https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/27/laura-makes-landfall-in-southwestern-louisiana-near-texas/

By MELINDA DESLATTE, JEFF MARTIN and STACEY PLAISANCE

DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a ferocious Category 4 monster early Thursday, swamping a low-lying coast with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unsurvivable.