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This morning, sandbagging efforts that were under way late last evening into this morning. i spoke with a lieutenant with the national guard who told me these sandbags, jo, are going to be air-lifted this morning to try to patch together some of these levees. we're also hearing that the governor of louisiana will be making the rounds, weather-permitting, of course. and as we just heard from bill, the rain is still going to continue, possibly 6 inches in some of these areas, but i do have to say that a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief. and just fact that people can start going back to t...

Mariana atencio. mariana, bill's been talking about the flooding there. what's the damage been like? >> reporter: so, jo, the main concern with the flooding here in plaquemines parish is because the area sits between two bodies of water -- the mississippi river is to my left, just to give you an idea -- that the only highway, highway 23 here behind me -- the only way in and out of this area was going to get flooded. so, you can just imagine what that would have meant for the 24,000 residents who live in this area. but as you've been reporting today, and we just heard from bill karins, the wors...

In manhattan, kendis, i know you were there when there was still natural light outside -- >> reporter: whoa! >> oh, did it just happen? the lights just came on behind you! let's go back to kendis. look at that! that looks like that was the final grid they were working to restore. kendis, is the marquee lit up? >> reporter: it is back on! the marquee's back on. >> msnbc's chris pollone is live in new york city. kendis was excited. we're all glad the power's back on, but what really caused this? >> reporter: yeah, that was a crazy few hours. that was a great moment there. and that's the question...