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A week later there are still signs that the big mess, for example, this tree that snapped at its roots that hurricane ida left behind. over on the left-hand side its been dark throughout the week, but here the lights are flashing. at last check, i just checked a few minutes ago, and across the state of louisiana there are under 630 power outages. but keep in mind those outages are businesses and homes. and according to the governor, there are still way more, many more people who are without ligh...

Biggest challenges that we have across southeast louisiana. we know that and depending on the damage to the infrastructure, the transmission lines, the distribution lines, as well as generation capabilities, there is not an even rate of restoration going on. thats always going to be the case. >> reporter: and one power company says it has 24,000 people, men and women, working around clock to get the power back on safely. thats 24,000 families who have loved ones working to restore power here in ...

Index value, its going to feel more like 100 to 105 degrees. and for the 469,000 people here in louisiana who still do not have power, today is going to be a very tough day. crews right now are working around the clock to he restore electricity. but theyre still running into a lot of problems that could take weeks or even months until they see lights or ac flipped back on. hurricane ida damaged more than 30,000 power poles, more than hurricanes katrina, zeta and delta combined. folks have to rel...

Started to restoring. a sliver of new orleans east got the first power today. so the estimated timeline by about 24 hours. of course, the big question then becomes, lets great, how are we going to prioritize there for first responders, hospitals, nursing homes, sewage and water board. typically what happens, jim, is every place that has the largest grid amount by number of people and the population is generally what gets powered next. of course, the distribution lines, the transformers being dow...

Tremendously bad. batten huge theyre doing a little better on getting their power back. still terrible time of year to be facing all this. >> i get texts from friends in new orleans because they think i have information about when the lights might be coming on. answers are hard to come by. when can people expect power. >> christopher pointed out pretty well what the power is. theres a lot of loose information partially because companies says look, this is a giant problem. were still in the early...

Administrator. thank you for being with us, keith. it seems like the biggest problem, especially with the heat is the lack of power. what is fema doing to help restore electricity? >> yeah. thanks for having me. the opportunity to talk to you about what fema is doing here to support the citizens of louisiana. as you said, power is a really critical issue. this was a very powerful storm. multiple miles inland and wreaked havoc on the electric system. we have distribution lines down. its going to ...

The power company enjoji says all eight of the transmission lines that come into the city of new orleans, were knocked out by the storm. the distribution lines within the city. the big towers, the big transmission lines that bring high voltage current, into the city. theres eight of those coming into new orleans, all eight knocked out. over 1 million homes and businesses, are without power in louisiana. including the host city of new orleans. he says ill take days to just determine the extent of...