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Gov. Greg Abbott to give Hurricane Laura update as storm barrels down Texas-Louisiana coast
Here’s how you can watch the governor’s press conference live.
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is scheduled to give an update at noon on the State’s response to Hurricane Laura as the storm barrels down on the Texas-Louisiana coast.
You can watch the press conference live in the video above when it starts or on KVUE’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.
In Abbott’s press conference on Aug. 25, he said Texas needs to be prepared for the possibility that Hurricane Laura could make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center currently mentions the possibility that Laura could become a major hurricane Category 4 in its latest discussion.
Abbott said that Hurricane Laura is expected to make its impact as a “wind event,” adding Laura is slated to be a fast-moving event. According to Abbott, officials expect the storm to be out of Texas in nearly one day.
As of Wednesday morning, some Texas coast evacuees who traveled to Austin for shelter ahead of Hurricane Laura’s landfall were being turned away from the Circuit of the Americas check-in site because it “is at capacity.”
KVUE’s Tori Larned reports that the COTA shelter ran out of room early Wednesday morning. There are other Texas evacuation centers people can go to such as:
- San Antonio: 254 Gembler Road
- Dallas: the Mesquite Reception Center
- Ennis: the Knights of Columbus Hall at 850 S. Interstate 45
They also suggested evacuees find their own motel or hotel.
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Laura’s eyewall is about 220 miles from the coast along the Texas-Louisiana border. Buoy heights around the eye have reported 26- to 34-foot waves, which shows how strong the center of circulation is with pressure dropping quickly.
The forecast track still shows an upper Texas or Louisiana coast landfall late Wednesday night or very early Thursday morning.
Stay with KVUE over the weekend as the KVUE Storm Team keeps a close eye on things. Find the forecast on kvue.com and download the KVUE News app in order to get updates and to check on radar: kvue.com/app. Also be sure to follow KVUE on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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