/tags/hurricane-laura Hurricane Laura en-US Copyright Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:12:00 GMT /2020-08-31/after-laura-learning-how-to-recover-from-a-hurricane-during-a-pandemic Normal protocols for hurricane evacuation, aid distribution and recovery have been upended by the threat of the coronavirus. Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:12:00 GMT /2020-08-31/after-laura-learning-how-to-recover-from-a-hurricane-during-a-pandemic Kirk Siegler, Ian Stewart /2020-08-27/4-dead-in-louisiana-from-hurricane-laura-governor-says All of the deaths that are blamed on the Category 4 storm were attributed to powerful winds, far from the shore. Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:57:37 GMT /2020-08-27/4-dead-in-louisiana-from-hurricane-laura-governor-says Bill Chappell /news-partners/2020-08-26/hurricane-laura-comes-ashore-threatening-unsurvivable-storm-surge The storm made landfall at 1 a.m. ET with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, just 7 miles per hour short of Category 5 classification. Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:56:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-08-26/hurricane-laura-comes-ashore-threatening-unsurvivable-storm-surge Samantha Raphelson, Rachel Treisman /news-partners/2020-08-25/hurricane-laura-is-forecast-to-hit-u-s-gulf-coast-as-category-4-hurricane The storm is expected to have winds of at least 130 mph — a Category 4 storm — when it makes landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border. Its storm surge could be up to 14 feet. Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:53:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-08-25/hurricane-laura-is-forecast-to-hit-u-s-gulf-coast-as-category-4-hurricane Bill Chappell, Suzanne Nuyen