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everywhere. ive never seen damage like this in my whole life. its unreal. >> reporter: boats tossed like toys. the lone bridge connecting the island cracked and crumbled with the storms winds putting some sections totally under water. >> we had about 200 households that didnt evacuate on the island that we know of. >> reporter: anyone still trapped on the isolated island now waiting for rescue by boat or air. we joined the lee county sheriff as he surveyed some of the hardest hit areas...

42 past the hour. hurricane ian will be the costliest storm in terms of money to hit florida since hurricane andrew made landfall back in 1992. property analytics company core logic is estimating that recovery could cost anywhere between $28 billion and $47 billion. ak ou weather estimates it around the same. the most expensive was hurricane katrina. hurricanes harvey and maria are the only other storms to surpass the $100 billion mark. lets bring in co-anchor of cnbcs "squawk box," andrew ross ...

The shock almost of people, even in a state where theyve experienced some of the worst that weather can offer? we heard governor desantis calling this a 500-year flood event of biblical proportions. hes not alone in that assessment. as they woke up yesterday morning and really began to appreciate the scope and the size, the damage, the power of this storm. it is shocking. >> reporter: shocking, absolutely, and even floridaens who have been battle tested by hurricanes before have told us that the...