His visit comes two days after the Category 4 storm smashed into the Gulf Coast.
President Trump on Saturday toured damage from in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Orange, Texas – two of the hardest-hit areas. Mr. Trump vowed assistance for both cities, saying in Texas that « we’ve never seen anything like » the force of the storm. Laura made landfall as a Category 4 storm, but was less powerful than Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico as a Category 5 storm in 2017. Maria resulted in 2,975 deaths, the highest death toll from a hurricane in a century. Mr. Trump’s visit comes two days after the Laura smashed into the Gulf Coast in Louisiana near the Texas border. At least 12 people died in Louisiana due to the storm and at least four died in Texas, most as a result of trees falling on homes or carbon monoxide poisoning from generators.
