HOUSTON, TX – Hurricane Laura is moving over the central and northwestern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday and is expected to approach the Upper Texas and Southwest Louisiana coasts by Wednesday night with impacts including life threatening storm surge, hurricane force winds, torrential rainfall, and inland flooding. Hurricane, Tropical Storm and Storm Surge Warnings and Watches issued.
The current forecast shows Laura headed in a west-northwestward direction today followed by a turn toward the northwest tonight and toward the north by Wednesday night and Thursday.
This will result in the hurricane making landfall in the area of southwestern Louisiana or the upper Texas coast late Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
The new forecast track before landfall has been nudged a little to the west of the previous track.
After landfall, Laura is expected to move away from Texas and move east through the Tennessee Valley and the mid-Atlantic States.
The hurricane is expected to strengthen as it travels over warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
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