Texas braces for an ‘unsurvivable’ storm as Hurricane Laura strengthens to an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4

Hurricane Laura strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, prompting warnings of “unsurvivable” storm surge of up to 20 feet (six meters) and evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of coastal residents of Louisiana and Texas. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Laura was packing winds of 140 […]