The US National Hurricane Centre says Laura is now an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane. 9News
In the largest US evacuation during this pandemic era, more than half a million people were ordered Tuesday to flee from their homes near the Texas-Louisiana state line, including the Texas cities of Beaumont, Galveston and Port Arthur, and the low-lying Calcasieu and Cameron parishes in southwestern Louisiana, where forecasters said storm surge topped by waves could submerge whole communities.
Laura also is expected to quickly dump massive rainfall as it moves inland, causing widespread flash flooding in states far from the coast. Flash flood watches were issued for much of Arkansas, and forecasters said heavy rainfall could move to parts of Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky late Friday, Laura is so powerful that it's expected to become a tropical storm again, menacing the northeastern United States, once it reaches the Atlantic Ocean.
"Everyone's recent memory is Harvey. We want them to evacuate," said Bryce Bencivengo, a spokesman for the Austin's homeland security and emergency management office. Clements, a church educator, said she fears for her office, which is in a trailer following recent construction.
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