the death toll at least at 23 right now, so this is frightening and sad in terms of loss all different kinds n. some weather events you ll have dozens of residents posting online in realtime perhaps posting survival and lose and this one was different because when it hit making it more frightening. last night the massive tornado was only physically interviewed by flashings of lighting and transformer blowing out in the distance. i can hear it. that s it. i think it s coming right for us. wow, we have photos here out of rolling fork. that s really the epicenter of where this all went down but, of course, this tornado came across, new pennsylvaniaed across the state from west to east. these homeowners got to a place and by the light of day their neighborhood completely unrecognizable and her family is now beginning to process the damage. it s clear that the loss for the community as a whole, for the state was too much to take. but if you are out of state there are ways to
strength and swirling off the northern california coast. a second landfall expected hours from now in south carolina. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the after math of the storm, destruction, loss of life. i always caution everybody when we give out numbers they do fluctuate. right now it is believed 21 people have died from this and we have been told to expect that number to fluctuate again. so we ll report the news as we get it. this side-by-side comparison shows fort myers, people describe it with one word and you hear it over and over and over, gone. boats and cars in piles. homes and businesses shredded. florida governor ron desantis calling the magnitude of the assault biblical, historic. the governor with an update a short time ago. there is life rescue making sure people are okay, following up on any type of calls. there has been really a great effort. the power is a big issue. there are 1.9 million people customers without power. the other
be felt nearly 300 miles from the center, which means that millions of people across the south from georgia to virginia will be affected. this is the scene in the towns of myrtle beach and south port, south carolina. they are facing life threatening storm surge from hurricane ian. we are also getting a fuller picture of the devastation on the ground now in towns across florida. the new york times describing it this way. quote, the scale of the wreckage was staggering. even to florida residents who had survived and rebuilt after other powerful hurricanes, this storm pulverized roads. it toppled trees, gutted downtown store fronts and set cars afloat, leaving a soggy scar of ruined homes and businesses from the coastal cities of naples and fort myers to inland communities across the state including orlando. at least 14 deaths have been linked to the storm. more than 1.8 million people are now without power. more than 700 rescues have taken place including these from sanibel i