western Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane this morning. The hurricane’s winds will slowly weaken as it moves farther inland toward Arkansas today. More than 9 feet of storm surge has inundated the coast near Cameron, Louisiana. Wind gusts over 100 mph are possible near where the center of Laura tracks through western Louisiana this morning.