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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 ...

everywhere. ive never seen damage like this in my whole life. its unreal. >> reporter: boats tossed like toys. the lone bridge connecting the island cracked and crumbled with the storms winds putting some sections totally under water. >> we had about 200 households that didnt evacuate on the island that we know of. >> reporter: anyone still trapped on the isolated island now waiting for rescue by boat or air. we joined the lee county sheriff as he surveyed some of the hardest hit areas...

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...

i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. >> i promise you, im never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. >> just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe," it is friday, s...

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...

least a little of both. first shimon revealed that the school district police department had hired a former state trooper under investigation for corrections during the massacre. i should say lack of actions during the massacre. and shimon unveiled this video of her outside the school on th day of the massacre, talking to other officers. listen. >> an officer asked if her children attend robb elementary and lozanos response: >> yeah, my son is in daycare. hes not old enough. no, is my ...

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...