Aug 25 LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Laura after landfall By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas, Brennan Butler Laura made landfall early Thursday as a Category 4 storm, blasting the border of Louisiana and Texas and hitting maximum sustained winds of around 150 miles per hour at its peak. Continue reading
Aug 25 WATCH: Texas governor addresses Hurricane Laura as evacuation orders issued By Rebecca Santana, Jeff Martin, Associated Press More than half a million people have been ordered to evacuate the Texas and Louisiana coasts ahead of Hurricane Laura. Forecasters expect Laura to grow to a major Category 3 hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico… Continue reading
Aug 24 Gulf Coast braces ahead of Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Storm Marco By Rebecca Santana, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The two-storm combination could bring a history-making onslaught of life-threatening winds and flooding along the coast, stretching from Texas to Alabama, forecasters said. Continue reading