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Throughout the state of louisiana a huge issue now as crews will start to fan out in the coming hours to try to not only assess damage but see when and where they can restore power to some of these areas, including the whole city of new orleans. brian todd, cnn, new orleans. and just south of new orleans, the situation in jefferson parish is rapidly deteriorating. parish take a listen to this. >> right now my concern is we've lost contact with grand isle, so that is the island right on the gulf of mexico that i've been very, very concerned about. we lost contact with them. we've not been abl...

Living center to see what it is like. it is not a dire situation but they do have water in the building on the first floor. the real situation i think is very dire. the water that is rising in the areas of lower lafitte. >> many louisiana residents left their homes and got out of ida's way but one who stayed joins us next.

>> right. i mean, so what are you doing in these cases when you get a call like that with these senior citizens or the person who has water up to their chest. what can you do? >> people just, you know, i got a text from a friend of mine and she said a tree fell on her neighbor's house. she wants the neighbors to come to her house but said she can't walk outside right now. the winds are so heavy and high. we can't get out. we were able to get a fire chief over to the assisted living center to see what it's like. it not a dire situation. but they do have water in the building that's on the first...

To her house but she said she can't walk outside right now. so the winds are so heavy, so high right now. we just can't get out. we were able to get one of the fire chiefs over to the assisted living center to see what it is like. it's not a dire situation. but they do have water in the building on the first floor. there is some type of collapse, having water intrusion. so the real situation i think is very dire. the water that is rising in the areas of lower lafitte. >> now, fears grow for the many afghan allies that will likely be left behind when the u.s. completes its withdrawal this week....

One of the big questions facing Louisiana as Hurricane Ida drew closer to shore: How bad will the storm surge be?