Photos: Deadly Tornadoes Pummel Louisiana

State of Emergency

Sheet metal wrapped around utility poles in Arabi, Louisiana. Photo: Matthew Hinton (AP)

More than 11,000 customers remain without power in Louisiana as of Thursday morning, according to PowerOutage.us. Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, anticipating that “several parishes will declare states of emergency and will need assistance in their response to this developing threat.”

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