Weather

Hurricane-Ravaged Town 3 Feet Above Sea Level Braces for Another

  • Cameron, Louisiana, may get hit twice in span of six weeks
  • ‘We simply can’t handle the direct hit of another’ hurricane
The aftermath of Hurricane Laura, which made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, on Aug. 27.Photographer: Bryan Tarnowski/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

For six weeks, residents of the tiny bayou town of Cameron, Louisiana, have been plucking their wind-tossed belongings from swamps, ripping out soggy dry wall and attempting to piece their lives back together after being bowled over by Hurricane Laura.

Now, with the waterfront town still in ruins, another storm is approaching.