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On the heels of one of the most trying years in modern history, 2021 was faced with not just great but arguably impossible expectations. But...

A growing crisis in louisiana as unrelenting heat grips the hurricane ravaged state. nearly a million customers are still without power and many have also run out of safe drinking water. ed lavandera is there. how bad is it? >> reporter: were three days into the aftermath of hurricane ida. people load up on supplies ahead of the storm. many people are starting to get to the point where theyre running out of supplies. so food and water distribution sites like this one set up by the cajun navy her...

Theyre celebrating amid reunions. the city is not destroyed, gaza city is the city in the main strip. it is still a functioning city, there are restaurants that are open, people are walking around. but were talking roughly 8,000 homes or apartments that were either partially damaged or destroyed, according to local officials, about 150 tall buildings that were completely flattened. 100 miles of roads and critical infrastructure that no longer existing according to the mayor. a significant set ba...

I think we have kristina partsinevelos with the latest and what is happening. its not getting quieter. thats for sure. kristina? >> im the only one on myrtle beach right now. you can see the waves have picked up. theres not one moment of calm right now. were seeing mileage, 56 miles per hour on north myrtle beach. its just getting intense. you have ocean boulevard getting slowly covered with the water. the main strip. a lot of tourists are familiar with it. think of this storm though. a lot of p...

If storm could make some areas un uninhabitable for months. already many without power. and that could be for a long time. look at the greaters storm in modern history possibly. the mayor said this is the most serious threat in the citys history. what are conditions like where you are right now as it approaches? >> it is raining for the first time and raining steadily. not hard but it was also blowing. the wind has been strong. it is getting stronger and stronger and stronger each half hour. we ...

Not over, but story and story after survival. after you heard those two kids separated from their father, its one tragedy after another. >> reporter: yes, i think a lot of people saw when it wasnt raining in houston today, people thought maybe the risk is over. there are still some areas of houston where the water is dissipating and other parts of neighborhoods where the waters have been rising. there are reservoirs where they released water. even in this area right now were waiting for an elder...