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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 placaman's pa parish. >> i've never seen it look like this. it's decimated. >> reporter: the destruction in grand isle, louisiana, widespread. some houses reduced to piles on stilts....

I'm at the elc right now in st. charles parish where we're meeting with all the officials, working on execution of getting rourlss out to the people. >> are you satisfied with the degree of urgency that entergy, the main utility company in your district, is bringing to this crisis? they say they've restored power for about 11,000 customers, but some customers have been told to prepare to go as long as a month without electricity. >> jake, when you have a storm the magnitude of ida and you look at the level of damage that was caused, it's never fast enough for the person that's at home in heat....