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Of people by surprise, and unsurprisingly it caused a lot of flash flooding. im sure you can see some of those pictures now of new york subways that have just been absolutely inundated, just rain falls within the subway system. in fact, there were thousands of people that were trapped on new york citys subways, and the subways right now are not fully operational. only about half of them are running. same thing for new york city roads. we saw that there were thousands of people that were stuck an...

>> i survived im good. >> when i realized the power is on, it was a blessing. >> reporter: nearly 1 million homes and businesses still without electricity. now people cheering on the crews. >> when it comes on, it comes on. >> reporter: working to get the entire region back up and running. >> aint no telling how long its going to be before we get power back. >> reporter: giving credit to the levies to protect new orleans from flooding, the governor said there needs to be more investment into the...

The northeast, 23 people reported killed after ida dumped record rain and spun off one monster tornado. the schuylkill river in pennsylvania has overflowed its banks and left an entire section of philadelphia under water. gwen mckelly joins us on the phone. youre on the northeast bank of the schuylkill river there. you have a lot of developed riverfront. what is the situation there like in your town? >> the situation is were starting to see water receding thank goodness. what happened this morni...

Historic levels we have not seen for 50 years. thankfully none of those deaths were in our municipality but our hearts are with those. we are doing what we have to do. >> john: we have seen the pictures of flooding in bridgeport and norrisistown. you are on the north bank of the river. flood stage is 13 feet. this morning the water was at 26.3 feet. what is that like? >> that is a level we have never seen before. normally we see levels of 20 or 19 feet. getting close to 27 feet we saw water in a...

>> you just watched president biden as he revised the plan for hurricane now tropical depression ida and the devastating effects it left over the east coast. he praised the firefighters, the countless emergency crews that have helped the stranded by the devastating flood waters brought by hurricane ida. the powerful storm made landfall as a category four storm and the wrath quickly churning up the east coast bringing a storm surge and flash flooding. some of it never seen before spanning 190 mil...

Thousands of people still without power and what is left of the storm now causing dangerous flash flooding in the mid atlantic region prompting rescue efforts there. fox weathers robert wray is live in louisiana 30 miles east of new orleans. good morning, robert. >> good morning, julie. you can see behind me. this is someones home. a roof. theyve been trying to saw the stuff away with whatever tools they can to try to clear the debris from their house. you can also see, julie, this is some of th...

Local officials before the visit was announced white house officials said they were working to schedule a visit that would not impede recovery efforts on the ground. wolf? >> brian, thank you very much. brian todd reporting from the scene. the remains of hurricane ida are threatening many more lives tonight as the storm moves into the northeast. lets go to our meteorologist who is joining us from cnns severe weather center. you can tracking this dangerous storm. who is now in idas path? >> belie...

Life-threatening flash flooding including northern virginia, maryland, pennsylvania and the eastern part of west virginia. cnns jennifer gray is in the weather center. im in washington. last night the water was biblical. >> its not only the rainfall rates, the rain falling at one to two, sometimes three inches an hour. its also the duration as this is falling over a long period of time. you can see the rain coming down here across those areas you just mentioned. this is a very vulnerable area fo...

Increase in cases. that state is requiring masks in k through 12 schools and early learning beginning tuesday. and ive been listening to some of these school board meetings. and the common denominator is the misinformation among the parents. parents with great confidence standing up in front of a microphone and saying something that they read on facebook that is outlandish and really believing that they are doing the best for their thchildren. >> and the remnants hurricane ida is causing major d...

44% without gas in new orleans, that is according to the fuel tracker gas buddy. and others have gas but they dont have power to pump it. once you can find the gas, expect higher prices. virtually all the gulf of mexico oil production is still off line and at least nine refineries are shut down. how much of a price increase and for how long? that will depend on how long production remain offline. of course higher gas prices doesnt capture the real cost of this historic storm. millions have been ...