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Laura moves ashore in southwestern Louisiana near Texas

by Associated Press
| August 26, 2020 10:27 PM

DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Laura roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane late Wednesday, swamping a low-lying coast with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unsurvivable.

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