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Huracán ‘extremadamente peligroso’ obliga a evacuar a miles en Luisiana y Texas

Laura se acercaba con categoría 4 y vientos de 230 km/h; se espera que llegue la noche de este miércoles

TOPSHOT - This RAMMB/NOAA satellite image shows Hurricane Laura moving Northwestern in the Gulf of Mexico towards Louisiana at 11:40 UTC on August 26, 2020. - Texas and Louisiana residents evacuated flood zones and boarded up windows August 25, 2020 as Hurricane Laura barreled towards the coastline, after earlier causing 25 deaths in the Caribbean. The storm's maximum sustained winds were nearing 90 mph (150 km/h), with gusts higher, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported, and forecasters expect it to strengthen significantly in the next 24 hours. "Laura is expected to be a major hurricane at landfall," the center said. (Photo by Handout / RAMMB/NOAA/NESDIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / RAMMB/NOAA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
TOPSHOT - This RAMMB/NOAA satellite image shows Hurricane Laura moving Northwestern in the Gulf of Mexico towards Louisiana at 11:40 UTC on August 26, 2020. - Texas and Louisiana residents evacuated flood zones and boarded up windows August 25, 2020 as Hurricane Laura barreled towards the coastline, after earlier causing 25 deaths in the Caribbean. The storm's maximum sustained winds were nearing 90 mph (150 km/h), with gusts higher, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported, and forecasters expect it to strengthen significantly in the next 24 hours. "Laura is expected to be a major hurricane at landfall," the center said. (Photo by Handout / RAMMB/NOAA/NESDIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / RAMMB/NOAA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HANDOUT
Un grupo de personas abordó este miércoles 26 de agosto del 2020 un bus en Port Arthur, Texas, después de recibir una orden de evacuación ante la inminente llegada del huracán Arthur. AFP Un grupo de personas abordó este miércoles 26 de agosto del 2020 un bus en Port Arthur, Texas, después de recibir una orden de evacuación ante la inminente llegada del huracán Arthur. AFP (Eric Thayer/AFP)

Lake Charles, EE. UU. Laura se acercaba este miércoles a las costas de Luisiana y Texas como un huracán categoría 4 “extremadamente peligroso”, lo que ha obligado a evacuar a centenares de miles de personas ante la amenaza de crecidas “catastróficas”.

El ciclón avanzaba con vientos de 230 km/h y rachas más fuertes, y se espera que alcance esos dos estados del sur de Estados Unidos por la noche, informó el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC).

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