5 photos that show the impact of Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US Gulf Coast, but its path avoided major cities such as Houston and New Orleans, causing less damage — to people and their towns — than initially feared.
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Martin Almanza paddles a canoe through some street flooding following landfall of Hurricane Laura on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 in Galveston, Texas. The storm came ashore in low-lying Louisiana and clobbered Lake Charles, an industrial and casino city of 80,000 people.
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Buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, near Lake Charles, La. Laura hit the US after killing nearly two dozen people on the island of Hispaniola, including 20 in Haiti and three in the Dominican Republic, where it knocked out power and caused intense flooding.
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Benjamin Luna helps recover items from the children's wing of the First Pentecostal Church that was destroyed by Hurricane Laura, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Orange, Texas.
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Residents walk through flood water on Chemin Metairie Parkway following Hurricane Laura Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lafayette, La.
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Hollie Moore walks through debris at her home on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.
