https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/25/hurricane-laura-evacuation-orders-for-385000-on-gulf-coast/ > By REBECCA SANTANA and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press > NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam into Texas and Louisiana as a major storm with ferocious winds and deadly flooding.