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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather
NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE LAURA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12 PM EDT TUESDAY, 25TH AUGUST, 2020. ...LAURA MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO… …HURRICANE AND STORM SURGE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST… AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LAURA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.7°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 87.0° WEST OR ABOUT 585 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISANA OR ABOUT 620 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH (26 KM/H) AND THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY, AND A NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF LAURA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. LAURA IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY, APPROACH THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INLAND NEAR THOSE AREAS ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH (120 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS, AND LAURA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE AT LANDFALL. THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 PM.
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