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The remains of a caravan in southwestern Louisiana.
The number of people who have been found dead since Hurricane Laura struck the United States has risen to at least 14.
A total of around 50 people have died from the storm in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
There is devastation along the coast of the state of Louisiana. On Friday, thousands of people returned to their homes, following evacuation calls, and many were found with houses without roofs and piles of rubble. Reconstruction is expected to take several weeks or months.
At least 14 people have been found dead. Five people died when they were knocked over by trees and one person died in a boat. Eight people died of carbon monoxide poisoning due to faulty generators, writes the AP news agency.
In the wake of the storm, hundreds of thousands of people lack access to water and electricity in their homes.
Laura hit the Louisiana coast on Thursday and was later classified as a Category 4 hurricane, the second highest rating on the scale.
In Haiti, which was hit hard by Laura before the storm turned into a hurricane, authorities reported 31 dead and eight missing. In addition, some 6,000 homes were affected by the flood.
The neighboring Dominican Republic reports four deaths.
The remnants of the storm caused rainfall in Arkansas to increase on Friday, and the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky are also expected to receive their share of rain as low pressure moves toward the east coast during weekend.
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