8/27: Hurricane Laura crashes into the Gulf Coast with 150 mph winds. VP Pence addressed the hurricane and the president's coronavirus response at the RNC.
Hurricane Laura made landfall as a Category 4 in Louisiana at 1 a.m. local time. Maximum sustained winds were recorded at 150 miles an hour. Hundreds of thousands have already lost power, on a day including storm surges that forecasters predicted would be unsurvivable for people who did not evacuate. Inland communities are also bracing for catastrophic wind and rain. At the Republican National Convention, President Trump will officially accept his nomination for a second term tonight, against the backdrop of a historic storm, an unprecedented pandemic, and national calls for racial justice. Vice President Mike Pence addressed all three of those issues in his speech to the convention last night.
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