Images and videos are emerging Thursday of the damage Hurricane Laura has inflicted on the city of Lake Charles, La. -- near where the powerful storm made landfall this morning.

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana (KTRK) -- Nic Hunter, the mayor of Lake Charles, told everyone in the city Wednesday to get out. As Hurricane Laura aimed at the Louisiana and Texas coast, Hunter expected ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Hurricane Laura hit the Louisiana coast late Wednesday night, bringing with it 150 mph winds and a deadly storm surge. LIVE VIDEO NOW: We are streaming live TV coverage from ...

Dustin Amos, right, walks near debris at a gas station on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Gerald Herbert ...

The hurricane also toppled a controversial Confederate monument in the heart of downtown Lake Charles. Hurricane Laura’s howling winds in Louisiana tore through roofs, shattered windows and ...

A Lake Charles family begins the Hurricane Laura cleanup process but improvises a Louisiana breakfast. Laura may have taken a lot from them, including their roof, but it didn't take their routine ...

Ben Terry, a television meteorologist at KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, found out Thursday afternoon that his home is a "total loss" after Hurricane Laura struck overnight.

Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says 300 to 400 commercial buildings damaged last year by Hurricane Laura are being condemned or marked for demolition.

Lake Charles begins to see the effects of Hurricane Laura. TV tower falls in Lake Charles during Laura, crushes nearby buildings. Chlorine leaking after fire at Westlake chemical plant in wake of ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Hurricane Laura hit the Louisiana coast late Wednesday night, bringing with it 150 mph winds and a deadly storm surge. LIVE VIDEO NOW: We are streaming live TV coverage from ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Hurricane Laura hit the Louisiana coast late Wednesday night, bringing with it 150 mph winds and a deadly storm surge. LIVE VIDEO NOW: We are streaming live TV coverage from ...