//Laura reaches ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 strength, threatens ‘unsurvivable’ storm surges

Laura reaches ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 strength, threatens ‘unsurvivable’ storm surges

(CNN) — <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/hurricane-laura-updates/index.html” target=”_blank”>Hurricane Laura</a> has reached extremely dangerous Category 4 strength ahead of anticpated landfall near the Louisiana-Texas state line, and is expected to hit parts of the coast with “unsurvivable storm surge,” the National Hurricane Center says.

Laura was moving over the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday