Hurricane Laura remains a dangerous Category Two storm with maximum sustained winds at 100 miles per hour. As of Seven AM, the center of Laura is 20-miles north of Fort Polk.

Laura made landfall around 1 AM in Cameron as a Category Four storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. Calcasieu Parish Police Jury President Tony Guillory says Lake Charles took a big hit…
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Early images from the Lake Charles area shows a lot of structural damage. But Governor John Bel Edwards told CNN this morning that we got a break on the storm surge and it was half of what was forecasted, which was as high as 20 feet. But the governor is reporting a fatality, a 14-year-old girl in Leesville died when a tree fell on her home.

For the first time since 2012, the entire Louisiana National Guard has been mobilized because of Hurricane Laura. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Laura will continue to churn through Louisiana today heading towards Shreveport as northwest Louisiana should brace for hurricane-force winds. DeSoto Parish Sheriff Jason Richardson says he usually sends a group of deputies to the coast when a hurricane hits, but not this time…
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