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Supposed to be frozen. it stays frozen, you know, 365 days a year. we have to even have our houses on stilts because the heat from your house will melt the permafrost underneath. the temperatures rising in our area with the ice and the glaciers melting, and the water is more than it used to be, and the storms are different than they used to be. the erosion is happening and some other villages are in danger of losing the entire village. kotzebue is projected to disappear at some point because of ...

The migration of the animals. the ice underneath the tundra, the permafrost, its supposed to be frozen. it stays frozen, you know, 365 days a year. we have to even have our houses on stilts because the heat from your house will melt the permafrost underneath. the temperatures rising in our area with the ice and the glaciers melting, and the water is more than it used to be, and the storms are different than they used to be. the erosion is happening and some other villages are in danger of losing...

Now, that bill, that larger plan, is not even close to getting an agreement yet between the moderates and progressives in the democratic caucus. im told by a source familiar with the matter, the goal is to try to reach an outline of a deal, a framework agreement by thursday on that larger plan. among some of the key stilts within the house and senate democratic caucus. that is still a very heavy lift to get to that point on thursday. nevertheless, the message coming from democratic members over ...

They were able to ride out the storm here across the street, where you can see that this house was put up onto stilts, hallie, after hurricane katrina, but essentially, you can see his white car, her husbands car, chris, is still stuck in the mud under here. this is one of the better areas. you look at that drone footage, so much of this community is still under water and just how deep under that water, nobody is going in because of what may be in the water. this is tough circumstances, half a m...

Battle the wildfire. driving the wildfire closer to lake tahoe. in the southeast, homes in grand aisle was stripped down to their stilts from hurricane ida. the number nearing dead is close to 50. and the yankees and where the patriots play, show the field completely submerged by water. >> sandra: remarkable images there, john. to kick off the hour, in south lake tahoe. and in new or leans. and burned as surrounded by floodwaters. brian? >> reporter: good afternoon. we are in new jersey and the

Minutes. the car just went right under. >> had you ever seen anything like this before? >> no. i see it on tv. i see it on tv. we had a storm a week ago and this got flooded. it wasnt as bad as this. this was bad. we were able to clean up the next morning, but, yeah, this was bad. >> thank you, cindy. wish you the best of luck. >> reporter: let me show you this here. this house is raised on stilts. they raised it because it got flooded so much. they raised this house because they got flooded so ...

This is the hardest hit area in louisiana. it took us several hours just to get down here, and we passed by miles of downed power lines and washed out roads. and the people who live here, they havent even been back to see whats left of their island. this is what it looked like when hurricane ida tore through grand isle, louisiana, on sunday. this is whats left of grand isle today. every building in the states last-inhabited barrier island is damaged; almost half of the homes and businesses, dest...

The water got really high in this area. the church is an example of that. the office of this church -- when i walk in, i can smell dash. >> yasmin, the boxes look wet on the shelf. >> reporter: look at this. look at this water line right here. all the way around the office. just completely done. >> how many feet off the ground do you estimate that is? >> reporter: i would estimate -- its about shoulders to me. about 5 feet. im 510". thats about 5 feet. thats on top of the five stairs that i came...

To put gas in their gas cans. theyve been waiting for several hours. the owner said hell cut off this pump in a minute because motor powering the pump could get fried at any minute. people are struggling all over the place. this comes as were three days out from hurricane ida. were getting our first comprehensive look at some of the areas where the destruction was greatest where the storm made landfall. days after hurricane ida made landfall, the widespread destruction in grand isle, louisiana, ...

The power restored. >> reporter: only a few lights spotted in new orleans with power restored for a small number of residents in parts of the city today. louisiana utility company e entergy telling customers full restoration will still take time given the significant damage across the region. >> basic necessities scarce. half of the gas stations in new orleans and baton rouge nearly all fuel. officials in hard-hit placamans pa parish. >> ive never seen it look like this. its decimated. >> report...