Laura made landfall overnight as a storm of historic proportions, with wind speeds of 150 miles an hour, surpassing Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Here are some incredible videos and images of the monster storm.
1:40 am. Stronger. Meaner. #Hurricane #LAURA in Sulphur #Louisiana pic.twitter.com/1XKuljAbBz
BREAkING! Buildings gutted in Lake Charles LA in powerful eye wall of #HurricaneLaura @RadarOmega_WX @ChasinSpin pic.twitter.com/wP3fPyREIZ
— Reed Timmer (@ReedTimmerAccu) August 27, 2020
Communication towers are completely collapsed in downtown Lake Charles, LA #lawx #HurricaneLaura pic.twitter.com/LWhT0qQtL5
— Stephen Jones (@Tornado_Steejo) August 27, 2020
#HurricaneLaura eyewall #lakecharleslouisiana pic.twitter.com/vLoazvt68h
— Robert Ray (@RobertRayJourno) 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
LA 1 remains CLOSED at this time south of the Leon Theriot Lock in Golden Meadow. Here are photos in that area from Golden Meadow and Leeville. #Laura pic.twitter.com/e6JyeJVmpJ
— Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office (@LafourcheSO) August 26, 2020
Horrible damage through Lake Charles, LA from powerful #HurricaneLaura #lawx pic.twitter.com/d1v1WpGzhN
— Tornado Trackers (@tornadotrackers) August 27, 2020
Lake Charles just voted to keep the Civil War Monument. Laura took it down. #HurricaneLaura
— M.J. Mouton (@MJ_Mouton) August 27, 2020
Photo Credit Davante Lewis. pic.twitter.com/PHWIQ5enCn
Hurricane #Laura left a trail of destruction in Lake Charles, LA. Winds gusted to at least 132 mph in the city. Video via Brandon Clement with Live Storms Media. #LAwx pic.twitter.com/qUXDvjcuoF
— Ed Piotrowski (@EdPiotrowski) August 27, 2020
Comments powered by CComment