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>> down the block, the hayes family is packing up to leave. they have had enough of the relentless oppressive heat. >> just really hot, for a fat guy especially it's hot. but you know, they're working around the clock. they can only do what they can do. hopefully get a hotel room, get air and a good night's sleep. we got everything else we need. just need a little cool air. >> progress is being made, but there's still around 4.6 million florida customers without power, and as irma swept north, she knocked out power in four neighboring states, now leaving almost 700,000 customers off line. fpl ...

Power. that's still over 6 million customers. we have to make an important differential between people and customers. customers can include entire households. for the lucky ones it could mean hours before their power is back on. it could mean days. for the unlucky ones where bill is and farther south, it could be weeks. the white house said they're deploying the biggest army of power workers in the wake of this storm all over the country, even from canada. they were ready for this and had staged some 19,500 power workers. florida power and light, you can see those are the bucket trucks that ha...

For some it will be hours, for others weeks. >> it could take weeks because not only do we have to repair parts of our system in some cases, we'll have to do a complete rebuild. >> reporter: the white house says it is mobilizing the largest ever number of power workers to help. >> we will have line restoration workers from every company in this country from states all over the country but also from canada, coming to florida to help restore the lines. >> reporter: in the wake of irma, cities and towns today are getting back on their feet. these are what's known as the tactical first teams, the ...

Flash forward to tonight, freezing rain, sleet, and burr. a low of 26. do the math. that's a 54-degree differential. this is right before this weekend's dallas marathon. think of the runners running the 26.2 miles. the weather is expected to get so nasty american airlines has canceled nearly 500 flights out of dfw airport through tomorrow simply as a precaution, and the ice storm could be so harsh that hundreds of power workers from florida are heading west to arkansas, northwest arkansas, where exposed electrical lines could take a big hit from the ice. the national weather service warning el...

Need to get out of house, hopefully road crews can clear the streets out. don't go out until they had a chance to get out and do that. you mentioned connecticut officials dealing with the power issues next door here. that's the big problem. all the snow has to be clear before the power workers can get into neighborhoods to assess the situation there. so a lot of folks in the dark and in the cold are frustrated before it will be a while before the lights come back on. they have to do, what they have to do. first is to move the snow out of way to get power lines back up. one thing to report. bil...