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three days after hurricane ida devastated the gulf coast of louisiana and mississippi, remnants of the storm are still causing dangerous weather for millions. tornadoes have been spotted in maryland as the storm heads north. flash flood watches are up through much of the northeast as the storm dumps buckets of rain. some areas could get 10 inches. well, tonight, the death toll from ida is up to six, and the situation in louisiana remains dire. tonight we re in grand isle, which took a direct hit from the category 4 hurricane. look at this every structure was damaged. we have more pictures ahead. and the lines for gasoline, well, they stretch block after block in the state. there s little clean drinking water, and the power is still out for nearly a million people, meaning there s no air conditioning no relief, really, as these heat indexes top 100 degrees. we re going to go to louisiana in just a moment. but cbs errol barnett is going to lead us off tonight in
hurricane knocked out major power transmission lines, barely a fraction of the million-plus customers in louisiana who lost power have it back. thousands in neighboring mississippi also remain in the dark. and with the heat index expected to soar above 100 degrees for yet another day, places like new orleans are melting. it hurts. we be burning up. we wake up and sweat, we go to bed and sweat. we we re we don t have nothing. we re homeless. we don t have nothing. we need help in new orleans. reporter: residents throughout the region are under boil water advisories. thousands are holed up in air conditioned shelters. but with the threat of covid, there s no safety in numbers. it sucks righ now because it s hot, and temper are fraying. reporter: this community rec center was a source of ice and meals for the desperate. i m pretty much going to stay here. reporter: more than half the service stations in new orleans and baton rouge are out of fuel. despite pleas from official