Hurricane Laura makes landfall as an 'unsurvivable' Category 4—Here's what's happening on the ground

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater. The ferocious Category 4 monster roared ashore with sustained 150 mph winds at 1 a.m. local time. Hours after landfall, Laura was still a Category 2 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.