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Southeast Texas on alert for Hurricane Laura’s impact

By Jerry Jordan, Editor BEAUMONT, Tx. -- Residents in Southeast Texas are preparing for the strongest hurricane to hit the region since Hurricane Rita in 2005 when high winds caused severe damage to the area's infrastructure. Hurricane Laura is predicted to make landfall sometime around 1 a.m. Thursday morning with a bullseye basically on Beaumont as a Category 3 storm, bringing with it a storm surge and minimum sustained winds