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just moments ago, governor ron desantis revealed that all of lee county is out of water. and here in fort myers with the sun now up, you can see the level of wreckage residents are gramming with in the wake of this brutal storm. im just going to give you a piture of a random sm of the brutality of this storm. here on the marina, there was a couple shops a little b and b getting ready to set up shop above it. the wine bottles that were stored in here are perfect. none of them broke. and...

hurricane-force winds already recorded offshore from charleston. the national weather center warns storm surge is expected there. people are warned to take this storm seriously especially after what was seen and happened from ian in florida. more striking images are emerging as well. capturing the level of devastation especially where the storm came on shore in southwest florida. youre looking at have i had from sanibel island showing the community torn apart, completely severed from t...

to the mainland. and above the shear scale of the wreckage, the storm left some areas completely unrecognizable. one person told the tampa bay times lee koth looks like a bomb has been dropped. momentarily, well go live to fort myers beach where this side by side shows the destruction to the popular pier. heres a man from fort myers who had a terrifying experience. >> i stayed here as long as i could until i got scared for my life and went across the street. the it didnts last too long...

people are now in 257 shelters like this woman right here. florida says it needs 5.5 million meals to feed them all. and 6.6 million liters of clean water. 2 million people still do not have power. water isnt running in five counties. 19 counties have boil water notices. and more than 200 health care facilities are evacuating, or considering doing so. 10 airports are closed. along with 24 ports. 31 transit systems. and nine railways. and then there is the death toll. the official numbe...

of ians destruction. look at the pictures in front of you. this is what it looks like, including in lee county, where rescue crews, this is a live look now, a live look at that location, rescue crews are trying to get to people, with millions of floridians without power and water. were going to take you live to the hardest-hit areas including lee county, which youre looking at now, for what is expected to be obviously a years-long recovery. im halle jackson in washington. lets get to s...

be felt nearly 300 miles from the center, which means that millions of people across the south from georgia to virginia will be affected. this is the scene in the towns of myrtle beach and south port, south carolina. they are facing life threatening storm surge from hurricane ian. we are also getting a fuller picture of the devastation on the ground now in towns across florida. "the new york times" describing it this way. quote, the scale of the wreckage was staggering. even to florida...

caribbean, hundreds of thousands of people have no power or running water. it is difficult. the worst does appear far from over as we watch the track here with turks and caicos and bermuda. now in fionas path. >> we are keeping a very close eye on that of course. also this morning new details on the 2020 election. surveillance footage showing what happened inside a georgia election office on the same day voting machines were compromised there. a republican county official and associate...

very good tuesday mornm jim >> and im poppy harlow. right now hurricane fiona strengthening as it sets its sights on another batch of islands. but as it moves past puerto rico and the dominican republic, the damage is devastating. look at those images. in puerto rico two people are dead this morning after most of the power on the island is out. it could be days before it is restored. >> were looking for gasoline, water, ice. all of the supplies necessary for getting through this. we we...

bermuda before moving out to sea. lets get right to puerto rico. you just got back from touring some of the serious damage with the national guard. what all did you see? >> reporter: we actually got our first chance to get into the interior part of the island. we went where we could see mud slides were blocking the road and keeping some communities out there isolated so we went in with the national guard as they tried to clean that up. where i am right now, ana, we are in the southern ...

governors flying asylum seekers to the northeast. a migrants advocacy group just filed a federal lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. and in ukraine right now cnn is on the ground with rare access to the front lines of a heated battle between ukrainian defenders and russian mercenaries. stay tuned for our report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. our top story tonight, ...