orleans with the latest. hi, jeff. reporter: yeah, griff, there s a heat advisory in effect right now for new orleans and some of the surrounding communities impacted by hurricane ida. you look at your temperature dangerous it says that it s 90 out, but because of the heat index values, it feels more like 100 or 105 degrees, and then you ve got to think about the 469,000 people who are impacted by this storm who still do not have things like power, so no a/c, no fans running x. if they re still at home, they are trying to live through this very hot temperature that is blanketing the area. crews are working around the clock to try to restore power, but it could take weeks in some places or even months to get the a/c turned back on. hurricane ida damaged more than 30,000 power polls, that ooh poles, that s more than katrina, zeta and delta combined. folks are having to rely on others for things like ice, food and water.
a new regulator is to be set up, with the power to prosecute property developers who don t meet safety standards. the government s plan will be announced today as part of the new building safety bill, which comes four years after the grenfell tower fire which claimed 72 lives. speaking with andrew marr yesterday, the housing minister was asked if all dangerous acm cladding as used on grenfell would be removed from buildings by the end of this year, as promised by the government. i expect ac am planning to there are exceptional reasons for this. so i expect ac am planning to there are exceptional reasons for this.- exceptional reasons for this. so the answer is no? exceptional reasons for this. so the answer is no? there exceptional reasons for this. so the answer is no? there will exceptional reasons for this. so the answer is no? there will be - exceptional reasons for this. so the | answer is no? there will be building with a/c and flooding. ads, answer is no? there will be buil