Laura Makes Landfall, Lines Double Outside Galveston Food Bank

By Anya Schultz and Sam Bloch

The Counter

Early Thursday morning, at around 1:00 a.m., Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwest Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles an hour. It was the most powerful storm ever to make landfall in the state, Governor John Bel Edwards said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. Laura has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.