. >>> and now a check on the world weather with our meteorologist yoko komagata. hello yoko.urricane laura has hit the louisiana coast and is bringing life threatening conditions. how bad is the situation? >> widespread power outages in texas and louisiana. more than 800,000 people are still without power.. the hardest hit area saw 3 meter of storm surge and destructive winds. hurricane laura made landfall as a category 4 in louisiana on thursday. it was the most powerful storm to hit thehe state. strong windsf overr 200 kilometers per hour damaged rooftops and destroyed man properties. the storm has weakened but will continue to cause widespread es flash flooding. tropical storm laura will become a tropical depression by friday morning local time, but damaging winds with continue in the center of the storm as it moves all the way up in southern missouri on friday. in addition, heavy rain will spread in, arkansas all the way up to the ohio river valley. rainfall could total 450 millimeters with the possibility of flash flooding. another storm system will also produce severe t