Category Four Hurricane Laura is up to 145 mile per hour winds and is just six to seven hours away from making landfall in Cameron Parish. Jeff Palermo reports on what Governor Edwards warned will be “unsurvivable” levels of storm surge along the southwest Louisiana coast…
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In response the Louisiana National Guard has been fully mobilized for the first time since 2012.
For those who either couldn’t make it out of the storm’s path, or chose to ride out the major hurricane Governor Edwards is asking you to find the safest place you can hold up at and once night falls to stay hunkered down until the system has passed. Edwards says you may be panicked by what is going to be rapidly deteriorating conditions, but once the storm makes landfall, don’t leave your home because trying to escape in the dark will be extremely dangerous.
Projections show up to category three winds could extend all the way to the Alexandria region, with good chances for tropical storm force winds across most of the state.
Those winds will knock out power. Entergy CEO Phillip May says they have assembled teams from across the country…