Sally has hit hurricane strength and is expected to grow into a category two storm before making landfall tomorrow, likely along the Mississippi coast. Matt Doyle has the story.
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In other news headlines, Monroe-based CenturyLink has changed its name to Lumen. The fortune 500 company plans to keep its headquarters in Monroe. The State Fair of Louisiana in Shreveport has postponed the start of the upcoming fair from October 29th to April 29th.

The eye of Hurricane Sally is expected to move over the edges of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes tomorrow. St. Bernard Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director John Rahaim says they could see a seven to eleven-foot storm surge, which will flood property outside of the levee system…
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St. Bernard will begin to feel tropical-storm-force winds around one A-M.

The damage to the timber industry from Hurricane Laura is an estimated one-point-one billion dollars. That’s according to Louisiana Forestry Association executive director Buck Vandersteen who says Laura impacted 770-thousand acres of forest in 22 parishes, with Vernon Parish suffering the most losses…
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Vandersteen says Laura will definitely have a long-term impact on the state’s forestry industry.