The death toll attributed to former Hurricane Laura rose to 15 Friday, with 10 deaths in Louisiana and 5 in Texas.
Speaking on NBC's"TODAY," FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor called Laura a storm"unlike no other."
Sheriff Tony Mancuso of the hard-hit Calcasieu Parish in Louisiana said at a news conference Friday damage to his community was"catastrophic." A storm surge as high as 20 feet that was forecast for coastal areas of Louisiana near the Texas border did not materialize. The U.S. Coast Guard Friday afternoon closed its Hurricane Laura Area Command Information Center.
Laura, which has since weakened to a tropical depression, was about 110 miles east-northeast of Paducah, Kentucky, at 11 p.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center said.
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