Areas along the Louisiana-Texas border were hit hard overnight by Hurricane Laura, <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/weather/laura-gulf-coast-weather-forecast-thursday/index.html” target=”_blank”>one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region</a>.

Laura had weakened by the morning, but sunrise brought the first glimpses of the scale of destruction left in its wake, particularly in Lake Charles, Louisiana,