it s more than 800 pages which was followed by 46 transcripts of witness testimony on top of all the that we re gonna start with sever weather in our breaking news story right now. meteorologist angie will giv us the latest forecast then we go to nbc corresponden shaquille brewster, joining us from benton angie, let s get you first first of all, you understand where shaq is that very, ver well what has changed you ve been watching the storm since the early hours, 7 am on words, iran for o clock in the afternoon eastern. what is changed? a lot of people have seen their winter weather alerts an advisories drop off. the people, like in buffalo, i places along the lakes, have not seen those warnings an watches come down. they re still dealing with blizzard conditions. while many locations have seen improvements, there are a lo of places are still getting hi in hard. buffalo has a nearly stationar lake effect snow bands sitting over top of them they ve been dealing with this
what those folks do. so, bless them for all their efforts and i m really glad you put that story on your show. so, we will see you next sunday, my friend. see you next time. meantime, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex reports. we are tracking hurricane ian at this hour. it is now a post-tropical cyclone. it s making its way north along the east coast and leaving a trail of devastation in several cities and states. in fact, right now, at least 34 people are confirmed dead. and rescue efforts are ongoing, with crews searching for survivors inside flooded and destroyed homes across that state. the coast guard is out today, assessing damage in several areas. survivors say, it has been a terrifying experience. it was terrifying. i ve never experienced winds, the howling, ears popping. i will never forget it. it was scary, it s the worst thing in the world. today, you know, we need basics and they
it s more than 800 pages which was followed by 46 transcripts of witness testimony on top of all the that we re gonna start with sever weather in our breaking news story right now. meteorologist angie will giv us the latest forecast then we go to nbc corresponden shaquille brewster, joining us from benton angie, let s get you first first of all, you understand where shaq is that very, ver well what has changed you ve been watching the storm since the early hours, 7 am on words, iran for o clock in the afternoon eastern. what is changed? a lot of people have seen their winter weather alerts an advisories drop off. the people, like in buffalo, i places along the lakes, have
a good laugh for all the folks out there stuck across the country. thank you so much angie. let s go to shaq brewster, he in michigan, track, tell u what you re seeing we re still seeing that snow that lake effect snow. something that folks here tell me they re used to getting they know how to deal with the snow they know how to drive in th snow but we continue to see the winds in the benton harbor area that s what officials have bee pointing to over the pas couple of days as the most dangerous part of this people have been telling m that is what they are most unfamiliar with. having this low visibility for such a long period of time earlier in the day, we were on the road we went through a majo interstate, that you can get t detroit, also to get t chicago. as you re driving, we notice that most cars were taking i slow they were taking it easy but we saw very quickly how it went from smooth traffic to
restored for the vast majority of customers by about 8 pm tonight, which is definitely good news for those who are without power. but this is a storm that is not only affecting south carolina, not just affecting the charleston area, but all along the coast and even inland, where they dealt with real thunderstorms and severe storms in those areas. folks are still without power. so, definitely you get a sense of the widespread impact of hurricane ian. but again, you have officials and residents, when they see the images of what happened in florida and the devastation caused in florida, many of them, saying they are breathing somewhat of a sigh of relief. and yet historic rain for that historic city. okay, thank you so much, shaq brewster. meteorologist, raphael miranda, is with me here in the studio tracking the path of even for us. so, where is it now, what can we expect next? well alex, thankfully the worst of ian is over. we can breathe a bit of side relief there. but it s still g