officer wading into chest deep waters wednesday to investigate reports of people in a flooded basement. with stuffed animals and toys bobbing in the filthy, murky water, the officers were blockade by locked doors and live electricity. firefighters brought in specialized equipment and discovered the bodies of three people. all of them had drowned. let s begin our coverage in new york with cnn s paolo sandoval. reporter: we re in one of those queens neighborhoods particularly hit by flash flooding. all weekend, there are many residents who spent it clearing out the damage in their homes and throwing out their damaged belongings to the curb. there are a lot of queens residents just watching and waiting to see what the federal government will do to come forward and help them in repairing and replacing what they have to. there was damage by that storm and a lot of them were hopeful
the other would likely follow soon thereafter. i m amara walker in atlanta in for pamela brown. you are in the cnn newsroom. one full week after hurricane ida slammed louisiana and the death toll is still climbing. the details are horrifying. in louisiana, more than 600,000 homes and businesses are still without power. and the merciless heat proved fatal for an elderly man in new orleans. it could take several more weeks to restore power to everyone in the state. in new york, heroism and heartbreak from ida s deadly visit there. this is a new york police officer wading into chest deep waters wednesday to investigate reports of people inside the flooded basement of a home with stuffed animals and toys bobbing in the filthy, murky water.
great to have you. part rs of the bahamas are facing absolute devastation from hurricane dorian. this storm moved slowly over the island sitting over them. hitting some areas over and over again. you can see look here, the destruction here. obliterated. homes are gone and roads and hospitals. at least seven people killed in the storm isn t over yet. everyone buildings left stranding face a baa ranl of wind and flooding. desperate people braving chest deep waters to reach high ground. saving loved ones and kids. it s devastating. after seeing what dorian has done. u.s. is preparing for the storm. the category 2 hurricane is picking up speed. and size. as it moves north. georgia and florida are seeing wind and rain from the outer edge of dorian right now. dorian is not expected to make land fall there.