Hurricane Laura made landfall early on Thursday in southwestern Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state on record gathered pace.
Forecasters warned it could yet push a massive wall of water 40 miles inland from the sea, with those refusing to evacuate were told to put their names on a bit of of paper and "put it in a ziplock bag" in their pockets.Laura barrelled through southwest Louisiana, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing a 14-year-old girl as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state early on Thursday.The hurricane's first reported US fatality was a 14-year-old girl in Leesville, Louisiana, who died when a tree fell on her house, a spokeswoman for Governor John Bel Edwards said.The.
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