Hurricane Laura, at least 4 dead between Louisiana and Texas

(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 28 - There are at least 4 victims of hurricane Laura which is lashing Louisiana and Texas. The CNN reports, also reporting a blackout for hundreds of thousands of people, torn roofs and other damage caused by winds of up to 150 kilometers per hour.
    The perturbation, rated 4 on a scale of 5, was then downgraded to a tropical storm by reaching the Louisiana-Arkansas border. All the victims - local authorities heard from CNN specified - died after the fall of trees on their homes: a 14-year-old girl in Vernon, a man of uncertain age in Jackson and another 60-year-old in Acadia, authorities said. . The first victim, a 14-year-old from Leesville, was also killed by a tree that fell on the house.
   The hurricane also caused damage to a chemical plant near Lake Charles in Louisiana, where a fire broke out. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said the damage was less than expected, also thanks to preventive evacuations from the most at-risk areas. (HANDLE).