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category 4 storm this week, and we continue to follow ian as it moves into north carolina after making landfall as a hurricane there. it is now moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone, posing all sorts of problems for that part of the country. even though it's been downgraded, officials warn it still threatens the area with herb rain and flooding. in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline, and as high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, two piers, one in pawleys island and another in north myrtle beach -- you see here -- partially collapsing....

I guess it was the first time in a high-rise. we had three or four people with us. you see the water. we were nauseous. the building is meant to sway like many big cities like new york. that, we didn't expect. i expected to have some swing, but i didn't expect to lose my equilibrium, and that's an unreal feeling. >> you were sitting there for hours and hours. you probably got nauseous and vertigo. i want to let folks watching know, rob is actually a meteorologist, so you're well aware of what these hurricanes can do. you told me that you'd been living here in fort myers for a couple of years. ...

Rise here in florida and residents start to regain access to areas that were cut off by the storm, the full-scale of hurricane ian's devastation is coming into a clearer view, and it is a grim picture, the damage going far beyond only property. at least 45 people are dead. others are still unaccounted for as rescue crews start to gain access to those areas that were cut off, many of the islands cut off. still 1.3 million customers without power. most of the people in fort myers are without drinking water. as we start to assess the damage this weekend, residents are picking up the pieces. one o...