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United States of America (the): Hurricane: 2020/08/27 Country Information on DRR

Period 2020/08/27
Country or District United States of America (the)
Event Type Hurricane
Outline Hurricane Laura made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, as a Category 4 storm on the morning of 27 August 2020, which has weakened to a Category 2 later. It has been causing an extensive damage in Louisiana and Texas.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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CBS 2020/08/28
The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Laura rose to 14.

CNN 2020/08/27
There are at least 603,331 customers without power in Louisiana and Texas this morning as of 9:30 a.m. ET, according to PowerOutage.US.