Probably fewer than usual people died in the area as there were likely no traffic incidents and fewer medical emergencies as most people evacuated and were not there.
Before the hurricane hit NBC was pushing the ‘people can’t evacuate because they can’t afford it’ narrative. They used a family who clearly was NOT living in poverty (you wondered where they were hiding the cigs). Never mind there’s a zillion churches/social service agencies that would help. Get ready to hear more of that.
At the end of this particular interview, and they gave away the game by saying how inconvenient it would be to return home.