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More than 750,000 still without power in Laura's aftermath

by Associated Press
| August 28, 2020 10:03 AM

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana were still without power or water Friday, a day after Laura sawed a devastating path through the state, and officials warned that basic services could be knocked out for weeks or longer along parts of the Gulf Coast.

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