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Hurricane Laura: Louisiana faces 110mph winds as storm moves deeper inland
National Hurricane Center says Laura has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane
The National Hurricane Center says Laura has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane as it moves deeper inland over Louisiana.
That’s no longer a major hurricane but it still has extremely dangerous maximum sustained winds of 110mph (175 kph), nearly five hours after striking the coast and pushing what forecasters called an unsurvivable storm surge miles inland.
Forecasters say it’s centered about 45 miles (70 kilometers) north-northwest of Lake Charles and moving north at 15 mph (24 kph).
Laura’s eye hit a stretch of Louisiana near the Texas state line early Thursday as a Category 4. It is the most powerful storm recorded to hit the state in 164 years.
Here’s a recent radar image of the storm on the move.