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6 dead and almost a million without electricity: aftermath of Hurricane Laura's landfall

One of the most powerful hurricanes in US history, Laura hit Louisiana and Texas. He left behind widespread destruction. In Louisiana, at least six people have died, including a 14-year-old girl and a 68-year-old man. Writes about it CBS News.

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The hurricane, which eased to a tropical depression, destroyed homes and businesses and cut electricity to nearly a million people in Texas and Louisiana. Meanwhile, a state of emergency is in force in Arkansas, with strong winds and floods approaching the state.

Laura weakened to a tropical depression

After hitting Louisiana in a Category 4 storm, Laura went into a tropical depression, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The storm is currently located about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas with a maximum wind resistance of about 35 mph (56 km per hour).

Blackouts in Louisiana leave hundreds of thousands of people in the dark and without water

According to Entergy, as of 16:00 pm on August 27, more than 540 customers of the company were left without electricity. The energy company said more than 000 crews were deployed to address the problem. In total, more than 16 consumers were left without electricity in Louisiana and Texas.

The Louisiana Department of Health tweeted that more than 220 residents are experiencing disruptions to their water supply.

Six dead

At least six people died in Louisiana in the hurricane, state officials confirmed.

Men A 68-year-old man, a 14-year-old girl, a 51-year-old man and a 64-year-old man were killed when trees fell on their homes. The 24-year-old died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator installed in his home, and another man drowned after his boat capsized in a storm.

Sister first victim - 14 year old girl - told about this terrible situation.

Cynthia Miller, her two sisters and their parents waited out the hurricane in their parents' bedroom. There were no evacuation orders in the city where they lived, and the family thought it would be safe enough.

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“Cynthia was really smart. She wanted to go to Harvard and become a microbiologist, ”said Nelly, the sister of the deceased girl. - It was scary, dark. It's just awful ... We went to experience the storm in our parents' room, and everyone was sitting there, but a tree fell on the house. "

“I tried to find Cynthia because she didn’t speak. I tried to bring her to her senses, but she did not open her eyes, "- told Nelly about the details.

The girl was pressed by a tree, and the rescuers could not quickly come to the rescue. The two-mile stretch of road to their home was covered in trees. The sheriff's office spent five hours walking, using chainsaws to lead the way.

Trump to visit hurricane-affected Louisiana and Texas

US President Donald Trump has said he will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to inspect the damage from one of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States.

Trump said he will visit Texas and Louisiana on Saturday, August 29, or Sunday, August 30, to view the damage Laura has inflicted.

Acting head of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolfe, told the president that the situation on the ground was "unstable and complex," but the FEMA is doing its best. The hurricane had a maximum wind speed of 150 mph (241 km per hour), making it one of the strongest ever recorded in the United States.

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Recklessness ICE

The Southern Poverty Law Center accused the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of "recklessness" when they evacuated inmates from the Allen County Correctional Center in Louisiana.

“According to family members, ICE took no precautions to distance itself from people infected with COVID-19 as they ordered detainees to board buses, potentially exposing evacuees and those housed in the places of detention to which they were transferred , infection, ”the center said.

An ICE spokesman said the detainees "were transferred in accordance with all precautions."

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