Iran Press/ America: At least six people were killed in Louisiana, including a 14-year-old girl and a 68-year-old man, as local news outlets reported.
The storm, now a tropical depression, tore apart homes and businesses and knocked out power to nearly one million customers in Texas and Louisiana. Meanwhile, Arkansas is under a state of emergency and is being lashed by damaging winds and flooding.
The US oil and gas exports have been severely interrupted by Hurricane Laura, which bore down on the Gulf of Mexico and closed most of the oil production in the region.
Approximately 1Mbpd of crude exports lowered this week due to closures of the Gulf Coast terminals and ports, Reuters reported.
On 27 August, Hurricane Laura raced towards the heart of the US oil industry in Louisiana and Texas. It is considered as one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the Texas-Louisiana border.
It had hit the area with winds of 240km/h, knocking down trees, damaging buildings and causing widespread power outages.
Nine refineries capable of converting 2.9Mbpd of oil into fuel were also shut down ahead of the storm.
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