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Hurricane Laura was a ... and first major hurricane of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Laura originated ... Map plotting the storm's track and ...
The thirteenth tropical cyclone, twelfth named storm, fourth hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Laura originated from a large tropical wave that moved off the West African coast on August 16. The tropical wave gradually organized, becoming a tropical depression on August 20.
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 ...
Laura’s arrival comes just days before the Aug. 29 anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which breached the levees in New Orleans, flattened much of the Mississippi coast and killed as many as 1,800 ...
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 ...
Tropical Storm Laura became a hurricane early Tuesday morning, just as the storm entered the Gulf of Mexico with Louisiana and Texas in her sight. With winds swirling at 70 mph, Laura was upgraded ...
August 27, 2020 – Hurricane Laura, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, made landfall near the Louisiana–Texas border in Cameron Parish and simultaneously tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall in Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Storm surge as high as 17 feet was ...
The National Hurricane Center projected that Laura will become a Category 3 hurricane before landfall, with winds of around 115 mph. ... Updated August 26, 2020 at 5:56 AM.