LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA - Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter their state over the past six weeks.
By Sunday, the storm had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone over the southern Appalachians, but still posed a heavy rainfall threat, the US National Hurricane Centre said. "If you are using a generator, please be safe," Mr Edwards warned on Twitter, noting that most deaths from Hurricane Laura stemmed from improper usage of such equipment.
The misery index for returning evacuees was compounded by extreme heat and humidity engulfing southern Louisiana following Delta, and the discovery of property damage made worse by the latest storm. "I don't see any electricity coming back anytime soon, so I'm going to give them about a week and then come back," said Mr Sam Jones, 77, a Lake Charles resident who rode out the hurricane at home and was heading to his son's home in Fort Worth, Texas.