About 700,000 people in Louisiana and Texas remain without electricity after Hurricane Laura, and 8 million are still under a flash flood watch, with heavy rain and isolated tornadoes forecast
The devastation of Laura in Louisiana and Texas has felt"like a week out of a bad science fiction novel," one mayor said as the storm, now a tropical depression, wends its way Friday into the Mid-South.
About 700,000 residents in the two states remain without electricity, and 8 million are still under a flash flood watch, with heavy rain and isolated tornadoes forecast.Water plants in the Louisiana city of Lake Charles were damaged, with"barely a trickle of water coming out of most faucets" as residents also contend with widespread power outages, Mayor Nic Hunter said late Thursday in a Facebook post."If you come back to Lake Charles to stay, make sure you understand the ...
— John Bel Edwards August 28, 2020 At least six deaths were reported across the state following the storm. Four people died after trees fell: a 14-year-old girl in Vernon Parish; a 51-year-old man in Jackson Parish; a 60-year-old man in Acadia Parish; and a 64-year-old man in Allen Parish, authorities have said.Two people died in Calcasieu Parish: A 24-year-old man and another male who's age hasn't been disclosed by state officials.
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