Hurricane Laura wreaks havoc in Louisiana
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Weakened Hurricane Laura, now a tropical depression, is moving eastwards across the United States, causing more weather problems
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Hurricane
Tropical depression 
Forecast cone (storm centre)
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500km 300 miles

Sat 7am 
Fri 7pm
Sun 7am 
Sat 7pm
Sun 7pm
Fri 7am 
Thu 10pm
Missouri
Ohio
CANADA
Nova
Scotia 
UNITED STATES
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia 
Tennessee 
Kentucky

Laura barrelling eastwards, bringing with it flash flooding and threat of multiple tornadoes
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Thu, Aug 27: Winds of up to 240km/h kill at least six people and cause widespread damage, including power cuts to nearly one million homes, tearing windows out of skyscrapers and starting industrial plant chemical fire
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Jun 1 - Nov 30: Storm season 
Aug 20 - Sep 30: Worst weather

SOUTH AMERICA 
Gulf of Mexico
Main Development Region
West African monsoons
Two new storm fronts forming that may become hurricanes
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NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) predicts above- normal 2020 hurricane season, with up to 25 named storms reaching U.S. 
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Sources: National Hurricane Center/NOAA, BBC Times in CDT (GMT-5) © GRAPHIC NEWS