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(AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Laura more than doubled Friday to at least 14 as communities began cleaning up along the devastated Louisiana coastline where hundreds of thousands of people were still without power or water — a situation that officials said could persist for weeks or longer.A day after the Category 4 storm hit, more bodies emerged in the aftermath in Louisiana and neighboring Texas. Forecasters warned that the system could strengthen into a tropical storm again upon returning to the Atlantic Ocean this weekend.In the storm’s wake, more than 600,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks utility reports.The Louisiana Department of Health estimated that more than 220,000 people were without water.“We think there are going to be people who realize relatively quickly that either they can’t stay in their homes or can’t go back to their homes,” said Christina Stephens, a spokeswoman for Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards.Restoration of those services could take weeks or months, and full rebuilding could take years.Ira Lyles returned to find that his downtown Lake Charles salon called The Parlor House survived with little damage, but his home was destroyed.“It tore the front off, tore the front of the roof off, picked up my camper trailer and hit the side wall, and the side wall buckled and cracked inside,” he said.
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