Hurricane Laura updates: Storm intensifies, evacuations list

The following story excerpts are courtesy of our partners at KHOU 11. Hurricane Laura: Storm intensifies as it enters the Gulf, could be a Category 3 at landfall HOUSTON — People in Houston and all along the Gulf coast are keeping a very close eye on Hurricane Laura. The National Hurricane Center's latest track has it making landfall possibly as a Category 3 hurricane sometime Wednesday into Thursday along the western Louisiana coast or East Texas coastline. Just in at 7:15 a.m — Laura has…