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left behind from a few days ago. these are massive trees, that have been here probably a hundred years, blown down when laura roared here early thursday morning. while they are blessed there wasn t a storm surge, the sheersheer intensity from the wind is the problem here. they saw hurricane rita right where aim standing back then, this is the storm that everyone reflected back on it and then folks saying this is worse. the 150-mile-per-hour wind gusts have created such havoc and damage in the area it is causing concern on how quickly they could get the operations back up and running. the mayor in lake charles saying it is not a matter of days, but weeks before they could get power and water back on line. so that is a concern, especially
hurricane laura, one of the strongest storms to ever hit the gulf coast. overnight the death toll climbed to 15 as hundreds of thousands of people are without power and several without water. nbc s morgan chesky is on the ground. good morning to you. as you mentioned, the storm has now claimed 15 lives, leaves hundreds of thousands of people without power and this morning as many without so much as as running water. this morning across louisiana, the shock of a devastating hurricane slowly being replaced with the grim reality. we didn t realize it was going to be this bad. we just it just got so fast. it grew so past. reporter: claire survived hurricane laura s brutal wins inside her lake charles home but couldn t leave once the storm
is set to visit louisiana and texas to survey all of this damage, including one of the hardest-hit areas, lake charles, louisiana. that s where we find nbc s priscilla thompson live for us there. priscilla, what s the latest? reporte there still so much work to be done on the ground here. i want you to take a look here. that was 150-mile-per-hour winds that swept through this area, and we ve seen so many trees like this one completely uprooted. and landing on houses like this one. you can see that entire garage is pretty much the roof destroyed. it also hit part of the main house and we spoke to the woman who s actually inside of here and this is a family home that has been passed on through generations. it s a place where the family gathers, and so that s very, very devastating. but recovery efforts are underway. we ve seen folks trying to cut those trees, to clear the roads. tons of utility workers with those bucket trucks trying to
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