Officials in east Texas and western Louisiana ordered around 500,000 people to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Laura’s landfall later this week.
“Today is the day. The weather is still nice here in Galveston. This is the day for everybody to get their belongs together and, for the safety of themselves and their family, to go ahead and evacuate today. Do not wait,” Galveston, Texas, Mayor Craig Brown told The Weather Channel. Galveston issued a mandatory evacuation order on Tuesday.
