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A situation where it has been that life threatening, that water is rushing within a foot every 20 minutes, and watching your valuables just go away, especially like your vehicles. you know, i thank god we have insurance for things like that. >> reporter: alex, the help for people like justin is on the way. there is a $10 billion grant that governor murphy created for small businesses along the state and fema has announced new jersey is going to get one of their emergency declarations. that bring...

Remnants of hurricane ida. at least 50 people now confirmed dead in the region after wednesdays storm. emergency declarations have been made for new jersey and new york as they work to repair flood damage. at least eight tornadoes were confirmed across the region on wednesday, including four in pennsylvania, which severely damaged dozens of homes. while millions are recovering from the impact of hurricane ida, we are tracking another storm strengthening in the atlantic. meteorologist karen mag...

Here in new jersey, the governor says at least 25 people have died and six are still missing. the terrifying wall of water burst into this basement in new jersey. idas remnants unlike anything the northeast had seen. some rivers are still rising after record rainfall. >> its terrifying, especially with the kids. its horrible. our house like this, its terrible. >> reporter: he rode out the storm with his wife and two kids. as the water rose, they rushed upstairs and had to be rescued. >> did you ...

Working with governors in the area, even before ida made landfalls, i made emergency declarations to help us respond quickly. fema prepositioned more than 4.3 million meals and more than three million liters of water before it hit. we deployed more than 250 generators and were working to get more in the area, especially the hospitals desperate need of them. the department of health and human services deployed 250 beds, federal, medical shelter in new orleans and five medical assistance teams ava...

Landfall i issued emergency declarations for louisiana and mississippi to help us respond quickly. fema pre-positioned more than 4.3 million meals and more than 3 million liters of water and other critical resources in the region before it hit. we deployed more than 250 generators and we are working to get more into the area especially to hospitals in desperate need of them. the department of health and human services deployed a 250-bed federal medical shelter in new orleans and five medical ass...

With debris and downed power lines making roads impassable. and slowing response efforts to save folks and property. the people continue to shelter in place. tomorrow ill be traveling to louisiana to meet with governor john bill edwards as well as the parish presidents and mayors and the local officials representing the affected areas. governor edwards encouraged me to come and assured me my visit will not disrupt recovery efforts on the ground. thats what i wanted to be sure of. my message to e...

The destructive storm crashing on shore as a category four. one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the state of louisiana. on the same day as the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the storm so powerful, it reversed flow of the mississippi river. hears what we know. one person is dead. louisiana state health says a 60-year-old man died outside baton rouge after a tree fell on his home. more than a million homes and businesses are still without power across the state and that inc...

Coast, because a hurricane ida of course moving inland as it tracks across. president biden also confirming that the us government is planning for the worst from the hurricane and promising also to put the full might behind any recovery efforts. he spoke of some of the resources, particularly financially, that have been put in place for natural disasters just like this. he did say though that it could take weeks if for some places to get power back after hurricane ida has passed on, but again, i...

Afghanistan -- >> im not going to answer afghanistan now. >> could you say if theres still an acute risk. arthel: there is president biden there at fema led quarters in d.c., as you saw, refusing to answer questions there about afghanistan at the end of the briefing but he did at the toy. acknowledge the families of the fallen soldiers who were just brought back home to dover air force base in casket draped coffins so he wanted us to remember that while he has a handle on that horrible disaster ...

Of course, always a reminder, if a road looks flooded, turn around, dont drown. more of an emergency situation yesterday in newark, new jersey where 85 people were rescued, including over a dozen children. the swift water rescues were spurred from henri yesterday as those vehicles became submerged and stuck in those roads that looked more like rivers many as i mentioned, officials are urging today to be cautious as you head out. we are still seeing the remnants of henri sit over the region and c...