day ahead of him. he s going to meet with the emergency management director. and then, to the town that was hit by the strong winds and also, the floodwaters. some of these people had to hide in their attics or roofs until someone rescued them. and he s going to go to grand aisle, which is levelled by the storm. he s going to meet with louisiana governor john bell edwards. he invited the president to come and see. i don t think there is any substitute for being on the ground and seeing with your own eyes the devastation that louisiana has sustained because
battle the wildfire. driving the wildfire closer to lake tahoe. in the southeast, homes in grand aisle was stripped down to their stilts from hurricane ida. the number nearing dead is close to 50. and the yankees and where the patriots play, show the field completely submerged by water. sandra: remarkable images there, john. to kick off the hour, in south lake tahoe. and in new or leans. and burned as surrounded by floodwaters. brian? reporter: good afternoon. we are in new jersey and the
orleans and then, is expected to meet with louisiana governor john bell edwards. we know that hurricane ida has claimed five lives on the ground in mississippi, as well as louisiana. hurricane ida has completed decimated and it has been a brutal storm. john: an area in the southwest corner, a place that got a lot of flooding and wind damage. and then, he is going to go to grand meadow, as well as grand aisle. you can see the drone shots from grand aisle yesterday. it is just devastation.
it was very difficult for the firefighters to reach that building with the floodwaters up so high. you have to feel for the business owners. sandra: on the ground for us. remarkable images. please keep us posted. john: wow. that place didn t just blow up, it disintegrated. and getting a firsthand look at ida s destruction and electricity is still out for thousands of customers. he s reporting from grand aisle today. reporter: yeah, we are expecting the president to land in new orleans in just a moment now. he s going to have quite a busy
lower jefferson, outside the levee protection district, we have [interpreter] we have grand aisle, and yes they were especially affected by water, upwards of 15 feet. in the island of grand aisle is uninhabitable right, now it has 3 to 4 feet of sand on the entire island, while the critical infrastructure has literally washed away. we just were able to get on the island yesterday. and we had the first responders, there that were to securing the island. and we re making some progress there. leafy, the water is beginning to recede, and we re hoping in two days it will no longer be a factor. and then we can start the recovery process. the problem with jefferson parish upper, inside the levee protection system, is simply that we don t have any power.