https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/27/laura-blasts-gulf-coast-with-wind-rain-and-wall-of-seawater/ > By GERALD HERBERT, MELINDA DESLATTE and STACEY PLAISANCE > LAKE ARTHUR, La. (AP) — Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain and unleashed a wall of seawater that could push 40 miles inland as the Category 4 storm roared ashore Thursday in Louisiana near the Texas border.