Hurricane Laura Archive Footage from Southwest Louisiana 

To the hurricane Laura survivors, I am so glad you are still here. I know right now it feels hopeless and overwhelming to see your homes, your town and surrounding areas destroyed; like nothing could ever go back to normal. Life in your area will not be the same again, but you are strong and can rebuild. The changes in your surroundings may feel foreign at first, but eventually they will start to feel more familiar.. My advice is to take one day at a time while rebuilding. One foot in front of the other, just remember to hold each other up, to show each other kindness and love during these times of trouble. You will get through this. You survived. You are already stronger than you know. Hang in there. I will keep you all in my prayers. As a hurricane Michael survivor seeing what happened to you guys breaks my heart. You are not alone in this, I promise.❤️

Even though it was 15 years ago, still have a lil ptsd from Charley and this reminded me of riding that out, only it was 1-4 in the afternoon, not 1-4 in the middle of the night. I really feel for the ppl who went through this and as someone who lost everything, know what lies ahead and it's going to be rough, but keep your head up, survivng it is doable

I stayed through this. I could hear metal and debris ripping and flying. Early into this, a wire came down in the rain and was hitting a metal dumpster in the rain and sparks and fire was flying. I am in Sulphur. About 7 miles west of lake Charles.

A family friend lost her home and her job because of this hurricane she's devastated but she has her daughter's over in Texas to help through this. Thank the Lord for that! Last hurricane I was in was Alicia in 1983 never want to go through that again!!

We've been without electricity since Thursday morning at 3:30. Lost a freezer and 2 fridges full of food. Electricity isn't suppose to come back on until Wednesday. I'm thankful we didn't get hit like Lake Charles. God bless that little area.

I really want to write something for you people, who experienced this disaster. But I got no words, I’m speechless. I hope you are doing well and rebuild again, return to your normal life. Love and prayers from Greece.

Holly Beach reminds me of the down east community where my father is from.. I feel so much for the small towns in LA that have been so devastated by this storm..my heart goes out to the locals for sure.

Wow! The footage from the parking structure was amazing! That sideways rain almost looked like a tornado lying on its side and twisting on the ground.

When all else fails, take shelter in a parking garage. They are the hardiest public available structures.

From Texas, very professional video, we have friends from your state, stay strong

Beautiful out there. Love water. Done with the Vegas . 30 years now, time to go soon. Thank you for the footage.

The calm of the eye and the continuing storm. Today is August 30th and we are still getting the rain from the bands here in Memphis, Tennessee.

I live in Louisiana been through lots of hurricanes this was the worst for me I work in Lake Charles it looks like a war zone so much destruction to homes and businesses.

Another quality vid,Thanks SCV,keep safe !

I saw the glass getting ripped off that tall turquoise building in another video it looked scary.

Cajun and country folks can survive.

Thank you for this footage.

Incredible footage. Stay safe,friend. ✌️🇨🇦

i hate too say this but we got really lucky in lake charles that the storm made landfall east of expected keeping the storm surge out of the city

Been waiting for your footage 🙂 was not disappointed.

Awesome footage!! I'm very surprised the power stayed on at that hospital. Back up generator's maybe? 🤔

finally i was waiting for the full footage to be realased yessss

That was a nasty beast of a storm! Great coverage. Hope all is safe with you.

Isn't that unusual for there to be so much wind in the "eye"? Clearly the rain stopped but the wind was still lit. Doesn't it usually go to very light to calm? Why was this storm different in that aspect?

GOOD BYE LAURA ! Don't come back!

Best footage I’ve seen on Laura! Great job guys... stay safe!

The sounds are terrifying....

I still don’t have electricity North 27 in Sulphur. We were all slammed. Hurricane Laura did a number on Sulphur, Westlake, Lake Charles and everything surrounding. We rode it out and it was terrifying! We were very blessed to have minimal damage. My heart and prayers go out to all of the people around here that are trying to figure out how to start all over again! 😔

Excellent footage 🌀 🙂👌

I miss my hometown so much. Heartbreaking.

This is incredible I don't get these or tornados here in Australia were I live just amazing.

That's what a 150 mile an hour wind looks like at night. Bringing part of the Atlantic Gulf with it.. My GOD!

Good job guys!

I hope everyone is ok over there. I’m praying for everyone there to be ok. Nice footage though

Duck looks a little bit like its in shock. Thankful it made it.

I wish ya’ll a speedy recovery. Be aware there are many dangers after the storm, so stay safe.

AWESOME 👍 FOOTAGE BROTHER BE SAFE OUT THERE 🙏🙌🙏

23:21 the silhouette

Is there any footage going down w prien lake rd

Courage les amis nous sommes de tout coeur avec vous dans ces terribles moments, personne ne peut rester insensible

That shadow on the wall looks creepy 23:20

Stay safe all

What are the purpose of u putting the timer for diff places n time ya??

