As Hurricane Laura barrels down on Texas and Louisiana with life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and flooding rains, Massachusetts meteorologists on Tuesday said it was still “much too soon to say” if the major hurricane will impact the Bay State.
The National Hurricane Center is anticipating that weather along the coast in Texas and Louisiana will be going downhill by Wednesday afternoon. Hurricane and Storm Surge warnings are in effect for portions of the northwestern Gulf Coast — from San Luis Pass, Texas, to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
The surge could be as high as 9 to 13 feet above ground level along the southwestern Louisiana and far southeastern Texas coasts, and could penetrate as far inland as 30 miles, according to the National Hurricane Center.
“This will not just be a coastal event,” the center tweeted. “Strong winds and heavy rainfall & flooding are likely to occur well inland along the storm’s path.”
About 5 to 10 inches of rain is expected, with isolated areas of 15 inches. The sustained hurricane-force winds of 74 mph or greater are expected to cause widespread wind damage and power outages.
After the storm makes landfall along the Gulf Coast, meteorologists predict that it will head north into Arkansas, then east into Kentucky and Virginia.
The impact on Massachusetts and New England is still uncertain, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bryce Williams, based out of the Norton office.
“It’s much too soon to say,” Williams said. “There are still a lot of questions. We’ll have a better idea after it makes landfall in Texas.”
Shawn Kelley of Lowell’s Mill City Weather said he’s hoping some rain remnants make it to New England because of the serious drought conditions here.
“Hopefully we can get some beneficial rain out of it next week,” he said. “We really need the rain.”
With life-threatening storm surge expected along the Gulf Coast, officials have ordered evacuations.
Massachusetts volunteers are helping prepare shelters along the coast, according to the Red Cross of Massachusetts, which tweeted, “It’s an enormous challenge during a pandemic, but our volunteers are ready to help those in need.”
People living in mandatory evacuation zones should take the hurricane threat seriously and evacuate even though it’s the middle of a pandemic, said Matthew Bradley, regional security director of International SOS.
“Don’t stay in the path of one direct threat to avoid one potential threat,” he said. “And mitigate the best you can against COVID-19 when you get to another location.”
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