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Edwards on Laura: 'Long road' to rebuild southwest Louisiana

by Associated Press
| September 3, 2020 12:06 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Power crews were working to restore electricity across storm-devastated Louisiana, road crews were clearing debris and thousands of tarps were being distributed to patch over wrecked roofs. But Gov. John Bel Edwards cautioned his state's residents Wednesday to be realistic about “the long road ahead of us” to recover from Hurricane Laura.

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