Advances in technology have allowed for better hurricane forecasting. MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Sept. 9, 2008— -- With a hurricane approaching, most people would want to board a plane to ...

Hours later, Audrey made landfall between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou, Louisiana, around 7 a.m. June 27, 1957, as a strong Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.

Just six hours later, those winds intensified to 115 mph, and by the morning of June 27, hours before landfall, Audrey was a powerful Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph.