MORNING, HAS MANY WITHOUT SO
MUCH AS RUNNING WATER.
THIS MORNING ACROSS LOUISIANA,
THE SHOCK OF A DEVASTATING
HURRICANE SLOWLY BEING REPLACED
WITH A GRIM REALITY.
>> WE DIDN’T REALIZE IT WAS
GOING TO BE THIS BAD.
WE JUST -- IT JUST GOT SO FAST.
IT GREW SO FAST.
>> Reporter: CLAIRE SURVIVED
HURRICANE LAURA’S BRUTAL WINDS
INSIDE HER LAKE CHARLES HOME,
BUT COULDN’T LEAVE ONCE THE
STORM PASSED.
TRAPPED BY DEBRIS UNTIL THE
NATIONAL GUARD ROLLED IN,
OFFERING MUCH-NEEDED FOOD AND
WATER.
>> THANK YOU!
YOU GUYS ARE A GODSEND.
>> Reporter: ONE FAMILY OF
THOUSANDS NOW FACING A
COMPLICATED CLEANUP, WHEN
LAURA’S NEARLY 150-MILE-AN-HOUR
WINDS ROLLED THROUGH, IT NOT
ONLY KNOCKED OUT POWER, BUT TOOK
OUT NEARLY HALF OF LAKE CHARLES’
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
>> SOME SERIOUS STUFF HERE.
>> 30 MILES SOUTH, THE TOWN OF
CAMERON LEFT REELING.
THE COASTAL TOWN WHERE LAURA
FIRST MADE LANDFALL, NOW REDUCED
TO CRUMBLING HOMES AND FLOODED
STREETS.
>> IT’S A WAR ZONE.
IT REALLY IS.
>> Reporter: MIRACULOUSLY, NO
SERIOUS INJURIES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED, BUT LAURA’S IMPACT HAS
GROWN EVEN MORE DEADLY, AFTER A
CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK IN A LAKE
CHARLES HOME.
>> FIVE PEOPLE IN A HOUSE THAT
HAD A GENERATOR IN AN ATTACHED
GARAGE.
THE DOOR WAS OPEN OR AT LEAST
PARTIALLY OPEN AND THEY’RE NOT
WITH US ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS, THREE
MORE DEATHS TO CARBON MONOXIDE,
AFTER A FISHERMAN SHELTERED
INSIDE THE BUILDING.
THE TRAGEDIES IN BOTH STATES
SHOWING THE TRUE TOLL OF A
HURRICANE, THAT TOOK ALMOST
EVERYTHING BUT THE SPIRIT OF
THOSE WHO LIVE HERE.
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT
COMMUNITY.
THEY’RE GOING TO FIX THIS AND
THEY’RE GOING TO REBUILD.
>> AND THE EARLY DAMAGE TOTALS
ARE STARTING TO COME IN.
HURRICANE LAURA EXPECTED TO
BRING ANYWHERE FROM $12 TO $20
BILLION IN LOSSES AN SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER, BUT CONSIDER THAT BACK
IN 2005, HURRICANE KATRINA
ESTIMATED UP TO $60 BILLION IN
DAMAGES.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> YEAH, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
MORGAN CHESKY IN LAKE CHARLES,
THANK, MORGAN.
>>> AND DYLAN IS JOINING US NOW
WITH A FIRST LOOK AT THE
WEEKEND’S FORECAST, INCLUDING
WHAT’S LEFT OF LAURA NOW HEADING
TOWARDS THE EAST COAST.
DYLAN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
YES, WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE
REMNANTS OF LAURA EXIT OFF THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST, STAYING JUST
TO THE SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY,
BUT DOWN IN D.C., WE SHOULD SEE
SOME OF THAT HEAVIER RAIN.
NOW, WE’VE GOT TWO THINGS GOING
ON.
WE’VE GOT THE REMNANTS OF LAURA.
THAT’S KEEPING A LOT OF MOISTURE
IN THE AIR.
SO WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A
COLD FRONT THAT’S GOING TO
TRIGGER MORE STORMS FROM NEW
YORK TO PENNSYLVANIA UP INTO
VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
MOST OF NEW ENGLAND, TOO.
SO THE WHOLE NORTHEAST IS GOING
TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
STORMS TODAY.
TOMORROW, IT CLEARS OUT IN THE
NORTHEAST, BUT GETS UNSETTLED
AGAIN BACK INTO KENTUCKY,
TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS, AND PARTS
OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI, WHERE WE
COULD END UP WITH UPWARDS OF 4
INCHES OF RAINFALL.
IN THE NORTHEAST, WITH THOSE
STORMS WE’RE GOING TO SEE, WE
COULD END UP WITH ABOUT 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN.
VERY UNSETTLED STARTING OFF THE
WEEKEND AND WE COULD SEE SOME
SEVERE STORMS AS WELL DEVELOP
LATER ON TODAY WITH DAMAGING
