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newsroom. i'm jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we'll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we'll show you what i saw on the...

completely blown over by the wind. but what's completely striking about this spot is the boats that have been tossed across the street here. we have a bit of a bottleneck of human activity because this is the road to fort myers beach, and the sheriff's department is not letting anybody on. if you haven't seen any pictures of fort myers beach, this is why. there is a first and former law in florida that's suppose today give us access when there's a state of emergency, but you got to feel for the sheriff's deputies just trying to manage the crowds here that are piling in. you've got jo...

considerable damage in parts of south carolina. you see it in this video. that storm ripping through a pier causing part of it to collapse. now, it also submerged this neighborhood with a strong storm surge that, in fact, was several feet high. it was so bad this man -- it was so bad this man had to wade through knee-deep water inside his own home. thankfully the water there is starting to recede, and some areas in the state have been spared the worst. but in florida the damage has been severe. at least 45 people have now lost their lives and hundreds of homes have been turned, well,...

>> it is 5:00 a.m. and with daylight will come more of a sense of damage and countless homes have been destroyed. but in the middle of all that devastation, we're often seeing inspiring scenes like this, a local reporter saving ae iing ad nurse who was pleading for help. he had to carry theoryher to sa his back. pawleys island, the storm washed parts of the pier away. authorities are still assessings damage and working to restore power. and brian todd is in naples, florida with a closer look at the damage there. >> nothing left. zero. >> the full extent of hurricane ian's destruction...

i'm boris sanchez coming to you live from hard-hit fort myers, florida, where cleanup is under way where hurricane ian took aim. >> boris, good morning, i'm amara walker, thank you for starting your morning with us. what is left of hurricane ian is moving north this morning after leaving half the destruction across florida and now the carolinas. >> and after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane in that region, it's now moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone. and even though it's been downgraded officials warn it still trains that area with heavy rain and flood. >> yeah, in sou...