Which 2020 hurricane made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, as a Category 4 storm? Hurricane Laura did.
Laura made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, early on August 27, 2020, at Category 4 intensity. Its maximum sustained winds were about 150 mph, making it one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike Louisiana by wind speed.
Laura began as a tropical wave that moved off Africa and became a tropical depression on August 20. After crossing the Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, and Cuba, it entered the Gulf of Mexico and underwent rapid intensification on August 26. Warm Gulf waters helped the storm strengthen dramatically before landfall.
The storm caused catastrophic wind damage in southwestern Louisiana, while storm surge inundated coastal communities in Cameron Parish. Laura weakened quickly after moving inland, falling to tropical-storm strength later on August 27 and to a tropical depression over Arkansas the next day.
The nearby wrong choices refer to other 2020 storms. Delta also struck Louisiana, but it arrived later and made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane; Zeta struck Louisiana in October as a Category 3 storm.