(CNN)Hardships are compounding for southeast Louisiana residents days after Hurricane Ida crushed the area: With no electricity service in dangerous heat, families are scrambling to find food and gas as supplies dwindle.
In the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers, Yolanda Teague told CNN's Brian Todd on Tuesday her family is running out of food and drink.
Teague, along with her boyfriend, eight children and two of her children's friends, are living in a couple rooms of their four-bedroom house after the roof collapsed into the living room. One of her children has a heart condition that makes overheating extremely dangerous for him.
Making sure he is safe is of immediate concern for Teague, as the state faces scorching heat and power outages -- and the store she has access to only stayed open long enough for her family to get a few drinks.
In Plaquemines Parish southeast of New Orleans, officials told residents they didn't have a timeline for power restoration.
"Due to this -- supplies such as water, groceries, gasoline and medical supplies have been depleted and will not be readily available," a news release reads.
More than 980,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana and more than 36,000 in Mississippi were without power early Wednesday morning, according to PowerOutage.US. Some parishes have warned residents that the power outages could last at least a month as the state recovers from now-Tropical Depression Ida, which made landfall Sunday in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane and contributed to at least five confirmed deaths -- three in Louisiana and two in Mississippi.
With the incoming heat, the lack of electricity could prove life-threatening.
High temperatures will be in the 90s in southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi on Wednesday, with heat indices -- what the temperature feels like with humidity and other factors -- of up to 108 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
"This is not a livable condition," Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng told CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday about the destruction in the area, adding that residents who chose to ride out the storm are now packing the highways to get out.
All of New Orleans was left dark by the storm, but Mayor Latoya Cantrell said there should be "some level of transmission" into the city by Wednesday evening.
By Wednesday morning power had been restored in small portions of eastern and central New Orleans, a map from energy provider Entergy New Orelans showed.
But there is still a long way to go before the majority of residents have power restored, and until then, many are relying on gasoline-powered generators.
A large number of gas stations in Louisiana cities don't have fuel in the aftermath of Ida, according to outage figures compiled by GasBuddy. In New Orleans, cars were lined up overnight at the few gas stations in the area that were open.
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An aerial photo shows the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, on Tuesday, August 31.
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Workers remove a tree Tuesday that fell on a home during the storm in Houma, Louisiana.
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Michael Wilson stands in the doorway of his flood-damaged home in Norco, Louisiana, on Monday, August 30.
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Homes near Norco are surrounded by floodwaters on Monday.
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A rain shower soaks evacuees in LaPlace on Monday.
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A McDonald's sign is damaged in Raceland, Louisiana, on Monday.
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A man rides a bicycle in front of a damaged building in Houma on Monday.
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An oil slick is seen on top of floodwaters in Kraemer, Louisiana, on Monday.
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Residents wave at a US Coast Guard helicopter while waiting to be rescued from their flooded home in LaPlace on Monday.
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Theophilus Charles, 70, sits inside his damaged home in Houma on Monday.
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The highway is flooded near LaPlace on Monday.
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Residents are rescued from floodwaters in LaPlace on Monday.
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A damaged historic building lays in ruin in the Central Business District of New Orleans on Monday.
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A barge damages a bridge connecting Lafitte and Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, on Monday.
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Marquita Jenkins stands in the ruins of her hair salon in LaPlace on Monday.
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A destroyed car is seen Monday after an apartment building burned overnight in Kenner, Louisiana.
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A resident walks through floodwaters in LaPlace on Monday.
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Siblings watch men assess damage outside of a hotel Monday in Houma.
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A woman pushes a stroller past a boarded up building in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Monday.
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A downed tree lies on a house in New Orleans on Monday.
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Members of the Louisiana National Guard help with recovery efforts in New Orleans on Monday.
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A man looks up next to a section of roof that was ripped off a building in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Monday.
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Lights from a TV broadcast illuminate an otherwise dark Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Monday. More than 1 million customers in Louisiana were without power Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.US -- including all of New Orleans.
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Montegut Fire Chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana, on Sunday, August 29.
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Firefighters cut through downed trees on a road in Bourg on Sunday.
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Barges are seen docked on the Mississippi River as Hurricane Ida hits Destrehan, Louisiana, on Sunday.
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People walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans on Sunday.
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European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of Hurricane Ida on Sunday from the International Space Station.
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The Royal Dutch Shell refinery in Norco, Louisiana, is seen as Hurricane Ida makes landfall Sunday. More than 95% of the Gulf of Mexico's oil production facilities have been shut down, regulators said, indicating the storm's significant impact on energy supply.
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People work inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency's headquarters in Washington, DC, on Sunday.
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A cyclist wears a face mask while biking through the rain and high winds on Canal Street in New Orleans on Sunday.
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Firefighters look out the window of a shelter in Bourg on Sunday as the storm passes.
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Storm clouds pass over a cemetery in New Orleans on Sunday.
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LaKeisha Verdin holds her 3-month-old son, Kevin, as she walks onto the front porch where her family was watching weather updates on the local news Sunday in Houma.
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A news crew reports from the edge of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on Sunday.
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Wind blows Monroe Best's hair and face mask Sunday in New Orleans.
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Bourbon Street in New Orleans is nearly empty on Sunday.
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A vehicle is abandoned in a flooded ditch next to the highway Sunday in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.
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A man carrying his belongings walks past a sign outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Sunday.
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A wall of rain moves over downtown New Orleans on Sunday.
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The Boudreaux family sits on their front porch Sunday as they await the arrival of Hurricane Ida.
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A man walks along the Mississippi River near the French Quarter in New Orleans early Sunday.
