
Jay Breaux wipes sweat from his eyes after going through his hurricane destroyed home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Dulac, La. Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida are scrambling for food, gas, water and relief from the oppressive heat.

Philip Adams walks through what remains of his living room and kitchen at his hurricane destroyed home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Lockport, La.

Natalie Francois make a call as she stands in the front door of her flooded home in aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Jean Lafitte, La.

Josh Montford rests his head in his hand while going through his flood damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Jean Lafitte, La. "I'm overwhelmed," said Montford as he searched for items to salvage.

Josh Montford carries taxidermy deer heads from his flood damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Jean Lafitte, La.

Kelty Readenour holds his dog on his porch, overlooking a sand and debris-covered roadway and homes destroyed in Hurricane Ida in Grand Isle, La.

Emily Francois walks through flood waters beside her flood damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Jean Lafitte, La. Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled Wednesday for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity and officials vowed to set up more sites where people could get free meals and cool off.

A man rests on a bridge damaged from Hurricane Ida in Jean Lafitte, La.

Aiden Locobon, left, and Rogelio Paredes look through the remnants of their family's home destroyed by Hurricane Ida in Dulac, La.

Penny Verdin holds a sleeping squirrel she helped rescue after it was injured during Hurricane Ida in Dulac, La.

Yvonne Lacobon hugs a dog beside Tommy Williams at Williams' home damaged by Hurricane Ida in Dulac, La.

A damaged car sits beside floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Jean Lafitte, La.

Starlin Billiot Sr. washes himself off beside a home where he has been living without power or running water in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Dulac, La. "I've been through four or five hurricanes and this was the worst," said Billiot Sr. about riding out the storm in the home. "I'm not gonna lie to you, I cried."

Nathan Fabre checks on his home and boat destroyed by Hurricane Ida in Lafitte, La. "We lost everything," said Fabre about the destruction of his home.