Hurricane Laura Batters Louisiana Coast Near Lake Charles – Still a Category 2 Hours after Landfall (VIDEO)

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Hurricane Laura made landfall near Lake Charles, Louisiana early this morning at 1 AM as a Category 4 hurricane.

Laura blasted the Gulf Coast for hours this morning with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater. The hurricane is moving north at 15 mph and diminished to a category 2 storm earlier this morning.

called the Texas and Louisiana governors this morning.

The first images from Louisiana shows massive destruction.

This looks ferocious.

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