at 19, a number that is almost certain to rise in the days ahead. the u.s. president warming up thursday poll of a lot of loss of life as one official sank likely the biggest natural disaster disaster the state s ever seen. that s the biggest disaster in florida s history. tens of thousands of emergency workers and deployed statewide. now 2 million homes and businesses stay with the electricity. large parts of the state are underwater. instead it s a one in 1000-year rainfall. the governor ron desantis decided describe the storm surge is biblical. some of the damage was almost under scribe-able to see a house just sitting in the middle of a sterile bay. you must be flown because of the massive wind speed and storm surge and deposited in a body of water. there were cars floating in the middle of the water. some of the homes were total losses. he is expected to hit south carolina and coincide with high tide on friday, greatly to increasing the potential for flooding. the go
i love it. [voice vibrating] welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john vause at cnn world coworkers in atlanta. it seems hurricane ian is not done yet. after leaving florida with the death toll looking like a war zone, this killer storm is gaining strength. right now category one bearing down in south carolina with landfall for friday. the death toll florida stands
created significant restoration challenges across the state. and in some cases, they need to rebuild rather than simply repair parts of our energy grid. as crews rush to restore power, floodwaters continue to rise, leading to water rescues across the orlando and yosemite area. crews are using arrows to pull people from their water logged homes. in 2004, we had a hurricane but you know, wasn t that bad. we took off, we evacuate. when we come back, there was water in the streets, but not like this! the destruction and southwest florida, massive! homes underwater, torn apart, and some even on fire. peoples entire lives up rooted by ian. these images show how powerful hurricane ian was. when it slammed into southwest florida as a category four storm. bringing with it, destructive winds, record rainfall, and storm surge reaching 12 feet in some places. you ve got a hurricane that s a massive hurricane
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