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August 27, 2020 – Hurricane Laura, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, made landfall near the Louisiana–Texas border in Cameron Parish and simultaneously tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall in Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Storm surge as high as 17 feet was ...
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Devastating tornadoes generated by a major winter storm hammering the central United States have left at least three people dead and destruction in their wake in parts of the South — with ...
A tornado, rated at F3, destroyed eleven houses and one church in Clayton. In addition, the tornado knocked down trees and powerlines in the area. [11] Overall, damage in Louisiana was near $1 million (1982 USD). [1] Throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, a combined total of nine tornadoes was reported. [13]
Tornado warnings are still in effect across parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, and the threat continues overnight when tornadoes can often be their deadliest. (5:57 p.m. ET) Winds Top 80 MPH
That day, Laura became a major hurricane, and later attained peak 1-minute sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), making it a Category 4 hurricane. Early on August 27, Laura made landfall near peak intensity on Cameron, Louisiana. This was the tenth-strongest U.S. hurricane landfall by windspeed on record.
Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds.
Most of the casualties occurred as a result of the 1964 Larose tornado that devastated the northern outskirts of Larose, Louisiana, becoming the deadliest hurricane-generated tornado on record since 1900 and one of only two violent tornadoes (F4+) recorded in the southern Gulf Coast region of Louisiana. The tornado was also one of only two F4s ...