Hurricane Laura is now a tropical storm but before she made landfall, she registered 150 mile per hour winds and was a near category five hurricane. Governor John Bel Edwards says so far four lives have been lost and at least 600,000 Louisianans are without power and that number is expected to climb.
Congressman Ralph Abraham is surveying areas of the state impacted by Hurricane Laura. Abraham says he started at daybreak in his vehicle in Lake Charles then drove north to Deridder and on to Alexandria.
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Governor Edwards tweeted this morning highly discouraging citizens from sightseeing damage caused by Laura because the area is not safe.
Hurricane Laura’s fierce winds have left a trail of catastrophic damage. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Just weeks after parish officials voted to keep a Confederate monument outside the Calcasieu Parish courthouse in Lake Charles it was toppled during last night’s hurricane. The statue, dubbed “The South’s Defenders” monument was at the center of debate recently as confederate monuments were being removed across the nation during George Floyd protests.