to get power back up in the region. we have been working with the electric secretary throughout the night and all day to assess the full extent of the damage. to accelerate the process i asked the federal aviation administration to work today with louisiana and mississippi electric companies to authorize the use of surveillance kroens to assess the damage to energy infrastructure while ensing those flights do not disrupt. i asked them to immediately make available any imagery that can assist in the damage for stays, cities, an parishes. they are going to prioritize getting transmission lines into
so. we are in a little bit of the different position now than our friends in louisiana. the storm is, and the eye of the storm is currently west of jackson, and so we have had between 18 and 22 more hours of the eye of the storm being in the state of mississippi. we also have, because it is a large storm our largest threat in terms of tornadic activity remains along the coastline and in the counties north of there. the storm which, which really is challenging has slowed down to about 8 miles per hour, and that is the reason it is going to stay so long, and that leads to more and more rainfall, and the bad news for us that it is going to get more rainfall than we originally anticipate and the good news is that because it is moving so slow, the wind speeds have not reached where we
respond to people if government is prepared to respond. that is our job. we re there to help you get back on your feet. the most important element it coordinating all of the branchs of government. that is what we re trying to do before this hurricane hit. we started working together, we re going to stand with you and the people of the gulf as long as it takes for you to recover. so i m now going to turn this over to john belle, governor evertz of louisiana, give us your assessment of what you have, what you re seeing out there tell me what you re hearing. thank you very much, mr. president. you could not have picked a better person than ted rick griffin. thank you for signing my request
reports. and if you look over the last couple years, louisiana has been hit with two cat 4 hurricanes. followed by another ca 4. it doesn t even occur until september. so we re still very early in hurricane season, but we re seeing these rapid intensifiers. still ahead, we re expecting to hear from president biden any minute now as he speaks to the mayors and the governors that speak to these rescue efforts. plus, tracking where the storm will go, next. s. plus, tracking where the storm will go, next. her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide hygienic clean free. it s gentle on her skin, and out cleans our old free detergent. tide hygienic clean free. hypoallergenic and safe for sensitive skin.
we re going to be asking that question and we need to rebuild for future risk in a way that we re going to have more storms, how do we mitigate and build more resilient infrastructure. you re talking about the republican senator from louisiana who is one of those that negotiated that structure package. i want to ask you about the power outage and the 911 outage, how much of the tag of war for lack of a better word are we still in about the damages, and well into the next day, the sun is out, the suns can move around, what do we know and not know about how complex the rescue efforts are. there may be medical issues that don t show damages.