more about these home explosions tied to the flooding what exactly is happening inside these homes? yes, tom, many of these areas are not used to major flooding the water can damage gas lines, triggering leaks, and that s what can lead to these explosions, tom. gabe gutierrez leading us off tonight. while the damage is still being assessed in the northeast, president biden visited louisiana today where ida first blasted ashore as a category 4 hurricane and now the state s attorney general is investigating deaths of nursing home residents who were among the evacuees miguel almaguer is there. reporter: tonight, president biden in a neighborhood of what s left in la place this mangled community a skeleton of what stood here, a ghost of what s gone. this isn t about being a democrat or a republican we re americans and we ll get through this together reporter: the president flew above cities that are now islands. in lafitte, houses are only home to heartbreak those who could affor
and he knows that they re hurting right now. he pledged to have their backs as they try to rebuild and says the moment like this goes beyond politics. this isn t about being a democrat or a republican. we are americans and we will get through this together. we just have to remember we not only have to build back, we have to build back better than it was before. jeff: now as the clock strikes noon here local time, you can probably hear the bells ringing in the french corridor. we are learning that the number of people died because of the storm is rising. the louisiana department of health announced an additional death at a nursing home from a nursing home patient who has evacuated bringing the total number of dead in the state to 11. hundreds of thousands also still do not have power throughout the state but crews from all over the country like neighboring state of texas are here now and working around the clock to get folks those utilities they desperately need.
this isn t about being a democrat or republican. we re americans and we ll get through this together. we just got to remember we not only have to build back, we have to build back better than it was before. so when another super storm comes, it s not the damage done. so thank you all very much. i m going to see the rest of the folks in the neighborhood here. but every time i d walk out of my grandpop s house out in scranton, pennsylvania, he d yell, joey, keep the faith. my grandmother would yell, no, joey, let s spread the faith, let s get this done together. thank you. [ applause ] that s president biden speaking there after he s been on the ground in louisiana for hours. he has even gone into some people s homes to tour the damage that has been done by this storm. of course, the storm turned into a hurricane that hit unexpectedly in the new orleans and laplace and several of these areas where a lot of people are
west shore project here in southern louisiana will build miles of new levies, pumping stations and drainage structures to provide for protection for 60,000 folks in the area. it will change their lives in future storms. i told the governor that he has my full support, and i mean this sincerely, my full support to get this project done. folks, i know you are hurting. i know you are hurting. i know the folks in lake charles who i visited earlier this year are still hurting from hurricane laura. i want you to know we re going to be here for you. and with regard to lake charles, i put in a request in the budget to provide for help for recovery for lake charles as a consequence of laura and delta, two storms that they still haven t been gotten the needs that they met that they have. this isn t about being a democrat or a republican. we re americans and we will get through this together. we just have to remember we not only have to build back, we have
million west shore project in southern louisiana will bills levees and drainage structures to provide protect for folks in the area. it will change their lives in future storms. i told the governor and he has my full support and i meant it, my full support to get this project done. folks, i know you re hurting. i know you re hurting. i know the folks in lake charles who i visited earlier this year are still hurting from hurricane laura. i want you to know we re going to be here for you. with regard to lake charles, i put in a request in the budget to provide for help for recovery for lake charles as a consequence of laura and delta, two storms that they still haven t been gotten the needs that they met that they have. this isn t about being a democrat or a republican. we re americans.