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Shashankjoshi, thank you. more than a million people in the us state of louisiana are still without power after hurricane ida hit on sunday. it brought winds of up to 150 mph, amongst the strongest ever to hit the us mainland. at least two people have died and rescue workers are using boats and planes to search for people trapped by floodwaters. richard galpin reports. the winds having subsided in louisiana, it is now a more tranquil picture after the storm. but a huge task lies ahead in dealing...

We saw slow water coming in under the door, and then it progressivelyjust got, i was mopping, and then it progressively got worse. it was ankles, knees, almost chest level, so we put the dogs on the counters and then we climbed into the attic. the gravity of the situation has led president biden to pledge more assistance. more than 5,000 members of the national guard have been activated from louisiana, mississippi, alabama and texas to support search and rescue and recovery efforts. and fema has...

Last year we handled this in southwest louisiana and lake charles area. now unfortunately the new orleans area which has most medical infrastructure for the state. it was so heavily hit. >> and in addition to that reporting, we have others on the ground, tracking different reactions. i want to play more for folks that havent got up with the story, what were learning about damage on the ground. take a look. >> we saw slow water coming in under the door. >> i got my baby out. >> we lost our transm...

Welcome back to all of our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. im robyn curnow. its 33 minutes past the hour. thanks for joining me. so hurricane ida has weakened to a category 1 storm but the damage left behind so far is widespread. the storm is moving slowly, and the heavy rain is causing flash flooding in southeastern louisiana. now, before night fell, the force of the storm was clear. high winds pushed power lines over. more than 1 million customers are without electr...

Chest level in lower lafit, its up to the roofs. we were get ting reports that te water was rising. and overnight, it seems to be a terrible condition. so im hoping for very good survival rates. it must have been horrifying evening for people stranded in water in the dark since last night. obviously we have system f failures in upper jefferson with no water, no electricity no, commun communication. >> so if youre talking about water up to the roof and people riding out the storm by the way

Baking business was wiped out in minutes. translation: everything was washed away. - nothing was left. ijust dug my clothes out. the water was up to my chest. we ran for our lives without taking anything. her bed tonight is the floor. one of the 1.2 million people the government here said was affected by these floods. out of the city, north, the rain was still coming down and the rescuers were still rescuing. weve just come from a place where they are tidying up and trying to get back to normal,...

Were still rescuing. weve just come from a place where they are tidying up and trying to get back to normal but 30 kilometres north, here, its still a recovery operation. rescue workers there in fluorescent life jackets. and if ijust swivel you around to the right, well, this is a road thats turned into a river, a lake, call it what you like. 100 metres down there, the water is at knee level. even further its at chest level. so the rain has stopped for now but this is still a crisis. from above,...

The water was up to my chest. we ran for our lives without taking anything. her bed tonight is the floor. one of the 1.2 million people the government here said was affected by these floods. out of the city, north, the rain was still coming down and the rescuers were still rescuing. weve just come from a place where they are tidying up and trying to get back to normal but 30 kilometres north, here, its still a recovery operation. rescue workers there in fluorescent life jackets. and if ijust swi...

This woman told us how her baking business was wiped out in minutes. translation: everything was washed away. - nothing was left. ijust dug my clothes out. the water was up to my chest. we ran for our lives without taking anything. her bed tonight is the floor. one of the 1.2 million people the government here said was affected by these floods. out of the city, north, the rain was still coming down and the rescuers were still rescuing. weve just come from a place where they are tidying up and tr...

In fluorescent life jackets. and if ijust swivel you around to the right, well, this is a road thats turned into a river, a lake, call it what you like. 100 metres down there, the water is at knee level. even further its at chest level. so the rain has stopped for now but this is still a crisis. from above, the huge scale of what happened here becomes clearer. the electricity supply and mobile phone coverage is not fully restored, but the worst of the rain seems to have passed for now — which ...