Duringed Storm News Today

Country are stepping in to save louisianas homeless pets, they helped move these dogs and cats out of hurricane idas path. not only did it keep them safe from the storm, it could also give them a better shot at finding a home. several shelters from boston to san diego now have them up for adoption and made room in louisiana shelters for those animals injured or separated from their owners duringed storm. thank you for letting me join this morning. cnns coverage continues right now. good tuesda...

Needs. and other people crowding into families homes. lots of movement through mississippi, tennessee, up through the northern part of louisiana as people escaped the storm. who are they mingling with? were mixing a lot of areas that still had a ton of covid-19. were really worried about that sort of transmission risk and how do people stay comfortable when obviously youre usually in your own home you take your mask down. going through those areas offering vaccination, especially in north louisi...

States down south are still without power. and it could be for weeks before that power is restored. the storm left a trail of destruction in louisiana and mississippi, and now comes the scorching heat with no power. temperatures could hit 103 degrees today. overnight, two people were killed when floods washed out a major roadway between mississippi and louisiana. >> first, afghanistan, the challenges still ahead, and the legacy of what has been left behind. joining me now is pentagon press secre...

What have the impacts been of hurricane ida? >> after the storm started making landfall, we started to see power outages around town. that brings the first wave of patients to the hospital who are looking for extra care. maybe have a concentrator at home for oxygen. we have so many people who have oxygen needs during this covid surge at home who are looking for extra medical care. we tried to get that out to them as much as possible. but you start to see some of that wave of patients. and then a...

Or where were you before the storm even came? >> so, just in the last week we started to see just a slight decrease in our number of patients admitted every day. obviously in the last 48 hours, weve seen less people. our concern is always that those people are at home, that theyre not able to get to us. yesterday we knew that there were quite a few people who were unable to call ems because we had such a communication problem around the region with cell phone towers out. but overall we hopefully...

Louisianas homeless pets, they helped move these dogs and cats out of hurricane idas path. not only did it keep them safe from the storm, it could also give them a better shot at finding a home. several shelters from boston to san diego now have them up for adoption and made room in louisiana shelters for those animals injured or separated from their owners duringed storm. thank you for letting me join this morning. cnns coverage continues right now. good tuesday morning to you. im jim sciutto...