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Hurricane Laura made landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border this morning, coming ashore as the region’s strongest storm in more than a century. The storm hit the Gulf Coast of Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane and has since weakened to a Category 2, but it is maintaining wind speeds of 110 mph (177 km/h). Coastal residents have evacuated in anticipation of a massive storm surge, which could spread up to 30 miles (48 km) inland. With a warming climate, scientists predict that there may not necessarily be more hurricanes, but there will likely be more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes that carry higher wind speeds and more precipitation.

This image was captured by NASA’s NOAA-20, a weather satellite that picks up temperature differences and then overlays that data over cities at night imagery.

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Souce imagery: NASA