Hurricane Laura upgraded to Category 2 storm
Published Date: 8/26/2020
Source: CNBC Television
In the largest U.S. evacuation of the pandemic, more than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy flooding and the power to push seawater miles inland. NBC News' Jay Gray reports.