Hurricane Laura path: Where is Laura now? The surge could reach as high as 15 to 20 feet in some places and stretch as far as 30 miles inland. Captain John Minton stands aboard the "Poncho" in the Port of Lake Charles after being hammered by Hurricane Laura with he and his crew aboard riding out the storm. Patricia Wade talks about riding out Hurricane Laura while helping a friend salvage items from his destroyed home in Lake Charles, La., on Thursday afternoon August 27, 2020 after Hurricane Laura passed through overnight. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Follow Laura's path with the map below. The hurricane center last spotted the storm about 175 miles south-southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and 175 miles southeast of … "Steps to protect life and property should be rushed to completion in the next few hours," the National Hurricane Center says, as Laura could create "potentially catastrophic damage. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. SHREVEPORT, La. Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. "Satellite images indicate that Laura has become a formidable hurricane. Satellite images show before and after of the damage from Hurricane Laura above Grand Lake High School near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Jimmy Villarreal (left) looks back as a wave crashes over the seawall in Galveston, TX hours before Hurricane Laura is set to make landfall on Aug 26, 2020. Hurricane Marco is expected to make landfall near New Orleans while Tropical Storm Laura is expected to make landfall between Lafayette and Lake Charles, Louisiana. Map: Tracking Hurricane Laura’s Path. Emergency officials with Jefferson County, which includes Port Arthur, staged a number of “hubs” to collect residents and transport them to other areas around Texas, rather than shelter them there, said Allison Getz, a county spokeswoman. Looking for something to watch? The eye is about 50 miles east-southeast of Shreveport, Louisiana. Laura Patch is an actress and writer, known for, Baby Spice / Kate Moss / Rebecca Loos / Christina Aguilera / Jennifer Aniston / Katie Holmes / Shirley of 'Pepsi & Shirley' / The Queen / Trudie Styler, Cobie Smulders and Jessica Hynes lead cast of British comedy Songbird. Satellite image shows FOUR cyclones barrelling across the ocean. Cobie Smulders and Jessica Hynes start principal photography on British comedy Songbird. Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Louisiana as a Cat.

Haiti was hammered by heavy rain on August 23, 2020 from Tropical Storm Laura, as a second tropical storm, named Marco, was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane and hit the US state of Louisiana on August 24, 2020. Many areas in and around Laura's path are at risk of flash floods from rainfall caused by the storm. The Category 4 hurricane made landfall Wednesday night. Two people in Louisiana died, a 14-year-old girl and a 60-year-old man. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Both deaths were the result of fallen trees. In this aerial view from a drone, cowboys round up cattle on a pasture next to the Gulf of Mexico to take them to safe ground before the possible arrival of Hurricane Laura on August 25, 2020 in Cameron, Louisiana.

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Map: Tracking Hurricane Laura’s Path By Matthew Bloch Updated Aug. 27, 2020 Laura slammed the Louisiana and Texas coasts as it made landfall early Thursday as a … Hurricane Laura is forecast to dissipate quickly after landfall, with the greatest dangers posed by wind and storm surges. First Rita, then Ike: 'Resilient' residents of this Texas town brace for Hurricane Laura. The system was tracking about 380 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas.

Hurricane Laura struck Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms in U.S. history, leaving widespread destruction across the state. Hurricane Laura made landfall early Thursday in Cameron, La., near the Texas-Louisiana border, following powerful gusts of wind and heavy rains earlier on Wednesday.

For first-in-the-morning updates, sign up to get USA TODAY's Daily Briefing in your inbox. Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. A trailer is flipped following landfall of Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27, 2020 in western Cameron Parish, LA. “We could see storm surge heights more than 15 feet in some areas,” Stewart said.

Waves are seen at J.P. Luby beach ahead of Hurricane Laura, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Corpus Christi. Courtney Sacco, Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Workers listen to Gov. The storm surge and hurricane-force winds are forecast to arrive during the day Wednesday, with flash flooding expected later, too. By Matthew Bloch Updated Aug. 27, 2020. An employee of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) monitors tropical storm Laura in Santo Domingo, on Aug. 22, 2020. Hurricane Laura path update: Where is Hurricane Laura now? Flooding caused by Hurricane Laura on August 27, 2020 in Sabine Pass, Texas. Check out our recommendations to stream this month. It is classified as a tropical storm. A building with its windows blown out is seen in the downtown area after Hurricane Laura passed through on August 27, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Where is the storm now, and where is it heading? According to the NHC’s 1am CDT (7am BST) update, Hurricane Laura was located about 360 miles south-southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Greg Becker, an engineer from Caty, TX, takes wind measurements outside his hotel as Hurricane Laura hits the Gulf Coast on Aug. 26, 2020 in Port Arthur, TX. Andre Broussard/Special to The Advertiser. Hurricane Laura came ashore bringing rain and high winds to the southwest region of the state.

Source: Satellite image from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, captured on Wednesday at 6 p.m., Eastern time. Large, destructive waves could also accompany the storm surge near the landfall location. The weakened storm was predicted to curve east through Kentucky and Tennessee by Friday evening. Simike Babineaux (right) and an unidentified man fill sandbags in the Port Arthur pavilion before Hurricane Laura hits the area, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Laura Spath Find me on YouTube HW: 263lbs March '18 ⬇️ 123lbs in 10 months with #carnivorediet Working on maintaince and overcoming #foodaddiction since Jan '19 linktr.ee/lauraespath

Linda Smoot, who evacuated from Hurricane Laura in a pickup truck with eight others, reacts as they return to see the damaged home of her niece for the first time, in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of the hurricane, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. Hurricane Laura is now a Category 4 hurricane. Joe Cole looks at the hole left in the roof of his house after Hurricane Laura hit the area overnight in Orange on Thursday, August 27, 2020. A "high water" sign is seen before the Port Aransas beach access after Hurricane Laura, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas. Tropical Storm Laura hammered Haiti with heavy rain, killing at least five people, and was set to become a hurricane on August 25, 2020 that could hit the same US coastal region on Wednesday. Kate Moss: My Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall Again and Then Rise, Peter Andre Presents... Me and Katie: How the Moneymoon Never Ends, What to Watch if You Miss the "Game of Thrones" Cast. It's forecast to hit land with winds of 145 mph. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete Gaynor said on Twitter that a team was already deployed to the region.

By 5 p.m., the storm had strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane.

The US National Hurricane Center said Storm Laura was "bringing torrential rainfall and life-threatening flooding" to Haiti, which shares Hispaniola island with the Dominican Republic.It added that Storm Marco in the central Gulf of Mexico was "forecast to become a hurricane later today and be at hurricane strength when it approaches the northern Gulf Coast on Monday. newspaper archive. Most of the rain will come across the northwestern Gulf Coast, from eastern Texas to western Louisiana and up to Arkansas. Laura still has winds of around 120 miles per hour. "Hurricane-force winds and damaging wind gusts are also expected to spread well inland into portions of eastern Texas and western Louisiana early Thursday," the center added. It will be updated when the National Hurricane Center updates its forecasts.

As Hurricane Laura moves inland, the potential for power outages will continue. By 5 p.m., the storm had strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane. Laura is now responsible for at least one US death, a 14-year-old girl killed by a falling tree in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. Times are shown in Eastern time. Galveston's acting Mayor Craig Brown said in a statement: "It's imperative that you make plans this morning to secure your homes and move you and your family to safety off island.”.