{"id":36861,"date":"2020-08-27T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31521\/Hurricane-Laura-Brings-Catastrophic-Storm-Surge-And-Fearsome-Winds-To-Gulf-Coast.html"},"modified":"2020-08-27T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:23:26","slug":"hurricane-laura-brings-catastrophic-storm-surge-and-fearsome-winds-to-gulf-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/hurricane-laura-brings-catastrophic-storm-surge-and-fearsome-winds-to-gulf-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Laura Brings Catastrophic Storm Surge And Fearsome Winds To Gulf Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hurricane Laura’s arrival at the Louisiana coast early Thursday prompted the National Hurricane Center to warn: “Take action now to protect your life! NOAA\/NESDIS\/STAR GOES-East <\/b> hide caption<\/b><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hurricane Laura’s arrival at the Louisiana coast early Thursday prompted the National Hurricane Center to warn: “Take action now to protect your life!<\/p>\n

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Hurricane Laura is destroying buildings, sparking flash floods and bringing a “catastrophic” storm surge to southwestern Louisiana on Thursday morning, remaining a fearsome hurricane more than seven hours after making landfall.<\/p>\n

Laura rapidly intensified into an extremely dangerous storm as it neared land, with the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters spinning its maximum sustained winds up to at least 150 mph. <\/p>\n

When the storm’s eyewall moved onshore around 1 a.m. ET, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center emphasized the personal threat<\/a> to anyone in its path:<\/p>\n

“TAKE COVER NOW! Treat these imminent extreme winds as if a tornado was approaching and move immediately to the safe room in your shelter. Take action now to protect your life!”<\/p>\n

The advisory instructed people to get under a table and shield themselves with mattresses and blankets. <\/p>\n

The hurricane made landfall as a Category 4 storm, crossing over Cameron, La., roughly 35 miles east of the Texas border. Laura has since weakened, but the National Hurricane Center warns that “a life-threatening storm surge with large and destructive waves will continue within the Storm Surge Warning area this morning.”<\/p>\n