What is the wind speed of Hurricane Laura in the United States? Why is it so scary?

According to relevant media reports, Hurricane Laura made landfall in the United States with wind speeds reaching 150 miles per hour. August of this year is the peak season for hurricanes in the United States. The strongest hurricane so far, Laura, has made landfall in the southern United States. Everywhere it went, it suffered varying degrees of destruction, causing catastrophic storms, extreme winds, and flooding.

According to relevant data, this hurricane has caused many deaths or injuries to varying degrees. However, the United States also suffered a similar scene fifteen years ago, which has become a lingering shadow in the hearts of many local people. That hurricane, Katrina, severely damaged all areas of the United States. That hurricane caused 1,836 people to lose their precious lives, and also caused direct economic losses of more than 130 billion U.S. dollars to the United States. Katrina was One of the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history.

That hurricane destroyed a city, and the government’s untimely rescue became the last straw for the affected people in the city. That hurricane severely damaged the political economy and other fields of the United States, and now new wounds have been added before the old wounds have healed. The landfall of Hurricane Laura this time also had a great impact on the local people, and even the original scene reappeared.

The situation at that time was not optimistic. Thousands of victims continued to pour into various cities. People in many places were living on the streets. Thousands of victims gathered together, even without food and water. , there is not even a place to shelter from the wind and rain, there is a vast ocean everywhere, countless victims are eagerly waiting for rescue, countless children are crying in the flood, and some children have even lost all their belongings just after they were born. Relatives.

To this day, the trauma caused by the hurricane to the local people has not been completely healed. The floods after the hurricane at that time destroyed the levees, and nearly 80% of the city was flooded, with the deepest water reaching five meters. Although the local authorities carried out emergency evacuation and relocation, the floods submerged all the roads and everyone had to be stagnant and unable to evacuate.