Laura causes 'tremendous' damage across Louisiana
Hurricane Laura left a trail of destruction when it slammed into the Gulf Coast this week, leaving entire towns under water and turning buildings into rubble.
On Friday - nearly 750,000 homes and businesses are still without power across Louisiana, Texas and Arkansa, as officials say it remained a dangerous storm and that it would take days to assess the damage.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards: "It is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that, that we thought was likely based on the forecasts we had last night, but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage."
Laura made landfall in Louisiana early Thursday packing 150 mile per hour winds.
It left rooftops shredded and blew out windows in high rises.. and killed six people.
Including 14-year-old Cynthia Miller, who was killed when a tree fell on her family's home.
Nellie Miller, Sister of Cynthia Miller: "We went to ride out the storm in our parents' room. And everyone was sitting in there and the tree - it came down."
Officials say the death toll could climb as search and rescue missions increase.
Laura has weakened to a tropical depression as it moves through Arkansas, where it could dump up to 7 inches of rain.
