… able to see it from air is so important because you can't even get to many of these locations on the ground because the roads are completely blocked. And so By being able to fly over in the air, we were able to observe submerged properties right now that we otherwise would not have seen. That informs us about what needs to be done in the response, but also provides us information we need to make our full request to the federal government for their assistance. (18:27–18:37)
CLAIM
Asserts that aerial observation revealed submerged properties not visible from the ground.
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