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unrecognizable landmarks. and it also store up ft. myers beach. we went on a boat ride with the cajun navy and other volunteer rescuers across the area. and matt lachey in the coastal area is where most of the deaths occurred. >> what is going on over here? >> a lot of restaurants, into the lot of homes. pretty much all restaurants. theme that do shrimping, fishing. there was buildings the whole way. and they are just gone. >> you heard their stories that there are bodies in some of the canals and stuff? >> yeah, like up to the second story window, the water was still going. >> and t...

officials in florida now say at least 66 people are confirmed dead, more than half the fatalities are here amid the widespread devastation in lee county, home to fort myers. the sheriff there says there have been more than 600 rescues in that county alone. near sarasota police officers evacuated a neighborhood early this morning as a levee appeared in danger of collapsing. that threat, a 15-foot wall of water crashing into the neighborhood. just a short time ago the state reopened a 12-mile stretch of interstate 75 in both directions bet an over flowing river has forced a closure the...

of the florida coast of that this is sanibel island, an island decimated by hurricane ian. right now there's no way to get help in to sanibel. the only bridge that connected the island to the mainland, it's a long causeway, it's caved in. so there's no way to get on or off the island unless you travel by boat. and that's been incredibly difficult for anyone to do. and that loss right now spans the florida coast. i'll show you cape coral. our bill weir was here today. this is a picture he took. you can see home after home totally destroyed and flooded. the ones that are still standing...

this afternoon it came ashore as near category 5 strength, as a high category 4 after bidding for hours as it approached. >> oh, you got to be kidding me! you got to be kidding me right now! >> right now it is still a category 3 storm, still a major hurricane with damaging winds spanning out 175 miles from the center. >> oh, my god. >> no less troubling than the winds tonight, potentially even worse hurricane ian is still pushing a massive storm surge onshore. forecasts as high as 18 feet in places where buildings living close to the water was why so many people moved there. take a l...

this is don lemon tonight, you're watching our coverage of in, making its way up the florida peninsula. we have all the news coverage this evening, it is dumping rain on this entire area. lots of water. but also the wind, pushing the wind all across the state of florida. our crews are out in the field, we're covering it all for you. we've got bill weir, bill is joining us from punta gorda florida, also brian todd is in -- is in derek van damme is in breaking tin for us. i want to other meteorologist, our expert, mr. tom seders in the weather center. tom, i am getting so much rain, lo...