At least six people died and 880,000 households suffered power outages when the super hurricane'Laura' hit the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the southern United States.

Class 4 Hurricane Laura, accompanied by strong winds of 241 km/h, landed at around 1 am that day, scratching some parts of Louisiana and Texas and heading north inland.


The casualties were concentrated in the state of Louisiana, where the hurricane had penetrated. A tree fell by a strong wind hit residential areas, fire and boat overturns, killing six people, including a 14-year-old girl and a 68-year-old old man.

In addition, in Louisiana and Texas, power poles collapsed and power lines cut off, cutting electricity to 880,000 households, and water supply to tens of thousands of households.

In Lake Charles, the industrial city of Louisiana, a number of homes and shops collapsed or flooded in a strong rainstorm.


In addition, a fire occurred as chlorine leaked from the chemical plant.

At the time of landing, Laura's highest wind speed was 241.4 km/h, and it was recorded as a hurricane that brought the strongest wind ever, the Associated Press reported.

Prior to the hurricane landing, Louisiana and Texas ordered 580,000 people to evacuate.

Hurricane Laura has been weakened by a tropical storm 11 hours after landing, but the National Hurricane Center warns that it will penetrate the interior with a wind and rain of 80 km/h.

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