Sweltering heat, power outages greet Louisiana evacuees returning from Hurricane Delta

Homes are seen destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Delta in Cameron, Louisiana, U.S., October 10, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

LAKE CHARLES, La. (Reuters) - Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter their state over the past six weeks.

Many returned to find that Delta, dissipating substantially as it drifted farther inland on Sunday, had ripped away temporary tarpaulin roofs installed over their homes in late August after Hurricane Laura, a more powerful storm, struck with devastating force.