These Texas and Louisiana state parks are closed due to Hurricane Laura Hurricane Laura caused significant wind damaged to Deep South East Texas, officials said No description found
Several Texas and Louisiana state parks remain closed in the wake of Hurricane Laura which made landfall Thursday morning.
According to officials with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, state parks along the Texas coast and Louisiana border were closed Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Laura’s arrival.
Several state parks in Louisiana were also closed this week due to Hurricane Laura.
“Though Texas was spared the brunt of the storm #HurricaneLaura still caused significant wind damaged to Deep South East Texas,” officials said in a Tweet Thursday morning.
The Texas parks that are currently closed due to Hurricane Laura are:
Atlanta State Park
Battleship Texas State Historic Site
Brazos Bend State Park
Caddo Lake State Park
Galveston Island State Park
Lake Livingston State Park
Martin Creek Lake State Park
Martin Dies, Jr. State Park
Sea Rim State Park
Sheldon Lake State Park
Village Creek State Park
For a full list of state park closures and updates on openings, click here.
The Louisiana state parks Instagram page earlier this week announced the closure of:
Bistineau State Park
Cypremort Point State Park
Fairview-Riverside State Park
Grand Isle State Park
North Toledo Bend State Park
Palmetto Island State Park
St. Bernard State Park
Sam Houston Jones State Park
South Toledo Bend State Park
View this post on Instagram
In preparation for #hurricanelaura, we are closing some parks. Closed Mon, 8/24: #grandislestatepark, #cypremortpointstatepark. Closed Tues, 8/25: #fairviewriversidestatepark, #fairviewstatepark, #stbernardstatepark, #samhoustonjonesstatepark, #palmettoislandstatepark. Closed Wed, 8/26: #northtoledobendstatepark, #southtoledobendstatepark, #lakebistineaustatepark. We’ll post reopening dates soon. Stay safe!
A post shared by Louisiana State Parks (@lastateparks) on Aug 25, 2020 at 10:18am PDT
Hurricane Laura made landfall at close to 1 a.m. Thursday morning near Cameron, Louisiana as an extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph and gusts up to 185 mph.
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