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LATEST: #HurricaneLaura has made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. Cars and trucks drive away from the Gulf along Interstate 10 as Hurricane Laura strengthens.

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#HurricaneLaura made landfall early Thursday in Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to ever strike the state.

#Laura is threatening the region with “catastrophic storm surge,” flash floods and devastating winds
"We just trying, I've been homeless for 2 years boss.”

#HurricaneLaura forced people to leave homes in Texas and Louisiana in the largest U.S. evacuation during #Covid19
🔭 View from space: @NOAASatellites captures satellite imagery of the #CaliforniaFires and #HurricaneLaura in the Gulf of Mexico
LATEST: #Laura has weakened to a Category 3 hurricane, according to an advisory from the NHC.

Laura is expected to become a tropical storm later today ImageImageImageImage
Hurricane #Laura made landfall near Cameron, a community 30 miles east of the Texas border.

It is the most powerful storm to strike the U.S. this year, according to @NHC_Atlantic
UPDATE: Laura has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane as it moves deeper inland over Louisiana, according to @NHC_Atlantic.

It's no longer a major hurricane but it still has extremely dangerous ImageImage
JUST IN: Louisiana girl killed by a tree is first reported U.S. death from Hurricane Laura, now a Category 1 hurricane
LOOK: In Lake Charles, Louisiana, blown-over debris and flood waters from Hurricane #Laura fill the streets
LOOK: Hurricane Laura tore through parts of Louisiana early Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, according to @NHC_Atlantic.

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LOOK: Here's the aftermath of Hurricane #Laura in Orange, Texas, where fallen trees and evacuated homes dot the streets

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WATCH: This highway in Golden Meadow, Louisiana remains submerged in floodwater from Hurricane #Laura, which has fallen to a Category 1 storm
HURRICANE: Businesses in Port Arthur, Texas are cleaning up the damage after Laura swept through the state
WATCH: Lake Charles, Louisiana was among the hardest hit after Hurricane #Laura tore through as one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region

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