While the storm crossed the island, the outflow and convective pattern improved.[11] Later on August 23, Laura emerged from Haiti and crossed the Windward Passage,[12] making a second landfall near Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba, as a mid-range tropical storm, with winds of 60 miles per hour (95 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 1000 mbar (29.53 inHg).[13] The storm's structure degraded, losing its inner core of thunderstorms, and Laura made landfall in western Cuba in Pinar del Río Province around 00:00 UTC on August 25.[14] The storm reorganized after it emerged into the Gulf of Mexico later that day.[15]