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Hurricane Laura

28 Aug 2020

Hurricane Laura makes landfall in US; 4 killed, extensive damage to property

Laura, a category 4 hurricane with a maximum wind speed of 150 miles per hour and one of the strongest to hit the US, slammed the Gulf Coast early Thursday and roared through Louisiana. The storm barreled over Lake Charles, Louisiana, an industrial and casino city of 80,000 people.

Hurricane Laura

27 Aug 2020

Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana, kills four, but less damage than forecast

Hurricane Laura ripped through Louisiana on Thursday, destroying buildings in towns across the southwestern corner of the state and killing four people. Still, the damage Laura has inflicted so far is less than what forecasters predicted. "This was the most powerful storm to ever make landfall in Louisiana," Governor John Bel Edwards said at an afternoon press conference.

27 Aug 2020

Hurricane Laura slams into Louisiana in US, forecasters warn of wall of water

Hurricane Laura made landfall early on Thursday in southwestern Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, with forecasters warning it could push a massive wall of water. Laura made landfall just before 1 a.m. as a category 4 storm, packing winds of 150 mph (240 kph) in the small town of Cameron, Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The bulletin added that Lake Charles, Louisiana, was seeing sustained winds of 85 mph (137 kph) and gusts up to 128 mph (206 kph), in the hour after landfall.

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