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Mouth is describing what they endured overnight as horrible. and the rescue and search efforts continue here this afternoon in la place, louisiana, a small town just west of new orleans along interstate 10. you have local law enforcement crews about to launch a tank-like high water vehicle into these subdivisions. and were along the highway. theres water on both sides of where were at. and here you can see people starting to emerge out. there are some places that are shallow enough where people ...

Trees fell on to power lines and that helped to knock out the power for many of these neighborhoods, but we also had eight transmission lines responsible for bringing that power to the entire city of new orleans, that was comp romised. it was eerie and spooky to be on bourbon street, really quiet any ways but then not to have any kind of light or signs of life after the storm was just an odd thing to experience this morning. so were still waiting to hear how long it might be before the city of n...

Of wind they would have to be inside in some cases in their attics. how will rescuers go about rescuing them and locating them, considering means of helicopter as we saw in katrina in some cases. >> the sheriff was very active going house to house. this was under a mandatory evacuation order but some didnt leave. knowing that the sheriff took a couple dozen teams, went house to house, asking where they were, what their numbers were, where they lived, how many people were there. they do have that...

You can hear there the howling wind and rushing water as hurricane ida pummels louisiana. in parts of the state, roads are impassable and hospitals damaged. some parishes are without drinking water. in this video, you see the strong winds ripping the roof off of a building. in jefferson paralyish, people still trapped where they say the water is up to their chests. joining me again is cnns meteorologist. that is just a nightmare scenario, the thought of people being stuck in their attics with th...

Variety of different kinds of vulnerabilities in different parts of the parish that you have to be concerned with. >> its good you noted that. our parish is vulnerable to all the threats oh of a hurricane where we are. so you know, you look at grand isle as the storm surge, right on the gulf of mexico. an area that also isnt quite as far south but is very vulnerable is lafite. im getting reports there are people in attics. i talked to the mayor, mayor tim kerner, he was getting reports that wate...

Hour there? >> the situation is still a lot like it was when we woke up this morning. we have our operations crews and 911 personnel deployed, cutting and pushing debris from the roadways to try and clear our area, our infrastructure, so our residents can return home. >> weve heard from one of our reporters in laplace, reports of people going up to their attic to escape the water. are you getting those reports that there are people who had to go to their attics, go to the roof to avoid the flood...

Laplace, louisiana. people are trying to get in contact with their loved ones after reports that some people are trapped in their attics because of how high the water is in laplace, louisiana. one woman tweeting out saying, "we lost contact with my aunt in laplace, louisiana. the last thing she told my dad was the water is getting high fast. shes alone with two small dogs." and again, 911 cannot be dispatched to these areas, michael because it is just unsafe. the conditions are not ideal for tho...

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As high as peoples chests, in some cases. to any victims potentially listening to this, if they can, given the power situation. what advice can you offer to help them through now? >> caller: as hard as it is, just try to remain calm. if you can get on top of something, stay out of the water. do that. well come. help is on its way as soon as daylight comes. well be there as soon as possible along with all the law enforcement. >> yeah. this is a dangerous storm. youve got flying debris. you cant h...

Compile the list of addresses and things like that we get and requests and team up with local authorities and kind of compare notes and work with those dies to best assist them and make us an asset. just work with law enforcement and things like that and go from there. >> the nightmare story that we have been hearing, just awful, people caught in attics or part of their home where the water level is rising that is a devastating situation. then will have to wait hours and powers before someone he...