#HurricaneLaura made landfall in Louisiana. Forecasters warn an "unsurvivable" storm surge — up to 20ft — could go 40 miles inland.
▪️ 620,000 told to evacuate
▪️ At least 150 not leaving
▪️ TX: Evacuees with no money/shelter put in hotels, Austin/Dallas already out of rooms
#HurricaneLaura made landfall as a Category 4 storm, the strongest to hit Louisiana in 150 years. It comes 15 years after Katrina killed over 1,800 people.
It is now Cat. 2. In Lake Charles:
▪️ 120mph winds blew out skyscraper windows
▪️ "No way to get to" stranded people
#HurricaneLaura killed at least 21 people in Haiti, including a baby and child.
Flash floods carrying rocks collapsed buildings, trapping some people as they slept: "Water rushed up to my neck in no time."
▪️ Almost 200 homeless
▪️ At least 3 others killed in Dominican Republic
A fire has broken out at a chemical plant near Lake Charles after #HurricaneLaura ripped through the area.
Louisiana's governor is advising residents to:
▪️ shelter in place "until further notice"
▪️ turn off air conditioning units
▪️ "close your doors and windows"
At least 1 person was killed by #HurricaneLaura in Louisiana — a 14-year-old girl killed when a tree fell on her home.
▪️ Storm, now Cat. 1, still packing 75 mph winds
▪️ 600,000 without power in LA, TX
▪️ Floodwaters, debris blocking access to stranded people in Lake Charles
Hurricane #Laura has killed at least three people in Louisiana since it landed near the Louisiana-Texas border.
It hit the U.S. with winds up to 150 miles per hour, but has since downgraded to a tropical storm.
"It looks like 1,000 tornadoes went through here," a man in LA said
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