Our latest from Louisiana, as we walk streets of wreckage here following hurricanes Laura and Delta.
With @MerylKornfield and @KnowlesHannah
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With @MerylKornfield and @KnowlesHannah
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This is the Greenwich Terrace neighborhood in Lake Charles. Much of the damage you see is from Hurricane Laura in August. Then Hurricane Delta hit.
The wind wasn't as bad as Laura. But Greenwich Terrace flooded under two feet of water. The net result was probably more costly.
The wind wasn't as bad as Laura. But Greenwich Terrace flooded under two feet of water. The net result was probably more costly.
This is Angelica Breaux. She welled up talking to me today. She evacuated for Laura, and then lived without power for weeks after returning.
Now the power is out again, and she's sorting through what in her home is worth drying and saving.
Now the power is out again, and she's sorting through what in her home is worth drying and saving.
Down the street, here's the view. Tree on house. No one in sight.
A few hours earlier, I was interviewing Mayor Nic Hunter. Then an unexpected sight in a hurricane disaster area: A procession with Catholic faithful praying the rosary.
A woman peeled off the group when she saw me taking pictures. She asked me why I was in Lake Charles. I told her I was a newsman trying to make sure people knew about what happened.
She put in this in my palm.
"To remember your time in Lake Charles," she said, walking away.
She put in this in my palm.
"To remember your time in Lake Charles," she said, walking away.
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