HURRICANE LAURA // Landfall at Cameron, LA, while at near Cat 5 with 150 mph sustained winds! // 700k+ without power // Chemical fire near I-10 !

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At 1 am CDT, Hurricane #Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Cameron as a category 4 #hurricane. Maximum sustained winds were 150 mph, with a minimum central pressure of 938 mb. Potentially catastrophic impacts will continue.

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@kidcharmaine

Look at my city #lakecharleslouisiana this crazy!!! #HurricaneLaura2020

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More damage pics from dailymail and 700k+ without power

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They are saying benzene.....

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Blue Shed Jeff with the morning update

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More emerging footage from the team as they head to #CameronLA #HurricaneLaura2020 - Derailed train

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@DeItaOne
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ENERGY COMPANIES SHUT 84% GULF OF MEXICO OIL PRODUCTION DUE TO HURRICANE LAURA -U.S.

LAURA CUTS 60% OF U.S. GULF OFFSHORE NATURAL GAS OUTPUT -BSEE

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@MasielloCameron

The coastline of SW Louisiana, especially points east of the landfall point, are undoubtedly permanently changed. Salt water inundation as a result of storm surge clearly seen on satellite many miles inland from hurricane #Laura in Cameron Perish.

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Blue Shed Jeff reporting deaths?

@Jeff_Piotrowski

Breaking news: I found a man in the middle of the bay in storm surge water south side of I-10 house clasped. He was trapped under walls.He is hyperthermia have another local taken him to mother house. Finding people in the water. #lawx

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OLD GLORY STILL WAVES...

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New recon aircraft is measuring surface winds of 150-155 mph in the northeastern eyewall of Hurricane #Laura, very close to Category 5 intensity.

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just 1 mph off infact

@MJVentrice
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#HurricaneLaura's maximum sustained winds have increased from 75mph to 140mph in the past 24hr. That's ties the record for the largest 24hr rate of intensification (65 mph in 24 hr) for a tropical cyclone o/the Gulf of Mexico (Karl in 2010). Historical stats via @philklotzbach

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Blue Shed Jeff is broadcasting live now if anyone wants to watch. On a parking garage roof in Lake Charles.

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@UKWX_
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This is jaw dropping #Laura

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NHC updated info:

Upto 20 feet of storm surge

Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will causecatastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to IntracoastalCity, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes. This surge could penetrate up to 40 miles inland from the immediate coastline, and flood waters will not fully recede for several days after the storm.

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A message I received from Luisport to GLPers:

I want to make a statement. Laura Hurricane will be a Irma and Dorian like storm. A Cat 5 later, no dout! Please everyone on path of this monster take care and do what you can to save you and yours. My family prayers to all.

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With #Laura now expected to be a major hurricane at landfall, a storm surge of up to 13 feet is expected in SE Texas and the marshes of Louisiana.

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@RyanMaue

ECMWF 12z arrived even stronger at 937 mb pressure which is typical of Category 4+ hurricanes.

Landfall just east of Galveston Bay.

Very large size of Laura = potential for dangerous surge.

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12z ECMWF shifts landfall up the coast and stronger. Landfall just NE of Galveston Bay.

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@JeffLindner1
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A potentially catastrophic storm surge event for the extreme SE TX and much of the SW/SC LA coast.

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Spaghetti models

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Deeper convection building up near the center, band north of Cuba still there, equatorward outflow looking healthy:

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Models show two storms headed for New Orleans and one of them a Category 4

Marco to landfall on Monday, followed by Laura on Wednesday.
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NOAA's hurricane model the HWRF, which is a specialized model for forecasting hurricane intensity, estimates Laura will be a category 4 storm.

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