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community near sarasota, a possible levee breech could push a 15-foot wall of water into the neighborhood. sarasota is just one of the many gulf coast communities still dealing with severe flooding. hurricane ian slamming southwest florida as a category 4 storm. the death toll now stands at 45. but that number could rise as crews reach areas that have been cut off because of the flooding. right now, the remnants of ian moving over the mid-atlantic states following friday s direct hit on the south carolina coast as a category 1 hurricane. now down to boris in hard-hit ft. myers. boris? reporter: fred, neighbors here are stunned at just is raw power of mother nature. i m not sure how well you can see it behind me, but there are several vessels, five what appear to be commercial fishing charter sized vessels that were lifted from when they were here in this marina in ft. myers and tossed onto the outside part of that bridge, just thrown around like debris, one of many ....
Cnn s reporter in arcadia, florida, close to where this massive storm made landfall. nadia, we got an update from the sheriff of north point, florida, saying essentially while that levee was compromised they were able to get people out of that area in time, so there is no immediate danger to life. i m wondering what updates you re getting about that levee and what you re seeing where you are. reporter: yeah. i think the concern, boris, is the aftermath of a storm and what do you do with all this water. the you would haven gotten that knock on your door in the morning telling you the levee had been compromised and they were asking people to evacuate, that sense of panic, that sense of trauma is what we ve been talking to people about for the past couple days. you first have the storm, now you re dealing with survival. that s exactly what s happening here in de soto county. i m in arcadia, florida. this is highway 70 right here. even though it definitely looks like a river behind me, i ....
Cajun navy. na nadia, thank you so much. we want to pivot to a different part of southwest florida, nape lgs, and that s where we find cnn s brian todd, who has been tracking the aftermath of this storm soon after it made landfall. brian, when we were speaking in the last hour, we were lamenting that alongside those who come to help, also come those who unfortunately try to take advantage of people at a desperate time, and you have been hearing from someone who feels directly talking to someone that might be labeled an an tunist opportunist trying to money from someone trying to help with a recovery process, right? that s right. this was a building manager down the street here who told me that there was a contractor who came. most of the contractors we have to say are honest people, doing good work, great work, and don t want to gouge people, but there are some who are opportunists and this building manager encountered someone who said how many units do you have that need ....
Hopped in their cars headed towards the airport causing more of a traffic congestion. still in the middle of this trying to figure out the details. it s still ongoing. shows viewers, you see right outside the security checkpoint some of those security rope lines have been toppled over. i suppose people were just running at one point. we have other pictures that show folks out on the tarmac next to where the airplanes are parked at the, at the sky bridges. and then on top of that, we have pictures that show just empty corridors inside the hartsfield terminal. i mean, sounds like this just really knocked this airport on its knees for a little while there. na nadia? art absolutely did. different groups s people. some told to shelter in place. hit the ground. hiding. because they heard gunshots, and were afraid of an active shooter ....
Brian laundrie still missing. it will be three weeks on tuesday, fred. yeah. so many questions still unanswered for a very long time. na nadia, thank you so much. snail mail is about to get more snaily. from here on out, the post office is delaying long distance mail, close to a third of what they carry. cnn s kristen holmes explains. reporter: after more than a year of complaints nationwide about the snail-like pace of mail delivery. they should figure out a way to get it there on time. reporter: it s about to get worse. we already wait so much. reporter: the cause, trump-era louis dejoy s plan started friday and it promises to increase the delivery time for first class mail from three days to five. experts say this will mostly affect mail traveling long distances. the postal service relying more ....