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Hurricane Laura is now a very dangerous Category 4 storm with life-threatening winds and storm surge for East Texas and southwest Louisiana. HOUSTON — The KHOU 11 weather team and National Hurricane Center are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Laura, which is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday into early Thursday morning near the Texas-Louisiana border. The Houston area’s forecast is looking better with each update, but we still can’t let our guard down…

Laura also brought along a catastrophic storm surge that will lead to flash flooding in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. The winds are expected to prompt several tornado warnings for areas in the storm’s path. Destructive winds are expected more than 100 miles inland. Storm surge warnings, hurricane warnings, tropical storm warnings and hurricane watches are in place from southeast Texas to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Floodwaters are not expected to fully recede…

Hurricane Laura is now a very dangerous Category 4 storm with life-threatening winds and storm surge for East Texas and southwest Louisiana. HOUSTON — The KHOU 11 weather team and National Hurricane Center are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Laura, which is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday into early Thursday morning near the Texas-Louisiana border. The Houston area’s forecast is looking better with each update, but we still can’t let our guard down…

Hurricane Laura is now a very dangerous Category 4 storm with life-threatening winds and storm surge for East Texas and southwest Louisiana. HOUSTON — The KHOU 11 weather team and National Hurricane Center are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Laura, which is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday into early Thursday morning near the Texas-Louisiana border. The Houston area’s forecast is looking better with each update, but we still can’t let our guard down…

Windows are boarded up on elevated homes in Kemah, ahead of Hurricane Laura’s landfall on Aug. 26, 2020. Kemah resident Ron Bassett was among dozens of people parking their cars, boats and trailers Wednesday in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Marina Bay Drive — a location that locals have come to know doesn’t usually flood. Bassett said the storm surge from Hurricane Ike flooded his home in 2008, and afterwards, he raised…

Hurricane Laura is now a very dangerous Category 4 storm with life-threatening winds and storm surge for East Texas and southwest Louisiana. HOUSTON — The KHOU 11 weather team and National Hurricane Center are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Laura, which is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday into early Thursday morning near the Texas-Louisiana border. The Houston area’s forecast is looking better with each update, but we still can’t let our guard down…

A man in Atascocita was electrocuted while trimming tree limbs near his home. A man in Atascocita was electrocuted while trimming tree limbs near his home. Photo: Harris County Constable Precinct 4 / @Pct4Constable Photo: Harris County Constable Precinct 4 / @Pct4Constable Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 A man in Atascocita was electrocuted while trimming tree limbs near his home. A man in Atascocita was electrocuted while trimming tree…

HOUSTON — We are expecting summer-like conditions in Houston over the next several days: hot temperatures, high humidity with a slight chance for scattered showers. As of the latest tropical update (early Wednesday morning), Hurricane Laura is heading east of Houston closer to the Texas-Louisiana border, which means we could get minimal impacts here from the storm. Storm surge in low-lying ares will be the greatest concern. At this time we have technically have a…

High Island sits 38 feet above sea level so some residents have decided to ride out the storm. BOLIVAR PENINSULA, Texas — Many are making their way to Houston and beyond in efforts to get away from Hurricane Laura, but others are getting ready to ride it out from home. With boards up on windows and the generator wired in, families on High Island have just hours to go until Hurricane Laura hits the coast….

“It was a hard decision. We’ve never decided to stay during a hurricane, but we’ve never lived in High Island,” Jamie Blackburn said. BOLIVAR PENINSULA, Texas — Many are making their way to Houston and beyond in efforts to get away from Hurricane Laura, but others are getting ready to ride it out from home. With boards up on windows and the generator wired in, families on High Island have just hours to go until…

BAYTOWN, Texas — Families from East Texas and Louisiana are heading west, trying to get away from Hurricane Laura’s path. Wednesday, many made a quick pit stop at the Buc-ee’s gas station in Baytown. They were fueling up for the long road ahead. I-10 was busy with traffic heading westbound, lots of RVs, trailers and boats. Families said they packed what they could grab, their pets, and just headed west. Many families said they made…

The 62-year-old man was on a 12-foot ladder trying to clear branches near powerlines, according to investigators with the Precinct 4 Constable’s Office. ATASCOCITA, Texas — Hours before roaring ashore, Hurricane Laura is already blamed for a Harris County man’s death. A homeowner in Atascocita was trimming trees next to his home Wednesday afternoon when he was electrocuted. The 62-year-old man was on a 12-foot ladder trying to clear branches near powerlines, according to investigators…

A Beaumont man leaves a local grocery store with last-minute supplies ahead of Hurricane Laura’s landfall on Aug. 26, 2020. While the city was under an evacuation order, some people stayed behind to wait out the storm. To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: <iframe src=”https://embed.hpm.io/380594/380584″ style=”height: 115px; width: 100%;”></iframe> Our special edition of Houston Matters weekdays at 3 p.m. addresses your questions and concerns about important issues affecting…

Hurricane Laura is now a very dangerous Category 4 storm with life-threatening winds and storm surge for East Texas and southwest Louisiana. HOUSTON — The KHOU 11 weather team and National Hurricane Center are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Laura, which is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday into early Thursday morning near the Texas-Louisiana border. The Houston area’s forecast is looking better with each update, but we still can’t let our guard down…