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People stand in line at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Saturday, August 28. Many residents were evacuating the area ahead of Hurricane Ida.
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Crews reopen a flood gate to help trapped motorists who missed a closure deadline on Saturday.
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Keith Clark brings a rope to a friend to help tie down a houseboat before he evacuates Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, on Saturday.
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Nikeia Washington from Vacherie, Louisiana, holds her granddaughter, Halia Zenon, at a hotel in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, where they evacuated to ahead of the storm.
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People walk down Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Saturday. Evacuation was voluntary for parts of the city inside its flood protection system. Other areas were under a mandatory evacuation order.
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Larry Ackman, bottom, helps neighbor Mike Jackson, left, and his son Cody board up windows Saturday in Morgan City, Louisiana.
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Traffic moves slowly along I-10 West on Saturday in Vinton, Louisiana, as residents evacuate toward Texas.
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A man drives a tractor through a flooded street Saturday in Guanimar, Cuba. Before entering the Gulf, Ida made landfall twice over Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane.
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President Joe Biden speaks during a FEMA briefing on Hurricane Ida on Saturday. "This weekend is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina," Biden said, "and it's a stark reminder that we have to do everything we can to prepare the people in the region to make sure we're ready to respond."
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Dawn breaks over a Hurricane Katrina memorial at Shell Beach in St. Bernard, Louisiana, on Saturday. Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005.
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Clare and Joe Cermak work on putting storm shutters up on their home in Louisiana's St. Charles Parish on Saturday.
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Highway traffic moves slowly overnight Saturday near Kenner, Louisiana, as many residents evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ida.
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Gregory Moore, left, helps fill sand bags as residents in Gulfport, Mississippi, prepare for the storm on Saturday.
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John Guenther unloads about 400 crab traps that he had to pull out of the water and move via flatbed trailer to dry near his home in the eastern St. Bernard Parish on Friday, August 27.
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Jennifer Tate fuels up a gas can Friday in Pass Christian, Mississippi.
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Workers stack bags of ice into a gas station freezer on Friday in Jefferson, Louisiana.
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A resident hammers the shutters of a 100-year-old house in New Orleans on Friday.
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Governor 'not satisfied with 30 days' without power
The damage in Louisiana is extensive and the obstacles to regaining power are difficult, but officials have their sights set on restoring electricity.
"I'm not satisfied with 30 days, the Entergy people aren't satisfied with 30 days, nobody who's out there needing power is satisfied with that," Gov. John Bel Edwards said.
But Edwards said he is "mindful that we just had the strongest hurricane, at least tied for the strongest, that the state has ever experienced and infrastructure has been damaged."
Damage assessments took place in the state Monday and Tuesday, and when those are done power companies can start putting together a plan, he said.
On Tuesday, the city of New Orleans said there are several ways power can be restored, but cautioned it'll take time.
To get power back, the city does not need restoration of all eight of the high-voltage transmission lines that feed the city, said Ramsey Green, deputy chief administrative officer for infrastructure.
Regional energy provider Entergy is identifying how many of them it can get working quickly, Green said. Entergy announced two possible ways to restore power: One restores transmission lines and the other creates a temporary "stand-alone grid" for the area.
"We can get power to this city, but we may not be able to get it to your house immediately," Green said.
The outlook is brighter for many Mississippi residents impacted by the storm. Power was expected to be restored to customers along the I-20 corridor by the end of Tuesday and elsewhere by Thursday, Entergy spokesperson Mara Hartmann told CNN.
Residents move a cart with gas cans through a flooded neighborhood on Tuesday in Barataria, Louisiana.
Rescues continue in areas 'inundated with water'
Rescue operations still were underway Wednesday, three days after Ida made landfall.
Ida has contributed to at least five deaths, including a drowning in Louisiana's Jefferson Parish outside New Orleans, officials said Tuesday.
Hundreds of people have been rescued, but search-and-rescue crews haven't been able to access some of the hardest-hit areas, so it's not yet clear how many residents might be still be trapped by flooding or debris.
Water rescues continued Tuesday in St. Tammany Parish, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, according to posts on the fire department's Facebook page.
The area of Avery Estates "is still inundated with water," the St. Tammany Parish Fire District said Tuesday.
Photos show several rescuers loading at least one resident into a high-water vehicle.
In Slidell, which is in St. Tammany Parish, the police department warned residents Tuesday supplies in the area are limited and "there is no relief in sight."
"We are not trying to be pessimistic, but this is the reality right now," the Slidell Police Department said in a Facebook post.
Police urged residents who evacuated to stay away.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, people wait in line for gas Tuesday in New Orleans.
Ida could cause dangerous flooding in the Northeast on Wednesday
Ida, meanwhile, still could pose a danger as it moves into the US Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Tropical Depression Ida was entering the central Appalachians on Wednesday morning. It could bring potentially deadly and damaging flash flooding throughout the day from there and parts of the Mid-Atlantic to southern New York and southern New England, forecasters say.
More than 60 million people were under flash flood watches Wednesday morning in those regions.
Rainfall totals of 3-8 inches are possible through Thursday from the Mid-Atlantic to southern New England the Weather Prediction Center said.
West Virginia declared an emergency in anticipation of the storm.
"All West Virginians need to absolutely be ready for the potential impact Ida may bring to our state," Gov. Jim Justice tweeted Tuesday. "And please: do not endanger yourselves, your loved ones, or our first responders by trying to drive through flood waters."
After slamming into the Gulf Coast on Sunday, Ida moved into Tennessee, parts of which were still recovering from devastating flooding just over a week ago. Areas west of Nashville received 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain from Ida but were spared significant flooding.
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