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criticism over how evacuations were carried out. details ahead and the latest on another massive storm. voters in brazil learned the results of the presidential election there and whether they will go back to the polls for another round. and cnn takes you back to the city recaptured by ukraine just a day after the kremlin declared it a part of russia. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. authorities in florida have confirmed 76 deaths from hurricane ian as they continue to search for more survivors. over the weekend, they evacuated hundreds of people from lee county where more than half of the state s deaths have occurred. the situation is so bad in arcadia, people can only move by sailing on boats instead of driving in cars. back in lee county, officials have been criticized for waiting too long to order evacuations. but some are pushing back claiming they did the best they could with the information they had. h ....
Texas. cnn s gabe cohen has more. reporter: the vast plains of west texas are not just oil and gas country anymore. there it is. reporter: on allen s cotton farm outside saint angelo, a sprawling solar farm. this lifelong republican and his neighbors are leasing 700 acres to an energy company making hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to allow these panels on their land. it is a rocking chair money. it comes every year. reporter: san angelo is one of many republican communities betting big on renewable energy. it is not just about drilling. reporter: michael heads the economic development for the san anglo chamber of commerce. recruiting energy companies to build at least nine solar wind farms during their small city of 100,000 people. they are providing a strong revenue source. did you get pushback? we didn t. they have some political pushback and certain communities that find them to ....