As of 10am Thursday morning, Hurricane Laura slowed down from 150mph to 75mph as it tore through parts of Texas and Louisiana
Daily Mail: Hurricane Laura kills three in Louisiana including girl, 14, when trees fall on their homes amid 150mph winds as 700,000 are left without power - and those who didn't evacuate are told 'write down your name and keep it in a ziplock bag in your pocket'
* Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwest Louisiana as an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 hurricane
* It came ashore near the small town of Cameron and wreaked havoc in Lake Charles in early hours of Thursday
* According to Louisiana Gov Bel Edwards, a 14-year-old girl was killed when a tree fell on her home
* More than 700,000 homes and businesses are without power in Texas and Louisiana as of Thursday morning
* Louisiana officials said in statement that rescue efforts cannot and will not begin until after hurricane passes
* 'Please evacuate and if you choose to stay and we can't get to you, write your name, address, social security number and next of kin and put it a ziplock bag in your pocket,' the statement reads
* Laura's 150mph winds made it the strongest hurricane to strike the US this year and in Louisiana since 1856
* By Thursday afternoon Hurricane Laura was downgraded to a tropical storm, according to forecasters
* Officials in TX and LA issued mandatory evacuation orders for more than half a million people on Tuesday
Hurricane Laura has killed three people, including a 14-year-old girl, after trees fell on their homes when the Category 4 storm system smashed into Texas and Louisiana with 150mph winds, leaving 700,000 without power as people who did not evacuate are told to write their names on a piece of paper and 'put it in a ziplock bag' in their pockets.
The hurricane made landfall at 1am with the strongest winds that Louisiana has seen since 1856 and warnings that the storm could rip apart buildings and penetrate up to 200 miles inland.
The hurricane's first reported 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.
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