Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains.

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Hurricane Laura has intensified as it was moving towards the US' Gulf of Mexico, according to the country's National Hurricane Center (NHC).