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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...

Obviously florida building ing is excellent . you've seen buildings behave the way they're supposed to, but also we're seeing just a lot of property loss, personal items, things washed away. all types of infrastructure damage, spending a lot of time on our beaches trying to get them back clean and then we'll take the time as the sand begins to settle to determine the type of loss we've had right there on the coast. >> thank you so much for your time tonight. and you are in the cnn newsroom. up next we're going to turn our attention to ukraine, where ukrainian troops raised their flag over a ...