Reuters
Published 28.08.20, 01:29 AM
Hurricane Laura made landfall early on Thursday in southwestern Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, with forecasters warning it could push a massive wall of water 65km inland from the sea.
The National Weather Service said the storm surge, possibly higher than a two-storey house, could be “unsurvivable”. Laura crashed ashore as a Category 4 storm, the second strongest on the five-step scale.