Images and videos are emerging Thursday of the damage Hurricane Laura has inflicted on the city of Lake Charles, La. -- near where the powerful storm made landfall this morning.
Images and videos are emerging Thursday of the damage
has inflicted on the city of Lake Charles, La. -- near where the powerful storm made landfall this morning., leaving around 470,000 homes and businesses without power in Louisiana and Texas before weakening into a Category 2 storm. One image of the damage shows shattered windows throughout the floors of a high-rise building in Lake Charles.LIVE UPDATES: HURRICANE LAURA BATTERS LOUISIANA, TEXAS COASTSA video appearing to show the same building, taken by storm chaser Reed Timmer, was posted on Twitter with the caption “glass falling everywhere in downtown Lake Charles”.The hurricane also damaged at least one gas station in Lake Charles.
Dustin Amos walks near debris at a gas station on Thursday in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the area. A truck and Interstate 10 sign is seen Thursday in Lake Charles. As of later Thursday morning, Laura's maximum sustained winds weakened to 100 mph, down from 150 mph when it made landfall.
Forecasters say it’s now centered about 20 miles north of Fort Polk, La., and moving north at 15 mph.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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