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Intense. it was very intense. >> tell me how you were able to work in the night, because i know one a lot of places, they are saying they can't even start to assess the damage to do the cleanup until the first flight in the morning? >> i got some rescue vehicles. we have some vehicles. and we got lights, and we're gonna work tonight so we can actually get around. right, now a lot of major roadways, at the southern end of our parish, it is pretty much filled with double trees and power lines. >> do you feel you have a good handle on how many people had decided to wait out the storm in their hom...

That maybe isn't -- not having power very very fast. john stanton editor of the gambit in new orleans. it's good to talk to you. >> it has been exactly 16 years since hurricane katrina struck louisiana back in 2005. that disaster, of course, was marked by a major infrastructure failure, when the levees and flood walls protecting new orleans broke, causing catastrophic flooding across most of the city. since, then the u.s. army engineers has helped rebuild the city's levee system, spending nearly 15 billion dollars to prevent anything like that from happening again in future storm. joining us n...

That's not gonna be the case. we are talking until wednesday until getting power back. >> and not to stay too much of the obvious, but we're talking about a widespread power outage affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the sweltering heat of summer. >> yeah, and this is also very quickly to turn from a natural disaster to a humanitarian crisis. it is extraordinarily hot here. it is much harder once the storm pulls out. the city is kind of on edge because of covid, and of the new restrictions that had to go back in place. everyone here is kind of going along with it because we are trying...

We have is performing as it's designed to do. that's good news, but right i do want to note that it is still under surge warning. we still have a way to go. we still have to monitor it, and watch what's happening in the storm. if i can say indicators -- that this system will likely not over top, and we hope that this trend can meet continues. >> with a power outage in new orleans, should we be worried about palms stop working. with that put pressure on the pumps? >> you have those that are internal drainage that are operated by the water board, and you have those that are constructed as part o...

Why is the situation right now in your community? >> we're seeing rain bands, in our area, that's dropping tens of inches of rain, throughout our parish. our coastal force of water coming from lake pontchartrain, is causing flooding, in low-lying areas. from madison ville to slide all, we have trees that are down, we have power outages. over 90,000 customers, are without service, in over 3000 people with the washington state. without power. we are suffering from power outages, trees out, heavy rains, rivers rising, and we're about halfway through this storm. >> within the number one