초강력 허리케인 로라 미국 상륙 피해 잇따라<br /><br />It's time now for our Friday edition of Arirang's 'The World Now'. I'm Kim Jae-hee.<br />Let's start off with some updates on one of the strongest storms to strike the U.S. in a long time, Hurricane Laura.<br />The hurricane slammed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm early on Thursday local time.<br />It weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland, but still left a trail of destruction to Louisiana and far-eastern Texas.<br />According to the Governor of Louisiana, four deaths have been tied to the storm in Louisiana, all related to falling trees.<br />Strong gusts and heavy rain tore off roofs and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of homes.<br />Fields and roads have also been flooded.<br />A chemical plant caught fire in Laura's wake on Thursday morning in Louisiana, sending thick black smoke into the sky.<br />But the Governor of Texas said the storm could have been far worse.<br />"I ask everybody how they feel about working their way through this hurricane. Everyone pretty much had the same phrase. And that is we dodged a bullet, it could have been far worse."<br />President Trump says he will visit the Gulf Coast on Saturday or Sunday to survey the destruction.<br /><br />
