While visiting the region Saturday, President Trump echoed the surprise many people expressed at the tremendous power of the storm when it hit.

Logan Cunningham, of Canary Tree Service of Jacksonville, Florida, walks past tree debris as he waits for more equipment to arrive, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020.

"This was almost coming in at a (Category) 5. I believe it was a five a little bit offshore, 150 miles an hour, but it was up to 185 at one point out offshore, I don't think we've ever seen that" Trump said.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said, "That was the strongest storm to ever strike Louisiana. I was talking to some individuals here today who've been living here all their lives. They can never remember hurricane-force winds this far in north Louisiana that we experienced."

And like everything else this year, the response has been affected by the COVID crisis.

Gov. Edwards said, "Being a good neighbor means doing all the things you would normally do during a storm, just doing it from 6 feet away and with a mask on, because we still are the state in the country with the most cases per capita, we still have tremendous challenges from COVID"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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