Hurricane Laura has killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl, after trees fell on their homes when the Category 4 storm system smashed into Texas and Louisiana with 150mph winds. (The Washington Post) Two hurricanes in six weeks: Hurricane Delta made landfall near Creole, Louisiana. President Donald Trump on Saturday toured areas hit by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and in Texas receiving briefings on emergency operations and relief efforts. Hurricane Laura slammed into the Louisiana coast last night with winds up to 150 miles per hour. It has since weakened to a Category 2, with winds of 110 mph. Laura tied with a hurricane from more than 160 years ago for the strongest storm to hit Louisiana. At 1 a.m. CDT Thursday, Hurricane Laura became the strongest storm to hit Louisiana since 1856, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, just 7 mph shy of being upgraded to Category 5 status. The National Hurricane... ‘Cajun Navy’ volunteer reaches … — Soon after Hurricane Laura slammed into the Louisiana coast in … This places the storm 120 miles south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and 120 miles south southeast of … An aerial view of the area appears to show roofs … Marco struck Louisiana on Monday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. As day broke in Louisiana, residents in the path of Hurricane Laura were waking up to discover its aftermath: widespread power outages, blocked and flooded roadways and gutted buildings. Category 4 Hurricane Laura is located at 28.4 N and 92.9 W as of the 7 p.m. report Wednesday evening. He called Laura the most powerful hurricane to strike Louisiana, meaning it surpassed even Katrina, which was a Category 3 storm when it hit in 2005. We apologize, this video has expired. Hurricane Laura continued to strengthen Tuesday evening as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas and Louisiana, where hundreds of … Initially it was feared that both storms would hit Louisiana as hurricanes within 48 hours of each other - an unprecedented event - but Marco was downgraded to a tropical storm. Hurricane Laura pounds the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it slams southwestern Louisiana. Powerful Hurricane Laura slams into Louisiana and Texas as Category 4 storm Laura is one of the most powerful hurricanes to make landfall in the United States. Aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, La., on Aug. 30, 2020. Tropical Storm Marco began falling apart Monday, easing one threat to the Gulf Coast but setting the stage for the arrival of Laura as a potentially supercharged Category 3 hurricane. “One entire wall that faces the street basically collapsed,” said the pastor, who just began her appointment at the church on July 1. Hurricane Laura, which leaped from a Category 1 to a high-end Category 4, moved toward the southwest Louisiana coastline on Aug. 27. Hurricane Laura strikes Louisiana as Category 4 storm, battering Lake Charles area and bringing flood threat Hurricane Center correctly predicted Laura’s landfall location and time, 87 hours in advance. Hurricane Ike (2008) hit Caribbean islands and Louisiana and was blamed for at least 195 deaths Winds 252km/h+ Serious damage to buildings, severe flooding further inland. Close enough to call it a near miss for Louisiana, but a direct hit for Mobile, Alabama to Pensacola, Florida. Readers are encouraged to subscribe to and use the discussion form at the bottom to have ongoing conversations centered on both these storms. Laura and another storm, Marco, earlier swept across the Caribbean, killing 24 people. [Follow our live Hurricane Sally updates and our map tracker.]. The area area is still recovering from Hurricane Laura, which hit just six weeks ago. The latest: Hurricane Laura has made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, as a Category 4 storm. Areas along the Louisiana-Texas border were hit hard overnight by Hurricane Laura, one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region. Hurricane Laura has turned deadly, killing a 14-year-old girl as it unleashed widespread destruction and devastating floodwaters after slamming early Thursday into Louisiana … Hurricane Sally made landfall in Alabama on the Anniversary of Hurricane Ivan (2004) in the same location on September 15. Laura roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane late Wednesday, swamping a low … Hurricane Delta is about to hit nearly the same spot as Laura in Louisiana, just 6 weeks later By Allison Chinchar, Brandon Miller, and Sara Tonks, … Historical documentation and discussions on Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta which made landfall near Lake Charles, Louisiana during the 2020 season. When Hurricane Laura roared ashore at 1:00 a.m. CDT on Thursday, August 27 it did so as with the strongest winds of any hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana since at least the mid 1800s. Hurricane Laura is by far the most intense and dangerous hurricane to hit the United States this season, the UN weather agency said on Friday, the day after it made landfall on the US Gulf Coast. LAKE CHARLES, La. Angela Cooley Bulhof evacuated with her family to Houston ahead of Hurricane Laura, but word reached her quickly that her church, University United Methodist in Lake Charles, Louisiana, took a big hit from the powerful storm. The Rev. Smoke is seen rising from a reported chemical plant fire after Hurricane Laura tore through the area on August 27, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Hurricane Laura is expected to hit the coast of Texas and Louisiana near the anniversary of Harvey, one of the most disastrous storms the region has experienced.