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One of the most powerful storms to hit the state destroys buildings, causes floods as official warns of more fatalities.Hurricane Laura ripped through southwestern Louisiana on Thursday, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing at least four people after making landfall in the early morning as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state.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."We do expect that there could be more fatalities," the spokeswoman, Christina Stephens, said on Twitter.A chemical plant caught fire in Laura's wake on Thursday morning in Westlake, Louisiana, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Lake Charles, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky.Governor Edwards warned residents in the area to shelter in place, close doors and windows and turn off air conditioners as authorities investigated."Stay inside and wait for additional direction from local officials," Edwards wrote on Twitter.Residents of Lake Charles heard Laura's winds howling and the sound of breaking glass as the storm passed through the industrial city of 78,000 with winds of 85 miles per hour (137 km per hour) and gusts up to 128 mph (206 kph) in the hour after landfall.The windows of the city's 22-floor Capital One Tower were blown out, street signs were toppled and pieces of wooden fence and debris from collapsed buildings lay scattered in the flooded streets, video footage shared on social media showed."It looks like 1,000 tornadoes went through here.
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