Workers board up windows in the French Quarter in anticipation of Hurricane Marco and Tropical storm Laura./Credit:	Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Workers board up windows in the French Quarter in anticipation of Hurricane Marco and Tropical storm Laura./Credit: Sean Gardner/Getty Images

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Laura is now a hurricane and is forecast to strengthen more before hitting the Gulf Coast

After battering western Cuba as a tropical storm, Laura has strengthened into a hurricane in the Gulf Coast and is expected to grow even stronger as it heads toward Texas and Louisiana.