Hurricane Laura

Normal protocols for hurricane evacuation, aid distribution and recovery have been upended by the threat of the coronavirus.

All of the deaths that are blamed on the Category 4 storm were attributed to powerful winds, far from the shore.

The storm made landfall at 1 a.m. ET with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, just 7 miles per hour short of Category 5 classification.

The storm is expected to have winds of at least 130 mph — a Category 4 storm — when it makes landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border. Its storm surge could be up to 14 feet.