Hurricane Laura: Louisiana faces high winds as storm moves deeper inland – live
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Journalist Philip Kiefer has been making his way into Lake Charles for the Guardian. He sends these dispatches:
I’ve counted about a dozen pickups towing flatboats headed west towards Lake Charles, and bumper to bumper energy trucks from VA, AK, TN, IN, and MS. #HurricaneLaura
Waffle House about 50 miles from Lake Charles appeared to be shut down #HurricaneLaura
But within 20 miles the damage is much more intense: a tree down over the interstate, power lines, lots of roofs gone pic.twitter.com/b9MNdquF7U
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