Category 4 Hurricane LAURA Intense Eyewall Intercept - Lake Charles, LA - August 27, 2020 

This is my home! Or was, there's really nothing left and no media coverage so thank you for the media!! Southwest Louisiana still needs help, over 100,000 still without power, some still without water, people sleeping in tents or on the cement! So thank you for capturing it at its fullest! I've heard so many say Laura wasn't bad, or they haven't even heard of a hurricane hitting louisiana, so thank you for sharing the truth. Myself and thousands of others have lost everything to her winds.

The eye of laura didn't even calm. She was raging.

God bless Louisiana and all his people it's sad looking at the devastation hurricane Laura brought

4:20 The moment when all of the insane people filming this are telling you to get out of there, you know you're doing something especially dumb.

This still breaks my heart. I live in Lake Charles, well I should say lived, because of this Storm everyone I know lost everything.

We never would have made it without Jesus!

This is downtown Lake Charles.. the devastation is astronomical the majority of the city still have no power and most of the homes are damaged or total losses the lack of coverage my mainstream media is discouraging.

Anybody else see that large piece of tin blow out of building then back in thru another window?

I live in lake Charles. I’m blessed to still have my home and be alive!

These storm chasers they alot better the weather channel at least they show you real action where luara is at you guys did really good on your work.

The guy walking in it 😂😂

Rode it out in DeRidder. What a dumb ass I was! We were 50 miles north ofLake Charles and the wind still was over 120 mph! I will ever do that again. Sitting in the dark with that noise outside is terrifying!

Her winds and strength remind me of hurricane charley who tore up Port Charlotte and punta Gorda in 04. I luckily survived that storm only because he was fast moving and wasn't carrying any surge. Amazing footage!!

That is some incredible footage. I have lived through numerous tropical cyclones, but the way the wind seemingly becomes alive is still absolutely terrifying.

As Ron White once said while holding a glass of bourbon, "It's not THAT the wind is blowing.. it's.. WHAT the wind is blowing!"

I have family and friends in the Lafayette/Lake Charles Louisiana area. I went to school there and lived there in the second grade. I pray for strength to the people of Louisiana who were devastated by these hurricanes. Hurricane Katrina was the worst one of all to hit them. May all of the people who perished REST IN ETERNAL PEACE! Stay strong, the people of Louisiana. God bless you!

I live in Sulphur, LA. So happy we evacuated. Good news for us...we got Electricity today!

Laura was screaming.

We evacuated for about 2 and a half weeks, we live in Lake Charles, got really lucky our house didn't take much damage other than some leaks and cracked windows.

I’m down here doing work on storm damage and what I have seen is nothing like I’ve ever seen

I stayed home and it was a rough night to say the least!!!

That was awesome seeing the power line on fire then pop

Amazing video my man. I've lived in Lake Charles all my life, so has my family. Our 4 Acres right down the road from Prien Lake Park got absolutely destroyed. All of our trees have either uprooted, or snapped. We stayed for it, and I definitely don't wish to stay in anotherone. A tree hit our house but luckily it got caught up on some shit and didn't go all the way through. The city is in shambles, and even a week later it still looks like a warzone here. Had to move up in Ruston LA until the house gets rebuilt (because all the rain from it's aftermath caused a shit ton of water damage)

This just remind me hurricane andrew i went through back in 1992 in homestead during eye back when i was we had 60ft royal hit my family home that night through den window i went through cat5 i only lived 2 miles west of homestead air force base back in a place leisure city.

I live about a block from the Capitol One Tower, in an eight-story apartment building. I didn't plan to stay. I got left behind in the pre-hurricane chaos, and rode it out in my apartment. Thank you for posting this video.

Electricity is amazing... always incredible to watch. Wow... to see lightening as well as destructive winds is unusual. The power of mother nature. But people wondering around in it is totally absurd. At least have some respect for your own safety people. Great footage guys. I enjoy it much more when I know you are somewhere safe.

This is awesome footage! It's so crazy seeing the air itself just tear things apart. Props to you crazy bastards for going out there to film this stuff.

Nice work! Remember when the weather Channel said it would be a cat 1 maybe 2 when it hit? Yeah never underestimate mother nature.

