Authorities implored coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana to flee. “This is shaping up to be just a tremendous storm,” Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards told The Weather Channel. 1 PM CDT: #Laura is now an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane with maximum winds of 140 MPH. “It’s a serious day and you need to listen to them.”On Twitter, President Donald Trump also urged coastal residents to heed local officials. Storm surge warnings were in effect from Freeport, Texas, to the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Source: Irish Independent August 26, 2020 18:22 UTC