I thought Ivan packed a punch ! Scary!

And codes here...prayers up for this upcoming season of storms...?

why the digital counter, theres already a counter on the laskbar ?

Man I wish I could download those radar apps. I love watching those. My bosses and coworkers used to call me the weather man because I would always warn them of storms coming. I like using NOAA but those radar apps were cool. Is it possible to get those ?

My neice was hit by this hurricane 🌀 I'm so glad she is okay!

This storm was identical to Michael I’ll never forget

Good footage

Nobody gets footage of Cameron. I only ever see holly beach

Why does the lower left hand corner of the video say hurricane Laura CDC 20/20 what does the center of Disease Control have to do with hurricane video just curious

Were ya'll not in Lake Charles? I don't know the city that much from living near it.

Here we go again yrs later@

We rode out Laura didn't leave till 3 days after! In moss bluff Louisiana

Is the second half of the hurricane,the worse ?

whats the point in the timer at bottom

For everyone who says this was not as bad as what it was, remember that this footage is from Lake Charles, LA. Lake Charles is several miles inland as compared to Cameron and Holly Beach. The eyewall of Hurricane Laura had already weakened significantly by the time it reached Lake Charles and it still managed to be a Category 3 and do significant damage. It was much worse on the immediate coastline of Louisiana, where winds did in fact reach 150 mph and stronger.

I thought this was going to hit me with 150-155 mph winds

I thought the guy was shooting a criss vector fully automatic when the video first started 😂

Deus abençoe o povo dos EUA! E protejam todos...

Is that a clock I saw?

Wouldn't it be better to lay the power cables in the ground?

That's my city!

Hurricane survivor louisiana

You should be telling us some info about what were seeing

😔😪😪😪😪😪i just want to go back home im stuck here in new Orleans please save me

😯 dang!!

Still to this day alot of stuff is boarded up i lived in Galveston Texas it barely missed us

Hurricane Laura o8 - 29 - 2020

never use osb over plywood for stuff like this.

You crazy and brave at the same time

Ooooh, surprise !!! Destroyed Power-Lines. Doesn`t matter which Year, time in the year, Tornado or Hurrican all areas in the U.S. - each Video after you can see : damagded or destroyed Power-Lines. Is it really so difficult to install that very important Network under floor ?

27.41 there must be lots of fish straying to the beach

I wonder where and how all those ducks and birds take shelter.

This still seems like only yesterday

At the very start of the video; That piece of plywood being screwed on to the window for protection wasn’t inspiring confidence! Not to be a dink, I just found it funny.

28:40 duck be like "finally some peace" 🐤

Dang

Dang !

My sister lives there....she said the damage is horrible!!!!

at 23:20 Huge shadow of a man cast on the building. That was very odd... nothing denoting any kind of shadow on that building nothing before 22:33 until at that moment at 23:20 looks like the huge shadow of a man. The man wasn't even moving as if battered by the wind. Just a solid shadow. When you pan back again it is not there. Was that one of you guys somehow casting a silhouette on the building? Just thought it was so odd.

i know this is a hurricane-- but on the topic of climate change--- i think companies REALLY need to consider if people are actually going to buy their products, or invest in homes and cars, if this type of natural disasters is just going to get worse and worse. Companies really need to do their part if only to protect their future customers, considering that huge companies are the leading cause to climate change

Wendy's isn't having a good 2020.

Sad.

A bit more than half the season left to go, so...yeah... Buckle up.

This reminds me of hurricane Katrina and Miachal

4:23- is that a cop, or security? 5:09- pretty sure it's a cop... Nice of him to hang out for a little. 12:36- gee, the cops really like you...

This is just as bad as Katrina, Wilma, and Michael!

I was in that

Well now you know what is structurely sound

That hurricane are so so strong :/

Yep, that donkeys poop spread from LC to Shreveport. Hardly noticeable, like the intelligence of some one worrying about faecal contamination from porta-potties. Put simply, it was a micro drop into a very large bucket! A more appropriate question would be “how are we going to help our fellow Americans that have suffered such horrific storm?”

lavem chuva.☔☔☔☔🌪️🌀🙈

👍👍❗

Need to put something in the wind, like a kite, just so we can see how frigging fast the string goes out! (I mean, you know, if they’re that close anyway...it’s not like I said to put a key 🔑 on the end or anything!)

So sad, all the broken hearts today, great footage, but so sad.😒😒😒💔💔💔

Don't mess with mother nature

Did the blue portapotty survive?

They can evaluate Quickly cause I do not no one to get hurt from that hurricane but it is gonna be deadly yup you better watch out and hurry