Hurricane Laura is now expected to become a major hurricane and make landfall, packing winds of 115 miles per hour, along the Louisiana-Texas border early Thursday morning. Governor John Bel Edwards says while Tropical Storm Marco weakened, there’s no indication that will happen with Laura.
“This is a very powerful storm. There will be storm surge impact, there will be wind impact, there will be rain impact,” said Edwards.
Edwards says the storm has parallels to one of the state’s most historic storms and could be the strongest seen in nearly 15 years.
“This has the potential to be the strongest hurricane to hit since Hurricane Rita and it happens to be taking at least for now a very similar track to Hurricane Rita,” said Edwards.
Edwards says residents need to take the threat seriously and if your neighbor is planning a hurricane party, do not go.
“They are an absolute horrible idea during COVID because there are multiple dangers there and I would say rather than doing that, they need to spend their time preparing,” said Edwards.
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