homes exploded because the floodwaters triggered gas leaks inside these homes, and the buildings exploded. thankfully no one was inside. for example, a woman in this building 11 hours because the neighborhood was cut off with all of this floodwater, she was rescued, as i said, by her neighbor across the street. came here, got her and her children out by boat. and they managed to survive and are back here now cleaning up. i mean, just one harrowing story after another. okay. thank you so much for that, gabe. let s go from there to vaughn hillyard in jefferson parish just south of new orleans. vonn, that area saw devastating floods, of course. we re learning the power may not be restored until the end of september? reporter: alex, we re talking weeks here. this is debilitating heat, no power, and you re talking about