Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall, overnight, into Thursday morning.
The National Weather Service is reporting:
Major Hurricane Laura continues to intensify over the northwest Gulf of Mexico this morning. Laura is expected to produce catastrophic impacts from the coast to well inland: life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds, torrential rain, flooding, and tornadoes. Hurricane, Storm Surge and Tropical Storm warnings extend from the northwestern Gulf Coast into parts of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
Live Video of Hurricane Laura can be viewed here:
The Weather Channel reports:
Laura has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 as it approaches landfall.
Laura will make landfall Wednesday night into early Thursday near the border between Louisiana and Texas.
Catastrophic storm surge and damaging winds will affect areas near where Laura makes landfall.
Storm surge could penetrate as much as 30 miles inland in southwest Louisiana.
Laura is also an inland flood risk as far north and east as Arkansas and the Ohio and Tennessee valleys.
Isolated tornadoes are also expected from Laura.
Hurricane Laura is a massive storm. Watch the video (in the player below) to get a better idea about what the Gulf Coast region is about to face.