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The course of the last-13 hours, that rescue crews have been unable to recover any individuals from the rubble. we saw a difficult circumstance here, this afternoon, in which there was thunderstorms. there was, also, a fire within some of that rubble that led to a plume of smoke that overtook the area for about an hour. the governor was here earlier today, as well as senator marco rubio and congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. they took part in the press conference just a few minutes ago. they announced there is an emergency declaration and president biden, the federal government, have -- h...

We've learned in the last 13 hours is that rescues have been unable to recover individuals. there were thunderstorms, there was also a fire within some of that fire that rubble for about an hour. the governor was here earlier today as well as senator marco rubio was, they took part of that press conference here just a few minutes ago we. they announce eight emergency declaration and the president has sent fema resources here. they said crews, these rescue crews, will continue to work, hoping that there is some individuals that are beneath that rubble and that there is a perhaps a pocket of oxy...

Obviously, the devastation that hurricane maria brought less than two years ago now is still very much top of mind. it is why they have tried to make sure that everything has been as prepared as possible, and that of course extends from help from the federal government, and fema resources, and also down to the 78 mayors across the island, and to the of course citizens as well. now, one of the things they have tried to keep a handle on, is power outages across the island. so they have tried to make sure they have had enough generators for any issues that popped up there, but also trying to make...

Mile-per-hour sustained winds and category 1 hurricane. that, believe, is still the anticipation. a state of emergency has been declared. federal state of emergency for louisiana. that's going to open up those fema resources to come down here. the president signed off on that yesterday. that will likely be needed. because water is going to be the big concern. we could see a foot to 2 feet of rain be dumped here in louisiana and all through the south. into mississippi and other parts as well as this storm system moves ashore and potentially just parks or moves at a snail's pace and all that rai...

>> we have 11,000 people registered for fema right now, and we had a conversation of how fast the fema resources will come out. we have local law enforcement from around the state coming into the impacted counties to make sure that people are safe. >> 11,000 is just -- that is such a drop in the bucket to the tens of thousands and more than that will need help come the end of it, and dave mullins is a resident of mexico beach, and he rode out the storm, and he had water up to his waist and his home is destroyed, but when abated he went out to try to see if his neighbors needed help, but then h...