One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. has made landfall.
Hurricane Laura barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, reports HuffPost.
Laura sheared off roofs, killing a least four people and maintaining ferocious strength.
It has carved a destructive path hundreds of miles inland.
A full assessment of the damage wrought by the Category 4 system was likely to take days.
Entire neighborhoods are in ruins and more than 875,000 people are without power.