Nobody want's to find their backyard trampoline tangled in the power lines down the street so take a minute to check the backyard for items that could get tossed around by winds from Hurricane Laura.
Hurricane Laura is now a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall along the Texas/Louisiana state line late this evening or early Thursday morning.
Hurricane Laura is expected to be a category three storm by the time she hits land early Thursday morning. You can watch live video from Galveston as the storm makes landfall.
With the strengthening of Tropical Storm Laura to a Category 1 Hurricane, the city of Galveston has issued a mandatory evacuation for all residents.
As reported by ABC 13 Eyewitness News, the City of Galveston Mayor Pro Tem Craig Brown signed the evacuation order, instructing residents to begin leaving the island for safety after overnight models shifted Laura's track westward...