In this sweltering heat, thousands are without power in northwest Louisiana from strong storms that hit the area Thursday night and again Sunday morning. SWEPCO spokesperson Michael Corbin says as of Sunday night 160-thousand customers are without power. Corbin says the damage to their infrastructure is extensive and the restoration is tedious
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Corbin says nearly three-thousand workers are trying to get the lights back on.

A new report from the state Department of Health finds that on average nearly three-thousand people every year in Louisiana are hospitalized or treated in the emergency room for heat-related illnesses. Doctor Alicia Van Doren says men accounted for 80-percent of all cases…
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The Humane Society of Louisiana laments the lack of state funding for public animal shelters…
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