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Weeks. ♪ ♪ ♪ but the healing is already beginning. today in the french quarter a musician serenaded the empty streets, the majestic buildings still standing. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> o'donnell: and omar joins us, so what are we learning about how long the power will be out? >> reporter: norah, entergy which is the state's largest power provider says it will take them at least four days to do a damage assessment on those eight transmission lines and tower that were destroyed by ida. so people here in new orleans could be without power all week. maybe even longer. norah? >> o'donnell: omar villafran...

The other concern with over a million customers without power. that's actually millions of people. a customer is a home or it's a business. now, anderson, take a look at this. day after day, temperatures are going to be near 90. but with all this water on the ground, the humidity levels will be through the roof. that gives us heat-index values in the upper 90s near 100 day after day after day. that, itself, is gonna be a life-threatening situation. so again, it's unfortunately, this is still unfolding and it's just going to get worse for some until we can get power restored and we can get some...

Already pre-positioned as well as other resources in the immediate area. and we have deployed more than 200 generators. >> reporter: at the houma civic center became a safe haven for evacuees joe and his dog rode the storm out in his truck. >> the wind was ferocious. >> reporter:oe h or power in this area, it may be weeks before he can move back in. >> more storms are going to come eventually. at what point do you decide i can't live here any more? >> never, two years, a year, this place will be back bigger and better than ever before. >> reporter: before hurricane ida hit, the major concern w...

Altogether if the levee systems failed. having said that, the damage is catastrophic, but it is primarily wind-driven, and we know that there were some areas that received tremendous rainfall as well, but we will be dealing with the damage for quite a while. you mentioned the power outage, and this is trit cal for us. it is a million homes and businesses that are out, and my best guess is that you are getting closer to 2 million people without electricity right now, and of course, we are trying to prioritize the restoration so that our hospitals come back up first, because while they are all o...

Hurricane ida is slowly makings it way north through louisiana leaving widespread destruction behind. the storm may be weakening but flash flooding now is one of the most pressing concerns. at least two towns reported levee failures and across the state more than a million homes and businesses are without power. and there is no telling when it will be restored. >> reporter: as we headed into the overnight hours from sunday into monday, all of new orleans was plunged into darkness. we are here on bourbon street. it is very dark out here. the only reason you can see light is our photo journalist...