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Hurricane Laura - Category 4 to hit Louisiana & Texas


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Hurricane Laura is now a Category 4 storm, and is expected to cause catastrophic damage to the Texas and Lousiana coastline as it makes landfall over night.

If anyone lives in this area, please evacuate if possible.  If not, find safer and higher ground to go to.  I really hope that there has been better preparation for this storm than Katrina.

Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Center (as of 7pm August 26). For the most up-to-date you can go to http://nhc.noaa.gov

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Some points from the Weather Channel:

  • Laura has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 as it approaches landfall.
  • Laura will make landfall Wednesday night into early Thursday near the border between Louisiana and Texas.
  • Catastrophic storm surge and damaging winds will affect areas near where Laura makes landfall.
  • Storm surge could penetrate as much as 30 miles inland in southwest Louisiana.
  • Laura is also an inland flood risk as far north and east as Arkansas and the Ohio and Tennessee valleys.
  • Isolated tornadoes are also expected from Laura.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-26-hurricane-laura-forecast-rapid-intensification-texas-louisiana

 

 

Live stream from Galveston, Texas where you can already see the water levels are rising.

 

 

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Brainiac

This is gonna be one for the history books. I pray that anyone living close to that area has evacuated and taken all necessary precautions.

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SharkmanthaC
Just now, Brainiac said:

This is gonna be one for the history books. I pray that anyone living close to that area has evacuated and taken all necessary precautions.

I'm afraid you're right.  And it terrifies me for that area. 

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alsemanche

This sounds terrifying. I hope people are evacuating and keeping safe. The world doesn't need more disasters :ohno:

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coekane

Any monsters here in this path for landfall? Because all the thoughts and prayers out for you guys, stay safe :heart:

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PartySick

I tried to witchcraft this thing our way, Texan and Louisianan people. I wanted a good storm but y'all took it :neyde:

For real though, stay safe. The storm surge is supposed to be horrific and it's floods that kill most people in hurricanes :rip:

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