officials sent rescue crews with search dogs out to comb through the wreckage. ((( mitch landrieu / new orleans mayor) "we take all the precautions that's why we have the dogs, ) the dogs are well >> at the height of the storm tens of thousands of people were without power. the damage happened mostly in and around the city's 7th ward, an area hit hard by hurricane katrina in 2005. power to most of the affected areas has now been restored./// sherry how's the weather today? ((katie boer)) good morning! a quieter start across the valley this morning... with one last day of active weather today before drier air filters .................. looking out this morning -- a nice dry start with a few clouds and a couple isolated pockets of showers mainly in ne clark county and areas south of the 215. our best threat for storms today being early before 10am. ................. temperatures dramatically cooler yesterday in the mid 80s -- the last time we had temps. that cool was mid to late may. this morning low 80s to start with a few 70s in our southern neighborhoods. highs today across the region

(mayor mitch landrieu/ new should not be a matter of if we will face a locally- transmitted case, but rather when. because it is likely we're gonna have one." with similar climates, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, georgia and texas have all crafted plans to combat zika. but the threat goes even farther. this map from the national center for atmospheric research shows all the states at risk. with yellow being low risk, a high risk. still, health officials say they don't expect wide-spread outbreaks. (pres. barack obama) "but we cannot be complacent. because we do expect to see more zika cases." with florida the only state thus far to have local transmission of the virus, it may offer something of a template to the rest of the country on stopping its spread. (nats - plane) it's begun using airplanes to spray insecticide. the chemicals spread across a ten-mile area. the early results seem promising -- with a high kill rate in the traps used to ga effectiveness. (nats - vacuum) it's been mopping up water to deprive mosquitoes from laying their eggs. while health officials have fanned the