The hurricane "Laura" fell to the south of the United States (video)

In the Gulf of Mexico, the US coast reached the hurricane "Laura" . He went to land in the area of ​​the city of Cameron of the state of Louisian and at a speed of 24 km/h moves in the north deep in the mainland. At the same time, the wind speed near its center was 241.5 km/h, and currently decreased to 210 km/h, informs the US National Center for Hurricanes ( NHC ).

A warning about hurricane acts from the southeastern coast of Texas to the central part of the coast of Louisiana. He brought a very strong wind to the coastal areas, a catastrophic storm hagon - in some areas its height can reach 6 meters, pouring rains and floods, StormNews reports.

The population warns of very dangerous weather conditions. In the previous two days, more than 750 thousand inhabitants received orders of mandatory evacuation, but some people decided to stay.

So far, it is difficult to find out about the damage caused by the elements because of the dark time of the day. It is known that floods occurred in the coastal settlements, trees were covered with wind and buildings were damaged. According to the Poweroutage.us service, 270 thousand houses in Louisiana and 65 thousand houses in Texas were left without light.

Recall that "Laura" is the earliest 12th tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic, it formed on August 21 east of the Small Antilles. Prior to this, the record belonged to the tropical storm "Luis", which was formed on August 29, 1995 and also became a powerful hurricane.

The northern part of the Small Antilles and the Big Antilles suffered from Laura. At least 23 people became victims of the elements - 20 in Haiti and 3 in the Dominican Republic.

After the "Laura" in the region, the earliest 13th tropical storm of the season of hurricanes, which was assigned the name "Marco", was formed in the region. On August 25, he also fell upon Louisian, but quickly weakened and did without serious damage.

At 1 Am CDT, Hurricane #LAURA HAS MADE LANDFALL in Southwesiana Near Cameron as Category 4 #Hurricane . Maximum Sustained Winds Were 150 MPH, WITH A Minimum Central Pressure of 938 MB. Potentially Catastrophic Impacts Will Continue. More: https://t.co/tw4kefw0gb pic.twitter.com/gvwrnmgejy

- National Hurricane Center (@nhc_atlantic) August 27, 2020