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Issues that residents of louisiana are facing right now. we're on generator power here at our kitchen. our teams are working, preparing tens of thousands of meals today. we have a two-pronged approach. one is focusing here in new orleans, as mentioned close to 200,000 people here in the city without power. the heat is sweltering. there's no food. we are working closely with the city setting up about a dozen or more food pickup locations. many of them will be at city rec centers that serve as cooling centers. folks are coming and bringing their pets as well. they're setting up city buses for pe...

Needs cases and bringing them to a shelter where they're triaged and then they're being taken to a special needs shelter in baton rouge. so we're moving in that direction, but it really is baby steps because we are on total generator power, which is very limited at this point as to how hard we can lean forward and address these issues. >> the aftermath that you're describing and the kind of scale of effort that you're talking about putting into effect now is going to have to be a very resource-intensive effort. do you have resources coming in? do you have the right kind of communication with n...

>> to be totally honest with you, we are beginning to think like katrina. now it doesn't look like we're going to get a quick recovery, in terms of infrastructure. in terms of water drainage, sewage is a big problem for us. you can't keep your sewage lines cleaned out. we are thinking in that direction and i think the longer this goes, the high temperatures that are predicted for the next week, it will make a living conditions virtually unbearable. we have started taking special needs cases. in bringing them to a shelter where there triage, and they're being taken to a special needs shelter. i...

Those other conditions because of the weather there that people are now having to deal with. >> it is hot. we do see those conditions for folks that are in their homes and do not have generator power and do not have air-conditioning. the state and city has done an amazing job. they have cooling situations but it is one of the byproducts and situations that impact people in other sites of heat related conditions. we are seeing those types of folks coming to our emergency departments. >> thank you for taking time to talk to us. we know how busy you are. >> thank you. have a great day. >> you too...

Extensive search and rescue operations are under way along the gulf coast. the storm crashed into louisiana as a category four hurricane on sunday. it was the second most powerful hurricane to strike the state only behind hurricane katrina which remarkably hit 16 years ago to the day. while tonight more than a million are without power including all of new orleans, and as we come on the air two deaths are confirmed. but louisiana's governor says it will undoubtedly increase. we have got a team of correspondents all over the region beginning with cbs' mireya villarreal in houma, louisiana, good...