Hurricane Laura roars ashore at 150mph in Louisiana

Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana in the early hours of Thursday (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast of the US with ferocious winds, torrential rain and rising seawater as it roared ashore in Louisiana as a life-threatening storm.

Videos on social media showed Laura’s winds battering a tall building in Lake Charles, blowing out windows as glass and debris flew to the ground.