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in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause at cnn's world headquarters. in atlanta. it seems hurricane it is not done yet. in florida with a rising death toll on ongoing rescues, and looking like a wall zone. this color storm is gaining strength right now a category one, bearing down on charleston, south carolina, with all expected later friday. the death toll in florida stands at 19. a number of which is almost certain to rise in the coming days. the u.s. president on thursday warning of a substantial loss of life for me and. which one official has described as likely...

♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm kristie lu -- rescue crews strangling to rescue those stranded -- the national hurricane center says that the category one storm has regained some strength and is now expected to make landfall near myrtle beach in the coming hours. in florida, the hurricane has killed at least 19 people with that is an early figure. the u.s. president has warned that the loss of life could be substantial. hundreds of people have already been rescued, millions are without power. >> some of t...

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Confirmed rescues so far, those numbers are expected to rise. more than 2 million homes and businesses still without power, ian is now turning over the atlantic as a category one hurricane. forecasts say that it is strengthening making a second landfall in south carolina in the coming hours. when it made landfall on wednesday, porch mice was one of the first communities to could take a direct hit. high winds and heavy flooding left the city devastated. and cnn's randi kaye is there. >> one hurricane in hit, this woman was alone in her home. >> when the surge took out my sliding glass doors, it...

Neighbor, tom podgormy, was just a few doors down riding down the storm with her family, when he saw gail's car, he knew she may need help. >> what did you find when you want to gail's house? >> i could not go out first because the river was coming across at 40 miles per hour. i found her on the front porch, kind of in water in a chair, shaking really bad, kind of hypothermic, calmed her down. and then we made a long slow walk into four feet of water into my house. >> you are 85, how grateful are you that somebody came to rescue you? >> tom is a blessing. >> blessing? >> a blessing, yeah. >> s...