Hurricane Laura made landfall


 Hurricane Laura made landfall just before 2 a.m. EDT Thursday near Cameron, Louisiana, as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, according to officials with the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center. By 1 p.m. EDT, the storm had been downgraded to a tropical storm and later Thursday to a tropical depression, according to the NHC.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday confirmed that at least four people have died as a result of Hurricane Laura, including a 14-year-old near Leesville, a 60-year-old in Acadia Parish and two others in Jackson and Vernon parishes.

Here are the latest updates:

Update 2 a.m. EDT Aug. 28: Live updates on this storm system have concluded.

Update 10:54 p.m. EDT Aug. 27: Laura was downgraded to a tropical depression as it continued to caused flooding threats as it moved through Arkansas. In its 11 p.m. EDT advisory, the National Hurricane Center said the center of the storm was located 30 miles north-northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph as it moved north-northeast at 15 mph.

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