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Hurricane Laura was a deadly ... and first major hurricane of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Laura originated ... A tropical storm watch was ...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems. It featured a total of 31 tropical and subtropical cyclones , with all but one cyclone becoming a named storm .
That day, Laura became a major hurricane, and later attained peak 1-minute sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), making it a Category 4 hurricane. Early on August 27, Laura made landfall near peak intensity on Cameron, Louisiana. This was the tenth-strongest U.S. hurricane landfall by windspeed on record. After landfall, Laura rapidly weakened ...
The National Hurricane Center projected that Laura will become a Category 3 hurricane before landfall, with winds of around 115 mph. Laura, now a hurricane, takes aim at U.S. Gulf Coast Skip to ...
August 26, 2020 at 8:44 AM. GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is forecast to rapidly power up into a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane, even stronger than previously expected, as it ...
Laura strengthened to a hurricane Tuesday morning, reaching maximum sustained winds of 75 mph as it barreled toward the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana, bringing with it a threat of a life ...
In terms of maximum sustained winds at landfall (150 mph or 240 km/h), Ida tied 2020's Hurricane Laura and the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest on record to hit Louisiana. [1] The remnants of the storm also caused a tornado outbreak and catastrophic flooding across the Northeastern United States.
Hurricane Laura began lashing the Gulf Coast on Wednesday afternoon, and forecasters' warnings grew more dire as the menacing storm crept closer to land. Laura explodes into Category 4 hurricane ...