Laura Strengthens to Hurricane Status as It Heads for the Gulf Coast

The Hill

The tropical storm Laura has strengthened to a hurricane and is expected to grow stronger before making landfall in upper Texas and on the southwest coasts of Louisiana later this week, according to new forecasts. The update comes just a day after Marco—another named storm swirling through the Gulf—was downgraded to a Tropical Depression that is expected to disappear Tuesday.

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