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of the florida coast of that this is sanibel island, an island decimated by hurricane ian. right now theres no way to get help in to sanibel. the only bridge that connected the island to the mainland, its a long causeway, its caved in. so theres no way to get on or off the island unless you travel by boat. and thats been incredibly difficult for anyone to do. and that loss right now spans the florida coast. ill show you cape coral. our bill weir was here today. this is a picture he too...

the governor talked about how impressed he was. these are dangerous missions. im grateful for the brave women and men in federal, state and local governments working as one team risking their lives to save others. and were going to learn a lot more in the coming hours. but we know many families are hurting. many. many are hurting today. and our entire country hurts with them. because its been all over the country we have seen so many crises. but in florida today, its the epicenter. wer...

coast. here is what we know right now. youre looking live at key west, florida where rough surf from ian has churned up. soon the national hurricane center will provide an update on ians strength and path. it seems to be changing. right now projected to hit florida as at least a category three storm. major airports are closing. tampa international will suspend operations in about an hour. orlando will be doing the same tomorrow. the city of tampa will be issuing a curfew soon when wind...

destruction in its wake. governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made so far. after the storm turned roads into rivers, destroyed or damaged thousands of buildings and homes, leaving some coastal communities just unrecognizable. >> thats right. and right now nearly 600,000 homes and businesses are still this morning without power in florida. some floridians still have no clean water. officials say they are only now beginning to really assess the full scope of the d...

In contact with some folks on the east coast who were sending volunteers over this week to try to assist these folks that may not have insurance or at the least they can help them get their property secured and hopefully get them back on track. we do have three pods set up as far as distribution of water and ice, tarps are yet to come from fema, were waiting on tarps, but we also have some food distribution locations, mission barbecue is in port charlotte at the beacons furniture and another one...

During hurricane matthew, he said he is staying put. he has boarded up, so has everyone up and down the beach, but a lot of people did stay here but this were quite a few that left because it was very, very, very quiet until all of these folks, these contractors came in from to work for florida power and light. there is a sea of all different kinds of trucks to fix the power lines sitting outside the daytona speedway where they hope the daytona 500 is held. were talking about what could be weeks...

Light which is so distincttive, anybody who covered hurricanes has seen repeatedly. you dont hear a sound of an explosion but it just is that light. >> reporter: you had me worried. im glad youre okay. when it comes to power lines trees fall, transformers blow. what is important to tell you though is that there are 16,000 and thats from one company alone, the most workmen they have ever sent out to do the work after the hurricane hits, after these winds die down. 16,000 people from florida power...

Blocks down, but take a look. there is still flooding. there is still ponding here. im probably about one or two streets from the ocean. there was a three and a half foot surge that came in, that brushed into brickellwhich is the heart of the financial district. more international banks in a few blocks than you can count. look behind me, you can see there is still flooding, theres been a few brave souls attempting to get through this water but walking and in their vehicles and it is not recommen...

Been concerned about for years, can be impacted to the point where you dont just get it back up and working again. rick: thats absolutely corrected. i talked at length from that spokesperson from fpl about that. you are talking about 65-70% of the power customers in the state who could be knocked out. they may have to do major repair to the electrical system. when you look at the storm from the bottom to the top, you are talking about knock out millions of customers, it will take an extensive am...

Right now foxs rick leventhal is live in daytona beach with more on whats going on there. rick: we have a strong, steady wind off the atlantic. but tropical storm force wind arent expected for another hour and hurricane-officers winds late sunday night. the boardwalk is virtually deserted. a lot of the stores have board up and closed the hurricane shutters in advance of this storm. it wont be as bad as it will be on the west side of this state. it could do some damage, particularly to power line...