Trump heads to Louisiana as Hurricane Laura clean-up starts

Roofers cut a pine tree into small sections to clear it from the inside of a house in Lake Charles (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP)

The clean-up has begun from Hurricane Laura in the US state of Louisiana, with officials along a shattered stretch of coast warning returning residents they could face weeks without power or water.

The US toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators.