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And this far inland, really the amount of rooftop structural damage that we've seen in various communities, it really stands out in this storm. >> and are search and rescue efforts going on throughout the night? >> it's hard to say, and i think it kind of depends on where you are. for example, we spent the day in laplace, and that is st. john the baptist parish. there are 800 people we're told by parish officials there that were rescued out of neighborhoods. officials there say that into the evening hours it's going into more of a recovery mode. kind of depends on where you are in terms of jus...

As of now two people are known to have lost their lives in the wake of hurricane ida. no one pretends that that will be the final number. louisiana's governor saying he expects it to rise, quote, considerably. when it came ashore yesterday as a strong category 4 storm, ida tied hurricane laura last year and another storm as the strongest storm to ever hit the state. which means the damage is extensive. power's out for about 1.1 million people across the area. trees were down, roads blocked, access obviously difficult. in -- west of new orleans and elsewhere outside the city members of the volu...