New Orleans Residents Fill Sandbags Ahead of Hurricane Laura
New Orleans residents filled sandbags to prepare for Hurricane Laura as the storm churned in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, August 25.
As of Tuesday at 10 am, Laura was a Category 1 storm located about 585 miles southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Forecasters expected the storm to near the Texas and Louisiana coasts on Wednesday night.
Hurricane Laura was packing maximum winds of 75 mph on Tuesday morning, and the NHC said “significant” strengthening was expected before it makes landfall. Credit: Kelsey Foster via Storyful
