Live: Half a million evacuated amid fears of 'unsurvivable storm surge' when storm makes landfall as Category 4
Hurricane Laura, that is due to make landfall in Louisiana and Texas on Wednesday is predicted to be ungraded to a Category 4 hurricane later today before it hits the US.
The hurricane was upgraded to a Category 3 overnight on Wednesday, but satellite images show that it has grown into "a formidable hurricane", according to the National Hurricane Centre.
It is anticipated that it could destroy homes and communities, and Stacy Stewart, a senior hurricane specialist told CBS on Wednesday that "Some areas, when they wake up Thursday morning, they're not going to believe what happened."
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