Laura grew to a hurricane on Tuesday and is expected to rapidly intensify in the next 36 hours as it barrels up the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas and Louisiana.

Hurricane Laura currently has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, according to a National Weather Service <a href=”https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202008252039-KNHC-WTNT33-TCPAT3″ target=”_blank”>bulletin</a>, and