Hurricane Laura formed on Tuesday morning and is expected to become a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, said the National Hurricane Center (NHC) …
Hurricane Laura formed on Tuesday morning and is expected to become a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, said the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its latest update. U. S. hurricane hunter aircraft data suggests “that Laura has become a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h), with higher gusts,” the NHC said. The agency further warned that the system could become a major Category 3 storm when it hits the United States. Currently, the system is about 145 miles northwest of the western tip of Cuba, and it’s about 625 miles southeast from Lake Charles, Louisiana, the NHC said. The storm, which has a minimum central pressure of 991 millibars, is currently moving 17 mph west-northwest, it added.
