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Private electricity companies to ensure they have the resources they need as they work to restore power in louisiana and mississippi where more than 1.1 million customers remain without electricity. we've seen some people in mississippi get electricity back, and we're hopeful we'll see continued improvements. there are more than 25,000 linemen from 32 states in d.c. in the region racing to restore power. and fema has staged nearly 250 generators in the region to support impacted areas. we're going to get more generators to the area to get more power to the emergency services that need it the m...

Of damage. first of all, we have news of what we believe is the first, at least reported, death related to hurricane ida. it happened in prairieville, and according to the ascension parish sheriff's office, the deputies received reports of somebody who was apparently injured by a falling tree at a home near highway 621 in prairieville. deputies arrived and confirmed the victim was deceased. presumably we may see more such fatalities as the water from the storm loosens roots from trees and blows them over, and so we're not sure what was behind the downing of the tree, but the

Guard and volunteers, as well as search and rescue teams that fema has put in there, they'll have their work cut out the next two days to make contact with everyone in every house. >> the last time we spoke in our last hour, you were talking about people being able to apply for assistance after the storm passed. another development we can report tonight is that joe biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the state of louisiana as requested by the governor. for those of you watching in that area and think that you might need to apply for assistance, you can begin tomorrow. you can r...

System and get the assistance they need to -- if they have to stay out of their home and to get their homes inspected so they can apply for temporary housing. but it's too much for me to speculate at this time. if we look at the amount of damage to the power grid, from landfall through mississippi, this is going to be one hell of a job. there's a lot of damage out there to personal homes. >> lieutenant general russel honore, we appreciate you making time for us. let me read that information one more time. it's disasterassistance.gov. this is for people in louisiana who may need to apply for di...

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