Videos: Witness Hurricane Laura’s landfall and destruction as it slams Gulf Coast
The category 4 storm was the most powerful to hit Louisiana in over 50 years.
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Hurricane Laura slammed the Gulf Coast early Thursday morning, leaving a path of destruction across Louisiana and Texas.
Topping out at 150 mph, Laura eclipses Hurricane Katrina, the category 3 storm that devastated Louisiana in 2005. It’s the most powerful storm to hit the state since the category 5 Hurricane Camille in 1969. Texas experienced widespread flooding and power outages but avoided the worst of Laura’s destruction.
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The following footage shows the mayhem inside a hotel in Sulphur, Louisiana about 30 miles off the coast. It was recorded by AccuWeather’s Bill Wadell early Thursday.
More recordings show dire scenes in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana as the hurricane struck overnight.
A morning report from KRIV Fox 26 Houston shows a snapshot of the destruction in Lake Charles.
Another early morning report from KRIV explains the situation in the Texas cities of Port Arthur and Galveston. While the Texas coast missed the worst of storm, there is still widespread flooding and many residents are left without power.
As of publication, the hurricane is centered over western Louisiana and has downgraded to a category 1 storm. This live radar is detailing the storm’s trek northward toward Arkansas.
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