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top of the hour, this busy thursday morning, i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. welcome to our viewers. the breaking news we are following this morning, hurricane ian leaving just stunning devastating destruction in florida as a hurricane then a tropical storm. still pummeling the state though. 14 million people in florida are currently under flood alerts. 2.5 million businesses without power along with homes. they're rescuing people trapped inside flooded homes. governor ron desantis spoke about the devastation so many are waking up to this morning. >> there's 1.5 million outages...

begin to assess just how many lives have been lost. the high waters, homes, buildings and roads ripped apart, ongoing search and rescue missions, and the damage is not just along the coast. welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we start with the first look at the death and devastation left behind by hurricane ian across southwest and central florida. this same system first made landfall in cuba then onto florida's west coast. now ian is about to strengthen and make its third landfall. let's show you what ian has done already. this is fort myers beach this morning. chunks of metal...

earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. >> there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. -- i will take a knee. oops. i'll have to take a knee there. >> -- >> okay. you guys got it -- i'm going back out. >> the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let's go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. miche...

down, you have trees that are down, you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands, in some of the coasts, but some of those inland places off rivers and off these inlets, you know, you're likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead. so that is a hazard and just please be aware that that is something that you -- if you weathered the storm to this point, going and doing and getting involved in that is just totally not worth it, and we want to minimize any harm to anybody as...