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Shelter. and crews are working to clear the damage. joining us now, jefferson parish emergency director, joe, thanks for being with us. what are the most pressing issues for you this morning? >> well, power number one. number two, we're still fighting a battle though we're gaining on it with our water pressure. we had over 200 breaks on our water systems. dropped over 400 trees and the trees in new orleans and jefferson parish are extremely large with extensive root damage because most are oak trees. and so when those were knocked down, they pulled up a tremendous amount of critical infrastruc...

Neighborhood where we are in new orleans. it could be days or weeks before power is restored here. and walk with me. i'll show you why. you'll notice power lines are down. not only are power lines down behind me. this once big beautiful oak tree blanketing the home that's here, even along the street and on other streets in this neighborhood, you'll notice oak trees are down everywhere. now, there is a sign of hope in the metro area, not in this neighborhood where we are, about 10% of the power has been restored. for example, in the french quarter. but more than 900,000 power outages are still ...

And, you know, i was going to talk to my neighbor. they're usually the ones that tell me are we going to evacuate or are we not during all these storms, the 11 years that i've lived here. you know, he was saying to me, no, i think you're going to be okay. you've got a sturdy house. you're above ground. i think you're going to be fine. i thought he knows better than i do because he's from here. but, you know, pam, i hear this huge crackling noise about 45 minutes ago, and i walked to one of the windows, and one of my trees in my backyard had split in half, and it has crushed the top of my garag...

Alejandro Encinas expresó que se espera que con la llegada de Adán Augusto López a la Segob, se realizarán cambios y ajustes en el equipo para atender las prioridades de López Obrador

Rain, particularly the western side of the state. governor ned lamont spoke an hour and-a-half ago. this is what he said about his biggest concern moving forward. >> i'm concerned about that. i think that's the biggest risk that we have right now. as you know, we had a lot of rain over the last week. the topsoil is thin. you have rock underneath. that means the topsoil is filling up like a sponge fills with water. that water is pouring off right now. >> reporter: so yeah, heavy rain is the big concern for connecticut and for much of those that are getting affected by the rest of this storm. th...