And in ukraine, ukraine racking up more battlefield devastation. That is what were watching at this hour. The search for survivors in florida, rescuers going doortodoor in neighborhoods decimated by Hurricane Ian still nearly 2,000 have been rescued so far an the death toll from this Monster Storm Jumping to more than 100 people now. More than half of the deaths are in one county alone, lee county. The sheriff there is about to hold a Press Conference. Were going to bring you that live when it begins, when it happens. There is so much tragedy from this storm. Weve seen this for days now. But were also hearing incredible stories of survival. A fort myers man who clung to a palm tree for hours as the storm surge flooded everything in site. His daughter fearing the worst after their last desperate phone call. Theyre now reunited and they will join us this hour. Lets get started with the very latest on the recovery. Boris sanchez is live in fort myers. In this Press Conference about to beg
and in ukraine, ukraine racking up more battlefield devastation. that is what we re watching at this hour. the search for survivors in florida, rescuers going door-to-door in neighborhoods decimated by hurricane ian still nearly 2,000 have been rescued so far an the death toll from this monster storm jumping to more than 100 people now. more than half of the deaths are in one county alone, lee county. the sheriff there is about to hold a press conference. we re going to bring you that live when it begins, when it happens. there is so much tragedy from this storm. we ve seen this for days now. but we re also hearing incredible stories of survival. a fort myers man who clung to a palm tree for hours as the storm surge flooded everything in site. his daughter fearing the worst after their last desperate phone call. they re now reunited and they will join us this hour. let s get started with the very latest on the recovery. boris sanchez is live in fort myers. in this press con
myself in and i just stayed there for hours. hours. with the wind blowing and the water gushing over my head. it was just a long time. and then the wind shifted back, so it started, the surge was the other way so it was starting to get lower. so i don t know how many hours it was, but i was able to get down and get across, get to the building, get up to the second floor, found myself a spot where it was where the wind wasn t and the rain and i got into a corner and i stayed there all night. stan, what was going through your mind as you were spending hours clinging to a palm tree or a bush. just alone clinging to this. what was going through your mind? everything.
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there might be people there like myself, remnants of a hurricane thought i better grab the umbrella on the way out the door. weren t expecting this kind of historic rainfall. this damage at this gas station, it looks like a hurricane hit it. looks like wind damage. but it is not. the wind wasn t that bad. that s water. it fell so fast, so hard that it brought the roof down on this gas station. you ll see just underneath that roof is a car. thankfully the driver of the car was inside when the roof came slamming down. we now know from nypd that eight people lost their lives related to this storm. in new york city, all eight of them according to description by nypd were flood related. they appear to be people that just simply were caught off