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Index value, it's going to feel more like 100 to 105 degrees. and for the 469,000 people here in louisiana who still do not have power, today is going to be a very tough day. crews right now are working around the clock to he restore electricity. but they're still running into a lot of problems that could take weeks or even months until they see lights or ac flipped back on. hurricane ida damaged more than 30,000 power poles, more than hurricanes katrina, zeta and delta combined. folks have to rely on the goodwill of others to get ice, water and food. louisiana governor john bel edwards addres...

Started to restoring. a sliver of new orleans east got the first power today. so the estimated timeline by about 24 hours. of course, the big question then becomes, let's great, how are we going to prioritize there for first responders, hospitals, nursing homes, sewage and water board. typically what happens, jim, is every place that has the largest grid amount by number of people and the population is generally what gets powered next. of course, the distribution lines, the transformers being down will be a variable there. i'm encouraged by the fact that it's 24 hours in advance. everybody wan...

Tremendously bad. batten huge they're doing a little better on getting their power back. still terrible time of year to be facing all this. >> i get texts from friends in new orleans because they think i have information about when the lights might be coming on. answers are hard to come by. when can people expect power. >> christopher pointed out pretty well what the power is. there's a lot of loose information partially because companies says look, this is a giant problem. we're still in the early stages of it. right now, they're really still in the assessment phase. trying to move forward to...

Administrator. thank you for being with us, keith. it seems like the biggest problem, especially with the heat is the lack of power. what is fema doing to help restore electricity? >> yeah. thanks for having me. the opportunity to talk to you about what fema is doing here to support the citizens of louisiana. as you said, power is a really critical issue. this was a very powerful storm. multiple miles inland and wreaked havoc on the electric system. we have distribution lines down. it's going to be a challenging recovery and restoration. we are fully synced with the state of louisiana and with...

The power company enjoji says all eight of the transmission lines that come into the city of new orleans, were knocked out by the storm. the distribution lines within the city. the big towers, the big transmission lines that bring high voltage current, into the city. there's eight of those coming into new orleans, all eight knocked out. over 1 million homes and businesses, are without power in louisiana. including the host city of new orleans. he says i'll take days to just determine the extent of the damage. and far longer to restore electricity. that means most people will be without, for ex...