LAKE CHARLES, La. Though not as powerful as August's Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm that tore homes and businesses apart, Delta toppled trees and power poles, leaving hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents without power. Sylvia Pastrano, 65, said the roof of her Lake Charles, Louisiana home leaked from Delta's rains after being initially damaged by Laura. "Even if it wasn't quite as powerful as Hurricane Laura, it was much bigger," Governor John Bel Edwards told a briefing in Baton Rouge. (Reporting by Stephanie Kelly in Lake Charles; Writing and additional reporting by Peter Szekely in New York and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Marguerita Choy and Rosalba O'Brien)

Source: The Star October 10, 2020 15:59 UTC