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i'm kate bolduan. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. we're following the devastating impact of hurricane ian right now and some of the first pictures of the devastation and destruction left behind, here's a look in fort myers of the destruction there. new aerials just in here of the catastrophic damage across southwest florida, which took a direct hit from this storm. the storm surge and relentless rain really causing widespread damage that officials are already acknowledging will take a very long time to recover from. and it seems obvious when you ...

and they'll have to be rebuilt. unfortunately, there are also homes and businesses that will simply not be able to safely take the power once it's ready. but the 20,000 plus men and women who are already here are staging and getting on the field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on. again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always poses different challenges. but appreciate all the support from the state. governor, thank you. from local law enforcement as well, national guard. this is a team sport and a team effor...

coast guard deployed 16 rescue helicopters, six fixed wing aircraft and 18 rescue boats and crews. that's just one element of the many federal search and rescue teams staged in florida and the governor talked about how impressed he was with what the coast guard is going this morning. these are dangerous missions and i'm grateful for the brave women and men, federal, state and local governments working as one team, risking their lives to save others. and we're going to learn a lot more in the coming hours. but we know many families are hurting, many are hurting today, and our entire c...

it's the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." i'm alisyn camerota in new york. hurricane ian has killed at least 13 people. it's the strongest storm to hit the west coast of florida in nearly 20 years. local officials say we should brace for that number of victims to rise. the life and death danger from ian continues as it pushes northeast, still pummelling florida. rescuers were pulling people from high water all day and night. survivors describe no time to wait as people had to carry children, as you can see, through chest-high waters. ian made landfall just west of cape coral. our c...

have our fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth with us. rick this has been rough so far. >> really has. three things, the storm surge that broke records in fort myers and naples as well by a lot by the way, three feet higher than we had ever seen from any kind of storm surge in the past. that obviously causing all that flooding right along the immediate coast. then we have the winds, actual verified winds of 140 miles an hour in cape corral. a lot of this wind was really prolonged because it's such a slow-moving storm and then you have the rainfall. because it's so slow we get ...