Hurricane Laura has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm as it barrels toward the Gulf Coast.
where they can self-isolate instead of evacuation centers that could be crowded.
Major oil and gas companies have already evacuated employees from offshore production sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Members of the Louisiana National guard stage near a high school before the arrival of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 25, 2020.The prospect of a potentially major Category 4 hurricane has surfaced memories of the destruction in Louisiana 15 years ago caused by Hurricane Katrina, which killed at least 1,800 people and overwhelmed the state's levees.
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