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LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA - AUGUST 27: Mitch PIckering plays his guitar while walking through the downtown area after Hurricane Laura passed through on August 27, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana . The hurricane hit with powerful winds causing extensive damage to the city. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana coast near Texas

Photos: Hurricane Laura pounds the Gulf Coast

Mitch Pickering plays his guitar while inspecting damage in downtown Lake Charles, La.

Mitch Pickering plays his guitar while inspecting damage in downtown Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana coast

Kyana Myers looks into a room that has had its roof blown off in Lake Charles, La.   (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

From a sidewalk, a woman observes a debris-filled Lake Charles street.

A Lake Charles street is filled with debris. Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast with torrential rain and fierce wind early Aug. 27.  (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Images)

Dustin Amos looks at damage to a gas station in Lake Charles, La.

Dustin Amos checks out damage to a gas station in Lake Charles.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

A truck sits in a ditch in Lake Charles, La.

A truck sits in a ditch in the aftermath of the hurricane, which came ashore at 1 a.m. Aug. 27 with sustained winds of 150 mph.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

All the panes of glass in a glass office building are shattered in Lake Charles, La.

Winds from the hurricane shattered the glass in tall office buildings in Lake Charles, La.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Downed power lines stretch across a road in Sabine Pass, Texas.

Downed power lines stretch across a road in Sabine Pass, Texas. Early Aug. 27, over 470,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana and Texas.  (Eric Gay / Associated Press)

A car smashed by a tree is among damage at Reginald Duhon's Lake Charles home.

A car smashed by a tree is among damage at Reginald Duhon’s Lake Charles home.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

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Hurricane Laura slams Louisiana coast near Texas

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