PBS News Hour

Scattered thunderstorms complicate Louisiana's recovery

Power is now restored to most of New Orleans, but several hundred thousand people in southeast Louisiana are still without amid a rising death toll. Local officials say 9 more people in New Orleans have died of excessive heat, bringing the overall death toll in Louisiana to 26. Community correspondent Roby Chavez joins Judy Woodruff to discuss difficult living conditions in some of these parishes.

Scattered thunderstorms complicate Louisiana's recovery

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