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Friday, August 28, 2020

Death toll rises as scope of Laura's destruction becomes clearer

With the death toll at 10 in the U.S., and over 30 when factoring in fatalities caused in the Caribbean before Laura was even a hurricane, and economic damages potentially in the billions of dollars, Hurricane Laura proved devastating. On top of the human toll, the storm was one for the history books. 

Arriving with the strongest landfalling winds seen in Louisiana since the Franklin Pierce administration and becoming the earliest L-named system since forecasters began naming storms, Laura rewrote history before it even bore down near the Louisiana-Texas border.

After strengthening right before landfall and reaching Category 4 with sustained wind speeds of 150 mph as it crashed into Cameron Parish, Laura ravaged the Bayou State and eastern Texas coastlines with damaging winds, widespread flooding and a destructive storm surge before a chemical fire caused even further headaches.

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