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Monday 12 october 2020
'We can't lose our momentum:' Louisiana vows to rebuild

By REBECCA SANTANA, flattened. "For the most
STACEY PLAISANCE, AL- part, I'm just glad I still have
ANNA DURKIN RICHER and a job and a roof over my
BOBBY CAINA CALVAN As- head," said Nguyen, who
sociated Press works at a seafood market.
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Earnestine and Milton Wes-
Back-to-back hurricanes ley had decided to ride out
in the space of six weeks Delta in their Lake Charles
left this corner of Louisiana home, damaged by Lau-
blanketed Sunday with ra. As the wind rustled the
tarpaulins, mangled metal roof tarp above them, they
and downed power lines — grabbed it through the
but not necessarily despair. hole in the ceiling and held
Utility crews fanned out on tight. Water poured in,
across the battered south- flooding their den. "We
western part of the state fought all night long trying
to restore electricity in the to keep things intact," Mil-
wake of Hurricane Delta, ton said. "And with God's
and residents began re- help we made it."
turning home along roads After blowing ashore, Delta
lined with debris and hous- moved over Lake Charles,
es missing roofs. Some were a city where Laura dam-
grateful that the damage The aftermath of Hurricane Delta is seen Saturday Oct. 10, 2020, near Jennings, La. aged nearly every home
was not as bad as it could Associated Press and building. More than
have been. town of Creole with winds briefly forced some resi- as a key link in the region's 8,000 Louisiana residents
Louisiana officials blamed of 100 mph (155 kph), slam- dents from their homes. Two oil and gas industry. who evacuated because
the death of an 86-year-old ming a part of the state crew members were taken Vessel traffic was halted of Laura were still in shelters
man on the hurricane. The still recovering from Hurri- to a hospital for observa- until port authorities and as of Sunday, Edwards said.
St. Martin Parish resident cane Laura's 150 mph (241 tion and later released. the U.S. Army Corp of En- Roughly 850 people were in
died in a fire that erupted kph) onslaught on Aug. Clair Hebert Marceaux lost gineers could take stock shelters because of Delta.
after he refueled a gen- 27. Laura was blamed for her home in Cameron Par- of the damage. Sunken Before Friday's storm, the
erator in a shed, Gov. John 32 deaths, many of them ish, Louisiana, during Hur- boats, utility poles and oth- streets of Lake Charles were
Bel Edwards said. He said it caused in the storm's after- ricane Laura and said the er flotsam filled waterways. already lined with moun-
didn't appear that the man math by carbon monoxide community was hard at "We are still in an assess- tains of debris from the pre-
had let the generator cool poisoning from generators. work on rebuilding when ment phase," Marceaux vious hurricane — soggy in-
down before refilling it. The remnants of Delta, Delta struck. said, "but we will be limping sulation, moldy mattresses,
Also, a 19-year-old tourist meanwhile, dumped "We can't lose our momen- along as best as we can." tree limbs, twisted metal
from Illinois drowned after heavy rain on parts of tum," she said, though she Lynn Nguyen and her four siding, ruined family trea-
getting caught in a rip cur- Georgia, the Carolinas and added there was "utter children fled to Fort Wal- sures. Lake Charles Mayor
rent caused by the storm Virginia. devastation" in the area. ton, Florida, ahead of the Nic Hunter estimated hun-
off Destin, Florida, authori- The storm was also blamed Marceaux, who was born storm and returned home dreds of already damaged
ties said. for washing out a railroad and raised in Cameron to Abbeville, Louisiana, on homes took on water from
Roughly 350,000 customers track and causing the de- Parish, is the director of a circuitous route to avoid Delta, which dumped more
in Louisiana remained with- railment of a freight train the community's busy port, flooded roads. Her home than 15 inches (38 centime-
out power two days after in the Atlanta area that which hosts fleets of shrimp was spared major dam- ters) of rain on the city over
Delta blew ashore near the sparked a small fire and and crab boats and serves age, though a fence was two days.q

2 charged in Michigan plots served in U.S. Marines

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Ma- he was a founding member
rine Corps confirmed Saturday of the "anti-government, anti-
that two men charged in plots law enforcement" Wolverine
against Michigan's govern- Watchmen. Harris's military file
ment spent time in the military. shows he was a rifleman, serv-
Officials are "aware of the cir- ing from 2014 until last year.
cumstances surrounding" Dan- He attained the rank of cor-
iel Harris and Joseph Morrison poral E-4 in 2019 and his final
and will assist in any way in duty assignment was at Camp
the investigation, the Marine Lejeune, North Carolina.
Corps said in an emailed state- Morrison was a lance corpo-
ment. ral and served in the Marine
Harris is one of six men charged Corps Reserve from 2015 until
federally with conspiring to kid- Thursday, the day he was ar-
nap Democratic Gov. Gretch- raigned on state charges. The
en Whitmer before the Nov. 3 Marine Corps said his depar-
elections. Morrison, 26, is one ture from the reserves is "unre-
of seven men charged under lated to (his) current situation."
the state's anti-terrorism law for Morrison's last assignment
This photo provided by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office shows Joseph Morrison, left, and allegedly seeking to storm the was with the 4th Marine Lo-
in a photo provided by the Kent County Sheriff, Daniel Harris is shown in a booking photo. Michigan Capitol and ignite gistics Group in Battle Creek,
Associated Press
a "civil war." Authorities say Michigan.q