A US county wiped out by a hurricane is now the world's largest exporter of liquified natural gas.

The Sabine Pass liquid natural gas export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, is the world's largest Michael Fewell points out that his corner of Louisiana has seen a remarkable improvement in its fortunes. Back in 2005, Hurricane Rita ripped through the coastal county of Cameron Parish, destroying or badly damaging more than 90% of homes, with a repair bill of $2.75bn (£2bn). He spent days driving his truck around towns, collecting dead cattle flung into people's homes and lining the roads. Between stops, he watched National Guard helicopters fly in vital drinking water. Fast forward to today, and Fewell is now president of the elected council that runs the county. And he says that Cameron Parish, population approximately 4,700, is on course to become one of the wealthiest counties in the region. "We are going to have more money than we need." Today on a marsh in Cameron where cattle once grazed sits the world's largest LNG export terminal - Sabine Pass, which started to send the fuel overseas in 2016. LNG is created by super-chilling natural gas down to -162C (-260F), which condenses it into a liquid. This reduces its volume by 600 times, requiring significantly less space for its storage and transportation by tanker ships.