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>> this is by far the worst storm ive ever witnessed. >> theres just debris everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone. >> this was a bad. one ian was bad, so if it was tough on our region, will be actually looking at this for many years to come. good evening once again. im stephanie ruhle. hurricane ian is now threatening georgia and the carolinas and its expected to make landfall just a few hours from now. this is what eon did to southwest florida after it slammed into the coast over ...

at least 12 people have been reported killed, and it brought epic rain and flooding to the central part of the state. hundreds of people have been rescued, that work continues overnight. over 2 million homes and businesses are without power. today president biden visited femas headquarters in washington, d. c. and said federal aid is on its way to florida. >> this could be the deadliest hurricane in floridas history. when conditions allow it, ill gonna be going to florida. >> will you ...

The search is continuing, and it is still termed, jonathan, a search and rescue. were now on the fourth day. the rescue portion gets a little more difficult. as for the recovery, it cant really begin especially in areas that are ravaged like this one and so many others until that search is over. so a long way to go toward getting things back and moving forward here. >> and the images of the storms aftermath remain just so devastating. obviously there are some bright spots of resiliency amid the ...

Still in the rescue portion, not the recovery. and thats what were hoping right now. >> bettina, thank you so much. stay strong. thank you very much. we are expecting a press conference very shortly. it is a very active situation here. there are obviously medical search and rescue teams coming and going, police and fire units, structural engineers, city officials and again, there is this sort of otherworldly feel with this smoke, as you can see behind me. sanjay gupta is with us. youve been here...

Specifically talk about 911 in a few minutes but i want to focus on the rescue portion. chief. >> thank you, mayor. the houston police department since remains in a tactical alert posture with all of our officers a minimum of 12-hour shifts. weve handled 56,000 calls for 911 services since our operational period that began at 6:00 p.m. on friday. to date weve completed the rescue of 2,000 houstonians and members of our community. and as of this moment, as of this press conference we have approxi...

Assistance, okay? 311 is another avenue if you cant get through. what we recommend is that when you call 911, stay on the line. dont hang up because that just creates more calls, it creates more work because our dispatchers are now calling back these numbers. so if you call 911, stay on the line and we will address your issue. thanks. >> so from midnight to where we are today, the fire department has rescued 290 and we fully recognize there are many other people that are out there in distress si...

Rescue mission with fog. did that contribute at all to what occurred last night? >> thats part of the investigation thats ongoing. >> we heard -- you did mention up top, debris was spotted. we know -- at least we have a trail. in terms of the rescue portion of this operation the term used by andrew borlan last hour is extremely challenging. how would you characterize it? >> i would say the same right now because the sun is not up yet. our beach is several miles of coastline. we dont go what it l...

Do not hang up. if you hang up, you go back to the bottom. dont hang up. we will get to you. the calls are coming in through 911. the staff need to make sure they are operating at full capacity and once they come in, they are in the queue and they are forwarded into the fire department, police department, whatever the department is to deal with them and then well work through that. again, on the rescue portion, the emphasis, rescue people, especially seniors, those with disabilities, those with ...

75,000 calls this morning, processed and served. >> so big emphasis on 911. we want to assure people we will respond to them. do not hang up. if you hang up, you go back to the bottom. so dont hang up. we will get to you. so the calls are coming in through 911. whatever staffing we need to do to make sure were operating at full capacity, we want to make sure we do that. once they come in, they are in the queue. they are forwarded then to houston fire department or police department or whatever t...