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With the sewage system. so that would be an issue moving forward. so people have to watch what they're doing when it comes to water comp sconsumption. if the state needs bottled water, food, as well as other things, like generators, the government can provide that for the people mere in louisiana. we heard from people in jefferson parish who reportedly are seeing water as high as their chests. we've seen in other parts of louisiana, some unfortunate circumstances where people are trapped in their attics with water coming up and they're losing contact with their loved ones. 911 cannot be dispat...

Off. oxnard health system suffering damage. tonight, the images of the coast guard, the helicopters taking off as soon as they could to try to assess the damage, out searching for people who stayed in their homes. reports some trapped in their attics for many hours. some waving to the coast guard above. tonight, we know of at least two deaths. the governor saying tonight that we should be prepared for that number to rise. and this storm is still moving across the south and then right up into the northeast. there are real concerns going into tonight and, of course, the days ahead. ginger zee st...

We no reports of water in attics, people had to go to the upper levels of their home. some of the southern areas of louisiana along the gulf that were first hit as the storm came in. he said the good news is most of the people were probably not even in those homes. they were evacuated and they heeded the evacuations and only would need help in those situations where the rain continues to let the water rise. we saw this after katrina. the question is, what's going to hold in the area after all the changes they made post-katrina. the anniversary, 16 years to the date yesterday that they took tha...

Can tell you it has been about 12 hours since ida made landfall here in louisiana, and the storm has dissipated in strength. unfortunately, the danger has not dissipated at all. the flood waters are rising in many communities, and as you mentioned, the entire city of new orleans is 100% without power, and officials with the utility companies say there is no way they are going to be able to restore that tonight. the utility workers will do the work of that restoration process, and can't move in until the storm fully moves out of the area, so they haven't even begun the work yet. so it is going ...

People in their -- entire families from children to elderly trapped in their attics with water rising. we have teams heading that way and are there now, starting at dawn, as soon as the winds died down to get out to the various areas and help everyone. >> when i hear people fleeing to their attics as the water rises, it brings back bad memories from katrina, where we saw so much of that. i wonder, cell towers down and so on, how are people getting in touch with you? >> that was the key, to get all that information in as quickly as possible while we had coms up. so we were working our open zech...