Details about what started the fire weren't immediately available.A person holds a photo taken from a damaged home in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on August 27.Damage is seen at an office building lobby in Lake Charles on August 27.This aerial photo shows the roof blown off an AutoZone store in Lake Charles on August 27.Benjamin Luna helps recover items from the children's wing of the First Pentecostal Church in Orange, Texas, on August 27.Dozens of small fish are trapped inland after the hurricane ripped through Holly Beach, Louisiana.Louisiana National Guard Pfc.
Updated 0052 GMT (0852 HKT) August 28, 2020.Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. So far, it has featured a total of 24 tropical cyclones, 23 named storms, eight hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. ".A Lake Charles street is strewn with debris and downed power lines Thursday after Laura passed through.Wind gusts of more than 120 mph raked that area intermittently for an hour overnight, CNN meteorologists say. But it made landfall around 1 a.m. with sustained winds of 150 mph, devastating southern Louisiana communities for miles.While there were widespread reports of wind damage, some communities were also beset by storm surge. Updated 1149 GMT (1949 HKT) August 27, 2020 (CNN) Hurricane Laura roared across … As he watched from 25 feet away, he "could see my roof was heaving up and down several inches. Both the driver and a passenger suffered minor injuries.A person walks past a destroyed building in Lake Charles.A structure is flattened near a beach in Lake Charles.The L'Auberge Casino Resort is seen after the lights went out in Lake Charles.Shrimp boat Sea Lion V prepares for Hurricane Laura's landfall on August 26.This photo of Hurricane Laura was taken from aboard the International Space Station on August 26.Victoria Nelson lines up her children, Autum, Shawn and Asia, as they board a bus to evacuate Lake Charles on August 26.A sheriff's deputy wipes his face while manning a roadblock in Lake Charles on August 26.Families line up to board buses to evacuate Lake Charles on August 26.Children play at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack, where some evacuees were settling in Austin, Texas, on August 26.Demeteri Bushnell is hugged by her great-niece as they and other evacuees prepare to board a bus in Lake Charles.Traffic is at a near-standstill on Interstate 10 as people evacuate the region near Jennings, Louisiana, on August 25.A US Postal Service employee covers a mailbox with plastic wrap in Galveston, Texas.
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is forecasting for.One system is Tropical Storm Laura, which formed Friday morning in the Atlantic Ocean.If that forecast holds true, it would be the first time in recorded history that two hurricanes muscled through the Gulf’s warm waters simultaneously, according to Colorado State University researcher Phil Klotzbach.It could also be another record-breaker for 2020 with the potential for seven tropical cyclone landfalls in the continental U.S. before the end of August.South Florida, its west coast and Panhandle remain in the path of a messy Tropical Storm Laura, which is predicted to move across Puerto Rico on a path toward the Gulf.Laura is expected to produce 3 to 6 inches of rain over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands through Sunday, the Hurricane Center said. The Climate Prediction Center’s most recent estimate was for up to 25 named storms, which would require using the Greek alphabet.There are 21 names on the six-year rotating list of storm names. "The farther south I get, I'm seeing more intense damage," including homes, businesses and farm buildings destroyed or missing roofs, he told CNN.