Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall in Louisiana

Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana in the early hours of Thursday, August 27, classified as a category 4 hurricane. ————————— READ MORE: After coming ashore early Thursday as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the United States in decades, Hurricane Laura continues to move inland as a downgraded Category 1 storm. In its latest update, the National Hurricane Center says Laura has maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour, making it Category 1 strength on the five-level scale that measures a hurricane’s potential destructiveness. Forecasters say Laura continues to bring damaging winds and flooding rainfall as it moves inland over western and central Louisiana. They say the storm is still generating a life-threatening storm surge along much of the Louisiana coastline. The Associated Press quotes Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards as saying he has received a report of the first fatality from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana, a 14-year-old girl, who died when a tree fell on her home. ————————— LINK: https://www.voanews.com/usa/1-dead-lo...