we cover the devastation caused by hurricane ian. here is the newest information coming in this saturday evening. the storm s death toll in florida now stands at 66. this is the scene in north port, which is in sarasota county. state officials say the latest known death is that of a 62-year-old woman also from that county. she apparently drowned after getting trapped in her vehicle. take a look at the massive amount of water people risked traveling through today east of sarasota. they re in their car. this is a car, not a boat, makes its way down a very flooded state highway. sheriff s deputies and firefighters went door to door in the community of hidden river warning people about a potentially levee beach. on cape coral, they are checking on victims who may need urgent help. fire rescue say they have been collecting people and pets and taking them to a fire station where helicopters are ferrying people to safety. this afternoon, governor ron desantis said while more than ha
we cover the devastation caused by hurricane ian. here is the newest information coming in this saturday evening. the storm s death toll in florida now stands at 66. this is the scene in north port, which is in sarasota county. state officials say the latest known death is that of a 62-year-old woman also from that county. she apparently drowned after getting trapped in her vehicle. take a look at the massive amount of water people risked traveling through today east of sarasota. they re in their car. this is a car, not a boat, makes its way down a very flooded state highway. sheriff s deputies and firefighters went door to door in the community of hidden river warning people about a potentially levee beach. on cape coral, they are checking on victims who may need urgent
with water. 10,000 acres of crops have been destroyed by flood water, but the real question is whether the land will survive. once covered with salt and debris from the river. there is real fear that this could only be the first more levees, especially in the backwater delta region could rupture as well. jon, back to you. jon: thanks very much. steve hair tan. get a they can of where things stand now rick reichmuth in the extreme weather center. more on that. down toward the southern part of that that levee beach. they opened the bonne carre spillway. this is further down. relieve that pressure. the decision just made there, jon, now means they have to relieve some more of the pressure farer off toward the north. that is going to mean that the morganza spillway continues its track and we ll see some more of that water moving in and that