Louisiana avoided Laura's 'wall of water'? Not so, says forecaster ~ AJJ News

Saturday, 29 August 2020

Louisiana avoided Laura's 'wall of water'? Not so, says forecaster

August 29, 2020

The highest surge hit about 15 miles east of where Laura was forecast to make landfall but it "wobbled" at the last moment. Most U.S. media played up a nine-foot surge recorded by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration observation station near Cameron, Louisiana, and the NHC was criticized for perhaps raising too much alarm.