Those who did not evacuate before Hurricane Laura, would have to put their name in a plastic bag in a bag, officials said.

This aerial photo shows hurricane damage in a neighborhood outside Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Thursday, August 27th.

A man walks through a pile full of gongs on the second floor of a Lake Charles church that lost its roof.

People are investigating the damage to their Lake Charles neighborhood on August 27th.

A McDonald’s sign has been damaged in Iowa, Louisiana.

Ahmed Nawaz looks at the damage in his store in Lake Charles.

Empire rises from a chemical fire at a Lake Charles factory on August 27. Plant managers tried to contain a chlorine leak, according to state police. Details about what started the fire were not available.

A person has taken a picture of a damaged house in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

The lobby of an office building has been damaged in Lake Charles.

This aerial photo shows the roof of an AutoZone store in Lake Charles.

Benjamin Luna helps restore articles from the children’s wing of First Pentecostal Church in Orange, Texas.

Dozens of small fish are being held captive in the country after the hurricane swept through Holly Beach, Louisiana.

Louisiana National Guard Pfc. Devin Lejeune helps search a Lake Charles apartment complex for people in need.

Martin Almanza paddles a canoe through a flooded part of Galveston, Texas, on August 27.

The Capitol One Bank Tower is seen with its windows blown out in the center of Lake Charles.

Latasha Myles and Howard Anderson were standing in their living room in Lake Charles, where they were sitting when the roof blew off on Aug. 27 at 2:30 p.m.

A tangle of power lines hangs across a street in Lake Charles.

The driver of a tilted 18-wheeler was driving his vehicle out after police arrived at the scene along Interstate 10 in Vinton, Texas. Both the driver and a passenger were slightly injured.

A person walks past a destroyed building in Lake Charles.

Flooding is seen in Sabine Pass, Texas.

A structure is being built near a beach in Lake Charles.

L’Auberge Casino Resort is seen after the lights went out in Lake Charles.

Shrimp boat Sea Lion V prepares for hurricane Laura’s attack on Wednesday, August 26th.

This photo of Hurricane Laura was taken aboard the International Space Station on August 26th.

Victoria Nelson sets up her children, Autum, Shawn and Asia, when they board a bus on August 26 to evacuate Lake Charles.

A sheriff’s deputy wiped his face as he manned a roadblock in Lake Charles on Aug. 26.

Families board buses to evacuate Lake Charles on Aug. 26.

Children play on the Circuit of the Americas racetrack, where some evacuees set off on August 26 in Austin, Texas.

Demeteri Bushnell is embraced by her great-niece as she and other evacuees prepare to board a bus in Lake Charles.

Traffic is almost quiet on Interstate 10 as people evacuate the area near Jennings, Louisiana, on Tuesday, August 25th.

A US Postal Service employee handles a mailbox with plastic wrap in Galveston, Texas. The plastic wrap means that the final mail has been deleted from the box, and it prevents people from placing mail inside that could be lost in a flood.

An evacuation awaits boarding in Port Arthur, Texas on August 25.

Nick Gaido, left, helps set up windows at his seafood restaurant in Galveston.

With the help of family and friends, Roman Tatriot runs off cattle in Cameron, Louisiana, so he can get them to higher ground.

A family runs to a charter bus that would take them from Galveston Island to Austin.

Katy Gay carries a dog when the Houston SPCA transferred more than 100 animals to the Austin Humane Society.

People are waiting to get on a bus to leave Galveston.

People make sandbags at St. Raymond Church in New Orleans.

People board their ships along Lake Pontchartrain Lake in Louisiana on Sunday, August 23rd.

People stand in long lines before entering a New Orleans Costco to pick up supplies.

Michael Kent moves his boat to Venice, Louisiana, on August 23rd.

Crews bring sandbags to help with flood prevention in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

Cesar Reyes, right, wears a triplex sheet as he helps install window coverings at a company in Galveston.

Houston Fire Department ready rescue equipment ahead of the storm.