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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...

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. sixâ...

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 a...