Hurricane Laura Wind Speed Right Now. Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph 160 kph with higher gusts. Strongest hurricanes by wind speed to made.
Hurricane Laura expected to make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near the Louisiana and Texas border. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles 95 km from the center and tropical-storm-force. The storm slammed into Cameron Louisiana about 1 a.
Winds arent a concer right now but Arnold said that could change.
Laura is now a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale at present based on wind speed. Hurricane Laura now a Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds. Laura arrived as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the US. On the date of the publication of this post the speed of the hurricane Laura is 65 mph or 105 kmh or 55 kt.