UPDATE: Death toll attributed to Hurricane Laura has risen to at least 14 as Louisiana Gov. Edwards asks the federal government for immediate financial assistance.
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 had weakened to a tropical depression, was about 10 miles northwest of Paducah, Kentucky, early Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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