Pictures | American Louisiana has been hit by the strongest winds since 1856 AD

Arab Weather - with the strongest winds in the United States of America for this year, Hurricane Laura, which was classified as Category 4, struck the southwestern coast of Louisiana in the early hours of Thursday morning, causing until the hour the death of a 14-year-old girl, in addition to material losses Huge.

Louisiana has been hit by the strongest winds since 1856 AD

According to the National Hurricane Code, Louisiana was hit by high winds associated with a hurricane, with a speed of 240 km / hour, the strongest winds it has experienced since Louisiana since 1856.

The eye of the hurricane is rolling into land

The National Hurricane Center said the hurricane made landfall shortly before 1 o'clock local time as a Category 4 storm laden with winds of 240 km / hr sweeping through the small town of Cameron in Louisiana.

"The eye of Laura will continue to move inland in southwestern Louisiana in the coming hours," the center added in a bulletin issued early Thursday, warning, "Protect yourselves now."

Pictures received from there show the scale of the disaster that the region was subjected to, with widespread destruction of thousands of homes.