from storm eunice. their homes lost power along with 20,000 others in the west of england. friends have been fantastic and bringing us thermoses of hot water for hot water bottles to keep my mother warm. in kent, energy companies have gone up in helicopters to search for broken power lines. but repairs are slow. the village of wadhurst in east sussex lost power on friday morning and 80 year old carol robbins hasn t had any official help. normally, someone my age, they told me is vulnerable so they would ring or send texts. but i ve heard nothing from anyone, so i have no means of finding out other than other people when it might come back on. these pictures of rising water levels were taken today in bakewell, near the river wye, in the derbyshire dales. and omagh in northern ireland has also seen its water levels go up. the wider region now
in new orleans lost power. another 13 thousand customers in three surrounding parishes also the dock, the same storm system hit texas and oklahoma monday, killing one person and causing heavy damage in those states. the people of louisiana are of course, no strangers to the wrath of nature. you might recall new orleans was devastated, of course, by hurricane katrina 17 years ago. terrible scenes there. grif indeed. we re also following the confirmation hearings for judge ketanji brown jackson, the supreme court nominee spinning a second day, answering questions from members of the senate judiciary committee. fox news correspondent caroline shively reports from washington . for several hours, judge jackson spoke about her judicial philosophy and defended her legal record when criticized by republican a show of support in the streets of washington, d.c. for supreme court nominee ketanji
Roughly 400 linemen and other employees are working round the clock to restore power in Colorado Springs following extensive damage to utility poles during the wind storm on Wednesday.
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