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Buildings and homes were boarded up across the region, and the streets of the city’s small downtown were desolate.Read the full story here.As Hurricane Laura continues to move north along Louisiana’s western border and into Arkansas, its wind speeds will slow, but heavy rains and strong gusts still threaten to cause damage Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service.The historically powerful cyclone made landfall near Cameron, La., around 1 a.m. Gusts of up to 132 mph and sustained winds of 98 mph thrashed Lake Charles, La., in the early hours of Thursday morning. On Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) said he had heard reports that the storm would leave the region severely flooded.“They’re thinking Cameron parish is going to look like an extension of the Gulf of Mexico for a couple of days," Edwards said Wednesday.As historically powerful Hurricane Laura barreled north, heavy winds reached Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana, bending trees and blowing rain in horizontal sheets as the eyewall approached the first major city impacted by the Category 4 storm.A wind gust of 128 mph was reported around 1:20 a.m. as the eye of the storm approached the city.
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