Hurricane Laura made landfall along the Louisiana and Texas borders. The storm brought category 3 winds and rain as it pushed over land. As the first light showed this morning tens of thousands of residents across Louisiana and Texas are without power. In Lake Charles, building windows, powerlines, and buildings litter the street. Galveston, Texas seems to be at the other end of the spectrum, having survived mostly unscathed.
See photos and videos of the storm below:
Some more damage from Lake Charles:
– Windows blown out
– Power lines down
– Businesses destroyed pic.twitter.com/VQMRI15Pt0— Jesus Jiménez (@jesus_jimz) August 27, 2020
Lee Street in Alexandria. pic.twitter.com/w3J6RVvlVQ
— KALB News Channel 5 (@KALBtv5) August 27, 2020
7:53 am — have to take back roads to get to Lake Charles. Since part of I-10 was closed last night. Passing lots of scenes like this. #abc13 #laura pic.twitter.com/HZ942a0EL8
— Courtney Fischer (@CourtneyABC13) August 27, 2020
JUST IN: New video shows the third floor devastation of a Motel 6 in Lake Charles, #Louisiana. #HurricaneLaura #Laura
We’re tracking the tropics LIVE this morning: https://t.co/uxh5s1UZxB pic.twitter.com/8HaVqn32Ic
— Kelly Anne Beile (@KellyAnneTV) August 27, 2020
– First light is revealing the incredible damage #HurricaneLaura did here in #LakeCharles #Louisiana over night… #Laura #CapitolOneTower pic.twitter.com/WSlP0MIZ0K
— WeatherGoingWILD (@WeatherGoinWILD) August 27, 2020
Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish has been filled with controversy and tension after our parish government by a vote of 10-5 refused to take down the Confederate South’s Defenders Monument.
Hurricane Laura had other plans and brought it down herself. pic.twitter.com/HmyCVlJF8k
— Davante Lewis (@davantelewis) August 27, 2020
JUST IN – We’re getting our first look at some of the damage left behind in Lake Charles after the wrath of Hurricane Laura, the strongest land-falling system to reach the state of Louisiana in over 164 years. pic.twitter.com/U9heB9FTYR
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) August 27, 2020
The Capitol One Building got shredded by #HurricanLaura in Lake Charles, LA. pic.twitter.com/yZuKi0Mgc5
— Eric Zerkel (@EricZerkel) August 27, 2020
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