That sounded like Reed in there yelling among the others

great footage!well done!!. Imagine being out in that with all those shards of glass flying around!!!. whoa!!!. gidday from Australia. (we don't have hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, etc. where I live. Glad I live here and not there!!!!!. subbed!!!.

I can't believe that there are folks that foolish to be walking around out in the open with all the sharp debris blowing around.

12:21 Imagine if that hit you...

I’ve never seen anyone try to commit suicide by hurricane before. I bet he walked into a thousand shards of glass.

This was the most devastating storm ever after Audrey since way more lives were lost in Hurricane Audrey.

I am in Biloxi, Mississippi and we have SEVERE Thunderstorms! They take out our power every 10 seconds. We had one last night and it was scary. There was lightning every 5 seconds. But at 5:48 am I got woken up by a big thunder that took out the power for a minute. At school, Our power didn't go out. But there were big cracks of thunder. We were also in Hurricane Zeta. It was a cat. 2. At 8:30 - 8:40 PM, our power went out. It was out for 48 hours. During the hurricane, We heard one of those pipe for the water to come out things fall. No trees fell. Just Devastating damage. Someone's boat was gone. There were just pieces. It was so scary. About the traffic lights, Nothing was left of those. There were a couple of intersections still working. SO MUCH TRAFFIC! We had to charge devices in our car.

I stayed in Vinton thru the storm. My alternator went out and I couldn’t leave. This storm was 10 times worse then Rita in 2005. I stayed in my bathtub for about 4 hours until my roof was destroyed. Lost everything but I am still here.

That’s my city bro 🥺

I was watching the live of that dude in the truck down there. It was Crazy!

Notice the image of a face formed in the clouds in the first 20secs of the video....

The destruction I saw during the rebuild was heartbreaking.

You all are brave. I don't think I could chase storms like that

Intense storm, fascinating catch!

Trey, that is a really impressive video on the ferocity of Hurricane Laura ! Have you ever experienced tornadoes generated by hurricanes rather than ordinary supercell tornadoes ?

The absolute worst! Continue keeping my city in prayers as they rebuild! We lost EVERYTHING 😭

And to think there was a single person riding that hurricane out in the Capital One building. Windows breaking everywhere

We stayed during this here and were still without water, electricity, & basic necessities. I’m 7 months pregnant with a four year old daughter and had to ride it out after they shut down the interstate and we couldn’t get out. The devastation is beyond words. #helplakecharles

Lake charles bro. I’m 11, And I have to see my HT go down like this. Just wow!!!!

Best footage yet!!!...

Just looking at the glass blowouts on the Capital One building. It appears as though the winds were much stronger lower down with hardly any windows broken near the top.

This video is the best but even this don't tell the damage we have...you would have to see it your self to believe it.

DAM !!! That got a bit tense with all the glass flying

With covid rules also still in motion this just might be the worse shape our city ever been in! It will definitely take years 😩

What is that glow in the middle of the street at 8:22? Brilliant video!

That power outage on 1:27 was like a bolt to me

that’s my city that’s my home town where i still live it’s destroyed it’s me not gonna be back to normal

One of those cars on the road down below was Reed Timmers car. He was doing a live FB feed during this extraordinary event. There were 26k people in that car with him watching this unfold. Seeing this gives it a whole different perspective. Incredible footage.

Even as a cat 2 going into cat 1 she still was a mean one where I am in Louisiana. She sure made a mess here.

"MOM, IS RAINING SIDE WAYS!"

I was actually born in Lake Charles so it upsets me that a hurricane affected my hometown and my family down there.

I’m a resident of this city and this place is so fractured and depressed. The physical damage to this city is fixable but the mental health here sucks so much. Fema can’t fix that or at least they won’t try.

Lake charles is my home town #lakecharlesstrong

Louisiana's traffic lights though.

I don't understand why that building isn't using hurricane resistant glass or at least interior shutters.

My God! What a frightening thing to go though . Couldn't believe how cars where around.

Do you have any idea what the sustained wind speed was at that location? How about the highest gusts? Do you have prior experience to compare this to other hurricanes? Thanks.

