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.
Hurricane Laura continued to strengthen late Wednesday as it approached the Louisiana coastline, reaching a wind speed just shy of that of a Category 5 storm. https://t.co/o3DqpBTA3Y pic.twitter.com/DZJ95MDY6l
— CNN (@CNN) August 27, 2020
1:23 am. Whistling. Explosions. #Hurricane #LAURA in Sulphur #Louisiana pic.twitter.com/7kU3DZjhyn
— Josh Morgerman (@iCyclone) August 27, 2020
Hurricane Laura the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana in 164 years – @BillKarins https://t.co/n8jgdEnRpY
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 27, 2020
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