Laura strengthens to 'major' Category 3 hurricane, winds up to 115 mph: NHC

Hurricane Laura strengthened into a "major" Category 3 storm on Wednesday morning and is expected to be a Category 4 storm by landfall the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

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Little higher than yesterday.Yesterday a lot of those movethroughout Hillsborough toPinellas County today.

I thinkthey'll be just a little bitmore widespread Ibig changes with Laura eventracking the storm with this itis not going to directly impactFlorida.

But it's a category 2almost 3 storm and the bigchange in theforecast actually look at thatI just saw with a by show youthis graphic hurricaneHunter aircraft had just foundthat the pressure in the stormhas dropped 10 millibars sincethelast update.

We're now lookingat a major hurricane category 3Lori see the graphic updatinglive with me as of the 08:00AMupdate.

And it is now forecastto become a category 4 storm asitmakes landfall on the Louisiancoast flooding.

It'sgoing to be a big issue poweroutages will extend intoArkansas where theycan be high to severe in naturewith winds gusting over 70miles an hour.And the inundation by stormsurge flooding will extend farinland towards Lake Charles, alarge portion of SouthernLouisian