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>> reporter: yeah. it's just a wait. it's a wait for basic thingsings basic things that people need considering the high temperatures that we have and of course the problem of the lack of electricity and no idea when that electricity will come back. that's leading to the lines like the ones you're seeing behind me and i've been telling you we've been here all day at this grocery store and this one just ran out of ice. people were waiting it and that's what the manager said this morning was the top item, the thing that brought the most people in. the ice that they need for medicine and for supp...

Will still likely be weeks before power is fully restored. and the white house announced a short time ago that president biden will visit louisiana on friday to tour the damage. and about 2,000 miles away in california, a desperate battle sunday way right now to try to save south lake tahoe as thousands of firefighters are struggling to deal with a series of wildfires burning across that state and the caldor fire's growth now heading to the nevada state line forcing people to flee the region just before the labor day weekend. we're going to begin this hour with the aftermath of hurricane ida. ...

They have found 2,000 or so power poles that were ruptured. 422 damaged transformers, so when we hear about the glimmers of hope which is, of course, a great thing that an eastern new orleans they are seeing more power come on or at least a small bit of it, we're really looking at, you know, a much longer timeline maybe than what many folks would hope because entergy says it's going to be about three days until they have an estimation as to when power will come back. they have two options right now, they can try to restore the transformer lines but they can also create a grid island for the ar...

For the people. >> reporter: you get an idea of the cascading problems. you know, one thing that folks told me is as they wait to line to get in the store they will pick up some ice and then they are using that to put in their refrigerator, but they need to now power their generator keeping their refrigerator working and they need to go about 100 miles out to get gas because that's the only way they can do that and wait hours in line for gas. you get the idea it's problem after problem. all will be solved or at least partially alleviated by the idea of the power being restored of the still no ...

Hurricanes to hit with winds over 170 miles per hour. search and rescue continues today. jefferson parish president told nbc news earlier today, her community is simply broke. >> we're just a broken community now. we don't have any electricity in the parish, communication is down, sometimes you can't get through. none of the grocery stores are open, nothing is open. >> and emergency teams are only just beginning to assess damage in remote areas of the state. as you can see in this aerial footage, buildings were destroyed. after grim expectations yesterday, so far officials have yet to report d...