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even. all of the flooding blocking this major highway behind me. we did what we had to do. i wouldn t have changed anything. i lost my boat, everything i had, but saved three guys, it s worth it. can we get some help around here? would that be too much to ask? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday october 3rd, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. five days after hurricane ian slammed into florida. at least 76 people have lost their lives. and entire communes have been wiped out. in some of the worst hit areas, workers have not only trying to find signs of life beneath the rubble, they re helping those who have lost their entire livel livelihoods. the loss is so great places like fort myers may never return to what they were. there are a lot of people with no homes to return to now or in the future. they ll be eligible for individual assistance. we re still in the search and recovery assistance. and then begins ....
still quite dangerous. rescue crews are looking for survivors now five days later and the death toll is climbing. officials have confirmed 76 people have died. most in lee county where ian stormed ashore as a category 4. it is feared there had be more victims. now the power is slowly being restored in florida. more than 6,000 homes and businesses still in the dark this morning and it could be months before many are back on the grid. many don t have clean tap water, that makes the overwhelming task of rebuilding that much harder. and now officials in lee county are facing questions about why the first mandatory evacuations weren t ordered until a day before landfall despite a plan that said evacuations should have happened earlier. governor ron desantis defending their actions. they informed people, and most people didn t want to do it. are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to? i don t think that s the appropriate use of government. flori ....