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>> that's a particular issue down here in louisiana. everybody is feeling climate change. this place is getting devastating. a lot of people are employed by the oil industry. as i drove here from houston, it was a six hour drive. a lot of the build boards talking about how they were the fiber of eastern texas. that's a big issue. both are struggling because they have been at capacity. the paris president was talk about people on vent laters and people with oxygen machines. these medical workers not only completely of worked because of covid but they also don't have power where they live. they ...

>> the people who stayed, we aren't getting any requests for shelter within st. bernard parrish now. this storm lasted for 14 hours and the wind did not stop. it was relentless. the people are resiresilient. a will the of our citizens evacuated the other areas. they know this process will be between two and three weeks before we get power. the whole region is 100% out of power right now because of those transmission lines. we met with entergy today and we feel confident in three weeks we'll be able to get our power on. within the three weeks we'll be working ever day non-stop to clean up the d...

Maring them, that will not fix the problem. there's the massive transmission lines damaged. for most consumers it will be seven to ten days before they get their power back. people in hard hit areas, some of them are outside of it, it may be three weeks or more before they get their power back. it will be some power restored the the next few days but it will go to police, hospitals, to infrastructure. right now there's nothing. if you don't have a generator in new orleans and surrounding areas, you don't have enough electricity. it's in the low 80 degree temperature right now. feels closer to ...

16 years to the day that hurricane katrina devastated louisiana. hurricane ida slammed into the state with 150 miles an hour winds. one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in the united states. the storm has left all of new orleans and more than one million people throughout the state without power. 911 lines have been restored in new orleans but are still down in parts of southeast louisiana. so far two deaths are attributed to storm but louisiana's governor says that number will likely increase. search and rescue efforts are under way with president biden saying more than 5,000...

Generaor power. they are going home to hot houses and places that don't have comfort. new orleans dodged the worst of this but this become a more serious matter with covid on the rise in this state. the governor of this state, unlike a couple other states that have low vaccination rate, the governor has been very responsible about trying to ensure that masks can occur where they need to. that people are free to do what they need to do in order to protect themselves. >> ali, you're the best. thank you very much. stay safe down there. guy, thank you. stay safe. up next, the quack medicine