LAKE CHARLES, La. — Hurricane Laura made landfall Thursday morning carving a path of destruction along the Gulf Coast.
Video shows the moment the Category 4 storm made landfall, destroying a skyscraper and ripping the roof off a casino in Louisiana.
"The whole building is going apart," storm chaser Aaron Rigsby said while shooting the video, KMOV reported. "The whole skyscraper, completely shredded."
Intercepted the eye of #Laura! Vicious beast! This is a teaser of her shredding this skyscraper to pieces! Intense mesovorticies observed. pic.twitter.com/VudFRJHvMz
— Aaron Rigsby (@AaronRigsbyOSC) August 27, 2020
Another video shows the roof flying off the Golden Nugget casino, WKRG reported.
Hurricane Laura made landfall around 2 a.m. bringing with her 150 mph maximum sustained winds.
At least one person was killed because of the storm.
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