If the GFI will not reset it could be toast! Focus on the GFI, it needs to be in working order. You might have to isolate it and see if it resets. This is dangerous if you don't know what you are doing around power. Circuit breakers are designed to trip when the rated amperage is exceeded, they are for fire protection. GFI's trip when there is an unbalanced condition between the hot side and the return side (a short), they are for shock protection. It does not take much of a "leak" for GFI's to trip, so even a tiny amount of water intruding in the receptacle could cause a Milli-amp short, enough to trip the GFI.
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