Hurricane Laura Wind Speed Right Now. Hurricane Laura has sustained winds at 150 mph and is moving north-northwest at 15 mph. The center of the storm is currently about 95 miles.
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Storm category 1 - wind speed up to. There is no tropical storm known to us raging right now and none is predicted. From a 137-mph wind gust that shredded an expensive weather radar to a 15-foot storm surge Hurricane Laura was a historic storm.
Hurricane Laura and the Wind Speed Dilemma.
Hurricane Laura now a Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds. This scale classify storms based on 1-minute average maximum sustained wind 10 meters above ground. Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph 160 kph with higher gusts. Hurricane Laura has weakened to a Category 3 hurricane with top winds of 120 mph 195 kph a few hours after making landfall.
