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Let s bring in gordon dove, the president of a parish. i wonder from you, if you can give us an idea of how people are doing in your parish, what are the needs? well, people who have stayed here for the hurricane, you know, 155 miles per hour winds here in our parish in 1515 miles an hour, and then we had gusts up to registered 185. there was no flooding. the levy system we built and the pump stations and pumping system all worked fine, but we do have wind damage, and the people are cleaning up and were able to get a lot of the national guard volunteers. we have pods set up handing out ....
South. that s the challenge we having now. as you re speaking, i want you to know we re looking at drone footage of the area. it appears you re kind of on an island because the road is submerged by water. what are the most urgent needs that you have right now in plaquemines parish? in that area you re seeing, it s under mandatory evacuation. we still have residents that stayed. it s tough trying to get people to leave because of covid and our goal now is to get those residents water, ice, mres that we are able to get by truck, humvee on our levy system through the water. our ferry system brought some yesterday. now our goal is to get them ice. once we get the road rocked, we may be able to convoy some of those people out of there. curt, what are you saying to ....
Thanks for them, my thanks is an abundant thanks for what they do. now i want to provide thanks for what they do. now i want to provide an update on our efforts to provide an update on our efforts to help to provide an update on our efforts to help millions of americans down south to help millions of americans down south recover and rebuild from hurricane south recover and rebuild from hurricane ida. we have been monitoring this hurricane closely and the monitoring this hurricane closely and the devastation it has caused. today. and the devastation it has caused. today. six and the devastation it has caused. today, six deaths. about1 million homes today, six deaths. about1 million homes without power in louisiana and mississippi. homes without power in louisiana and mississippi, while the catastrophic flooding mississippi, while the catastrophic flooding was not as severe as it was during flooding was not as severe as it was during hurricane katrina 16 years ago. ....
We have been monitoring this hurricane closely and the devastation it s caused. to date, six deaths. about a million homes are without power in louisiana and mississippi. while the catastrophic flooding wasn t as severe as it was during hurricane katrina 16 years ago, ida was so powerful it caused the mississippi river literally to change direction, the flow. change the flow temporarily. the good news is that as a result of the significant bullet million dollar federal investment in the levy system around metro new orleans, it held. it was strong. it worked. too many people in too many areas are unprotected and saw a storm surge and flooding that was devastating. we ve seen the reports of winds up to 170 miles per hour. it s not been confirmed yet by fema, but 170 miles per hour. causing unimaginable damage. ....
We ve been monitoring this hurricane closely and the devastation it s caused. to date, six deaths about a million hopes are without power in alabama and mississippi, while it is not as catastrophic as hurricane katrina 16 years ago, ida was so powerful that it caused the mississippi river literally to change direction of flow temporarily. the good news is that as a result of significant multibillion federal investment in the levy system around metro new orleans, it held. it was strong. it worked but too many people in too many areas saw a surge that was devastating. we saw reports of winds up to 170 miles per hour. it s not been confirmed yet by fema, but 170 miles an hour, ....