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Laura moves toward landfall in southwestern Louisiana

by Associated Press
| August 26, 2020 8:27 PM

DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Laura roared toward landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border as a menacing Category 4 hurricane late Wednesday, pushing ocean water topped with waves on to a low-lying coast that forecasters said would be inundated with “unsurvivable” storm surge as much as 20 feet deep.

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