Photos: Hurricane Laura tears through Louisiana

A damaged travel trailer sits in floodwaters after Hurricane Laura passed through the area on Aug. 27, 2020 in Holly Beach, La.

Packing wind speeds of 150 mph and bringing a life-threatening storm surge, Laura on Thursday became one of the strongest hurricanes in U.S. history to make landfall as it struck Louisiana near the Texas border.

Lonnie Gatte returns to find his destroyed residence in Sulphur, La.

Damaged homes near Lake Charles, La.

Clint Pippen holds his dog Barkley as he walks past power lines to get to his residence in Sulphur, La.

James Sonya surveys what is left of his uncle's barber shop in Lake Charles.

People survey the damage in Lake Charles.

Smoke rises from BioLab, a chemical manufacturing plant in Westlake, La., on Thursday.

Louisiana State Police issued a shelter in place advisory after a chemical fire erupted at the plant near Lake Charles. 

Downed power lines in Holly Beach, La.

A man surveys the damage inside the Capitol One Bank Tower in Lake Charles. 

A damaged home in floodwaters near Lake Charles.

A damaged McDonald's sign in Iowa, La.

Latasha Myles and Howard Anderson stand in their living room in Lake Charles where they were sitting when the roof blew off around 2:30am. 

Mitch Pickering plays his guitar while walking through downtown Lake Charles. 

Dustin Amos walks near debris at a gas station in Lake Charles. 

The facade of a building in Lake Charles. 

Powerful Hurricane Laura slams into Louisiana and Texas as Category 4