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Hurricane Laura was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that is tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane and 2021's Hurricane Ida as the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as measured by maximum sustained winds.
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 home, in Sulphur, Louisiana, about 135 miles east of Houston, Texas, less than 60 miles from Cameron Parish where Laura thundered ashore as a Category 4 hurricane, is the first Bauer has ever ...
The National Hurricane Center projected that Laura will become a Category 3 hurricane before landfall, with winds of around 115 mph (185 kph), capable of devastating damage.
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 ...
The first hurricane to cause at least $1 billion in damage was Betsy in 1965, which caused much of its damage in southeastern Louisiana. Four years later, Camille caused over $1 billion in damage as it ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi at landfall, and Virginia after moving inland. After the 1960s, each decade saw an increase in tropical ...
Laura shortly after being named on August 21. On August 16, a large tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa. [1] The same day, the National Hurricane Center noted the possibility of tropical development as the wave neared more favorable conditions, with the 5-day development chance being estimated at 20%. [2]
“I'm here to support the great people of Louisiana. It’s been a great state for me,” the president said in Lake Charles.