‘It’s in full beast mode’: Category 4 Hurricane Laura surges toward landfall near Texas-Louisiana border

SABINE PASS, Texas — Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with “unsurvivable storm surge” on Wednesday night or early Thursday near the Texas-Louisiana border, the National Hurricane Center said. There are possible tornadoes approaching southeastern … Read More

Hurricane Harvey Strengthens and Heads for Texas

Tropical Storm Harvey strengthened into a hurricane on Thursday as it headed to coastal Texas, where it was expected to bring life-threatening flooding, meteorologists said. The National Hurricane Center said Air Force Hurricane Hunter planes had spotted Tropical Storm Harvey … Read More