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the scope of hurricane ians devastation is becoming clearer for days after the category four storm slammed into the coast of southwest florida, with record-breaking strength. 85 people are dead, 81 in florida, and four in north carolina. the death toll rises each time rescue crews reached new areas. and searches are going on around the clock. but some people are still stranded and waiting for help, like these residents of sanibel island. >> there has been no communication, nobody offic...

without power and at least 10 confirmed dead. >> todd: adam klotz tracking the storm, but we begin with doug luzader as ian approaches, doug, what are you experiencing now? >> doug: things are whipping up now, progressing, the wind is getting more intense and bands of rain are moving through, there are signs ian is getting closer. we thought ian was going to hit as a tropical storm and now it will be a category one hurricane, either way, you get a feeling in south carolina that most pe...

ashore yesterday afternoon, we were knew it was one of the strongest storms to hit the united states. day tligt day brought harrowing evidence of the destruction a storm like that brings. this is ft. myers beach, one of the barrier u lands that ian slammed into as a category five storm. before the hurricane, it was a popular beach defendant naugs destination. much of it is leveled. one local resident told the local paper, ft. myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sanibel...

President biden visits stormdamaged parts of florida. That states governor was not by the president s side. Bearing down on taiwan, a powerful typhoon could be the first to make landfall there in four years. And war isnt keeping these kids from going Back To School. Students in ukraine face another year of books and Bomb Shelters. We begin this hour with Extreme Weather and those enduring the effects of what is more and more becoming inescapable events. In the wake of hurricane idalia, President...

Been destroyed. there are five breaches within that bridge, so it makes it impassable. so we encourage people to evacuate as quickly as they can to protect their own health and welfare. >> and when they are evacuated, where do they go? we are showing folks, as you are speaking, images of the island, and as people can see, there is nothing there in some instances. buildings are empty, windows are blown out. so we are people going? >> the city of sanibel has provided boat shuttle service between s...

Ashore yesterday afternoon, we were knew it was one of the strongest storms to hit the united states. day tligt day brought harrowing evidence of the destruction a storm like that brings. this is ft. myers beach, one of the barrier u lands that ian slammed into as a category five storm. before the hurricane, it was a popular beach defendant naugs destination. much of it is leveled. one local resident told the local paper, ft. myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sanibel island to...

Of five parishes that is currently under a flash flood warning and its sunny, not raining, but it is because of what you see back here which is standing water on the road in addition to the downed trees making it impassable. thats from the nearby river which is already high because of all of the rains and storm surge. it is expected to rise above flood stage today and crest on friday which could cause additional water to go inside peoples homes. look at this video to the east of us in hammond, l...

Say, it was cllow. its the next tide at 9:00 tonight which is the one we are anticipating the heaviest surge. >> chief, you have had some voluntary evacuations in westerly. has that changed at all? do you have any mandatory evacuations? are you urging folks to consider moving to higher ground? >> we are urging folks to consider moving to higher ground. we are going to have another briefing at 8:00 this morning and that will, in fact, we will decide if we are going to do any -- change the evacuat...

And lakay. the thing about it is just the difficulty of getting there. you know, when the earthquake hit in port-au-prince which killed the exact number will never be known, but anywhere from 200,000 to 300,000 people, it was at least the capital. there was an airport there, you could directly fly into as soon as the airport was open. this is in a region that is very difficult, if not impossible right now to get to by road. the main road from port-au-prince, the south, has been cut off by armed ...

Its going to get quite dangerous overnight. >> kristen, youre in nags head, which is under mandatory evacuation as of this morning. have people been following those orders? >> reporter: many of them have. we now have a hurricane warning here, and you heard molly talking about the one road. thats the same situation we have along these barrier islands. ive got major derringer with the county sheriffs department here. as we go into thursday and friday, whats the big concern for that one road? >> th...