https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/27/laura-blasts-louisiana-coast-with-wind-and-wall-of-seawater/ > By GERALD HERBERT, MELINDA DESLATTE and STACEY PLAISANCE > LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Thursday as Laura roared ashore in Louisiana near the Texas border, unleashing a fearsome wall of seawater and killing at least two people.