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4 year oldWith sustained winds of 150 mph, Laura's eye made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, at about 1 a.m. CDT before plowing a path of destruction north toward Arkansas, where the weakened storm was predicted to then curve east through Kentucky and Tennessee by Friday evening.
By 7 a.m. CDT, sustained winds were 100 mph, and the storm had dropped to a Category 2 hurricane, forecasters said. While Laura was expected to weaken rapidly into a tropical storm by this afternoon, forecasters continued to warn of flooding danger.
The National Hurricane Center said in its update that "damaging winds and flooding rainfall" were spreading over western and central Louisiana as the storm moves inland. "Life-threatening storm surge continues along much of the Louisiana coastline," forecasters added.
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