Wow...I can't believe people were out while glass was flying. I'm in Vernon Parish and have damage to my house and car. Still without SuddenLink but it doesn't bother me.

whom ever was walking around by that Building with all the glass breaking is not too bright

Lost my home to along with many others. All I have left is what I brought with me

I’m from Louisiana and Hurricane Laura really got use and it was so bad

Pray for Louisiana

I was over through there back in Feb going to a friends that lives up near Alexandria,He said it was bad there but nothing like this! Great Video!

We aaalllliiivvvveeee. We are just getting electricity back. Mine just came back yesterday although i dont have a house anymore 😂 low key depressing but we louisiana strong we got this

In the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, they are called hurricanes. But if the same type of disturbance takes place in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, it is known as a typhoon. And in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, cyclone is the correct term

Been going a couple days a week to help out!! Crazy how bad it is in LC

I almost cried when I saw the capital one building my dads house is not too far away from there

I was there through the whole hurricane it was HORRIBLE‼ i seen trees up root tornados every where we lost all our stuff😞😞 some of us don't have nothing left...This was an eye opener for me...i will never stay for another one...and to this day we still having a hard time...no where to stay 😢

and man this is crazy me and my family had to evacuate to houston bc of this

So how many hours laura was? For me when i was in hurricane andrew it was 8hours that last through midnight and until 7am in morning that day back in august 24 1992 i lived concret house build from 1950s which flat roof home during time hurricane andrew.

Wow, great video man

1:05 wendys sigh be like "i see what you did there"

Alanna G... I didn't compare Rita to Laura... I rode out both... Rita in a 2 story house surrounded by trees.. Laura a single story no trees... Both were intense.... But from overall damage I witnessed Laura was more a beyatch

It makes me angry seeing people talk about how cool it is seeing these things get ripped apart. My house was one of those things. My friends houses. My neighbors. Our jobs. It’s been two weeks since I’ve been home bc my house isn’t livable so instead I’m staying 4 hours away and have no idea when I’m going to get to go back and same with so many others. It’s not a movie. This town was people’s home. It’s still fresh and I understand that the whether is crazy and cool to watch it just sucks seeing our homes be destroyed and people using it for their entertainment. Watching this just leaves a pit in my stomach

I live in Grant Parish about 100 miles Northeast ofLake Charles, Laura huffed and she puffed til she blew every power line in this Parish down! 100 percent outage we went 13 days without ,some people still without power! We didn't see a lot of rain but the wind was unlike anything I've ever seen, the damage to property is great because of all the trees that came down and will continue to fall for months to come!

I lost my home and everything in it from the storm. all I have is a small bag of clothes and the necessities. I have my pets and my family by my side. we’ve been living in a hotel since the storm and don’t even know what time is anymore. my heart goes out to all the rest of the people in louisiana. we’re hurting but we’re going to be okay. one day at a time

I used to work in that building.

It ruined our home and yard, we lived in sulphur

hurricane laura destroyed my home and many people i knows homes pray for lake charles!!

My 22yr old life is that guy being told to GET OUT OF THERE! 😂

I went to cashotta casino in kinder la and it was still pretty bad left from west lake

We were there to help to restore power total devestation especially hard under covid restrictions many prayers to t You

Scariest moment of my life man. And this 13 minute video was really like 4 hours of torment lol

Me who once Dealt with a Tornado in Texas: First time?

The downed power lines electrified water in areas. Anyone unfortunate enough to come into contact with that before the power disconnected, was fried alive. My husband witnessed 2 of the people he went to rescue from being trapped in their homes come to that end. He reactivated himself to aid the local guard unit as a medic

Just a weird but true statistic. It's always the girl named Hurricanes that kick ass. They seem to have a REAL problem with everyone !!! Camille, Gloria, Laura, Katrina, Sandy. I've had it with you chicks. Get away from me !!!

So happy I left lol my cousin and uncle live next door to me said it was terrifying

I live in southeast Texas, and I haven’t evacuated since Hurricane Ike. This was like Rita

I was there for both i left back home to maine

Do not mess with mother nature, that's for sure.

Now I know why Laura costed the US $10 billion in damage.

I can't believe Hurricane Laura knocked out the powerlines!!!