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Hurricane Laura was barrelling towards the coast of the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas on Wednesday as a monster Category 4 storm, prompting warnings of "unsurvivable" and evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Laura was packing winds of 145 miles per hour (230 kilometres per hour) and was expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast late Wednesday or early Thursday.
As an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane -- the second-highest on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale -- the NHC said Laura may pummel the Louisiana and Texas coasts with up to 20-foot (six-metre) storm surge and extreme winds, cause flash flooding and possibly spawn tornadoes.
An "unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana," it said.
Storm surges could penetrate up to 40 miles inland along parts of the coast, and peak surge coupled with high tide could see water as high as 15 to 20 feet above normal levels, it said.
"The power of Hurricane Laura is unprecedented, and Texans must take action now to get out of harm's way and protect themselves," Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.
"The conditions of this storm are unsurvivable, and I urge southeast Texans to take advantage of these final few hours to evacuate."
"Your property can be replaced," Abbott said. "Your life cannot be replaced."
President Donald Trump told residents in the path of the storm to "listen to local officials."
"Hurricane Laura is a very dangerous and rapidly intensifying hurricane," Trump tweeted. "My Administration remains fully engaged with state & local emergency managers."
Among the cities potentially in the path of the eye of the storm and under mandatory evacuation orders were Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas, which suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Harvey three years ago.
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