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Little trouble. >> the states biggest power company is frantically working on restoring service. for some, until be hours. for hours, weeks. >> its going to take weeks because not only do we have to repair parts of our system, in some cases were going to find to do a complete rebuild. >> the white house says its mobilizing the largest ever number of power workers to help. >> we will have line restoration workers. >> these are the tactical first in teams, the first groups of authorities out here ...

Possible. >> reporter: the white house is also saying they have deployed the biggest army of power workers from all over the country, even from canada. the lucky ones will get power back in hours or days, and others will take weeks. john? >> we have the camera still looking at this front end loader, moving the trees off the streets, alex, which, again, is the sight people want to see. we have folks on the streets watching this because this is what they want and need to get their power back up on...

Electricity for his oxygen fly. >> i have enough bottled oxygen to last for several days. and we have enough gasoline that i could get out of the car to run the generator probably for several days. but without power, wed be in real trouble then. >> the states biggest power company, florida power and light, is frantically work ing on restoring service. for some it could be kohours, f others, weeks. >> its going to take weeks because not only do we have to repair parts of our system, in some cases...

1800 people can sleep when they are not working around 16 hours shift. the white house says they are deploying the biggest ever army of power workers across the country as well as canada to help out with the situation, we cannot forget the situation is not limited to florida. as the storm moves upward and north, it is starting to hit alabama and georgia. around 1.4 million customers are still without power. joining us now on the phone, bill nelson of florida, senator, you have seen the damage fi...

Country without electric power on day two, across florida more than six million people without power but there is help on the way. more than 50,000 power workers from across the u.s. and canada are on their way to florida to try and help get power up. of course, its going to be tough in the heat with no air conditioning running. as far as the damage goes, you could get a good look at it throughout the day in the naples area. a lot of downed trees. huge trees pulled up from the roots, wind gusts ...

>> down the block, the hayes family is packing up to leave. they have had enough of the relentless oppressive heat. >> just really hot, for a fat guy especially its hot. but you know, theyre working around the clock. they can only do what they can do. hopefully get a hotel room, get air and a good nights sleep. we got everything else we need. just need a little cool air. >> progress is being made, but theres still around 4.6 million florida customers without power, and as irma swept north, she k...

Power. thats still over 6 million customers. we have to make an important differential between people and customers. customers can include entire households. for the lucky ones it could mean hours before their power is back on. it could mean days. for the unlucky ones where bill is and farther south, it could be weeks. the white house said theyre deploying the biggest army of power workers in the wake of this storm all over the country, even from canada. they were ready for this and had staged s...

For some it will be hours, for others weeks. >> it could take weeks because not only do we have to repair parts of our system in some cases, well have to do a complete rebuild. >> reporter: the white house says it is mobilizing the largest ever number of power workers to help. >> we will have line restoration workers from every company in this country from states all over the country but also from canada, coming to florida to help restore the lines. >> reporter: in the wake of irma, cities and t...

Flash forward to tonight, freezing rain, sleet, and burr. a low of 26. do the math. thats a 54-degree differential. this is right before this weekends dallas marathon. think of the runners running the 26.2 miles. the weather is expected to get so nasty american airlines has canceled nearly 500 flights out of dfw airport through tomorrow simply as a precaution, and the ice storm could be so harsh that hundreds of power workers from florida are heading west to arkansas, northwest arkansas, where e...

Need to get out of house, hopefully road crews can clear the streets out. dont go out until they had a chance to get out and do that. you mentioned connecticut officials dealing with the power issues next door here. thats the big problem. all the snow has to be clear before the power workers can get into neighborhoods to assess the situation there. so a lot of folks in the dark and in the cold are frustrated before it will be a while before the lights come back on. they have to do, what they hav...