Because geoengineered superstorms like
Hurricane Michael can be so revved up
that they still pack a HUGE punch many
miles from landfall.
— State of the Nation
The Latest: Trump to visit storm-hit Louisiana and Texas
The Associated Press
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says Laura remains a hurricane, sustaining top winds of 75 mph (120 kph) more than 170 miles after landfall.
The powerful storm struck land near Cameron on the southwest Louisiana coast at about 1 a.m. Thursday. Nine hours later, it was about 10 miles north of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and had not yet weakened into a tropical storm.
The hurricane is expected to keep drenching Louisiana and then Arkansas as a tropical storm, causing widespread flash flooding and damage from winds. It was moving north near 16 mph (26 kph).
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