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mid-atlantic states. after leaving florida, ian did make landfall earlier today near myrtle beach, south carolina, as a category one hurricane. it heavily flooded a local street. do you see this? this was a scene a few miles south and nearby pawleys island. the streets are turning into rivers look at this. the power of the storm surge as the hurricane was churning, the atlantic ocean, it sliced a peer into. as ian news northward tonight, a tornado watches now in effect for parts of the carolinas and virginia for at least one more hour until 10 pm eastern. meanwhile, back in florida, the extent of the destruction, well, it s staggering. this, that we re looking at, that is aerial video of fort myers beach. much of the committee has simply been totally obliterated. the result of a hurricane smashing into that part of florida as a massive category four storm. last night, the sheriff s office in lee county what you campuses the fort myers area, is releasing this new video, ....
on shore after hurricane force winds and storm surge push them out of the sea. this is a scene of utter destruction. in areas where the storm leveled homes and businesses, damage assessments are also underway in south carolina to the was battered by dangerous storm surge. residents from florida to virginia facing another challenge in the form of a power outages. the lights are still out for more than 1 million people in florida alone. the white house has yet to confirm when president biden will visit that state. he says he plans to travel there as soon ask conditions allow. meanwhile much needed relief is starting to flow to some of the hardest hit areas after the president approved federal emergency aid for florida, south carolina, and north carolina. fox team coverage on ian s aftermath from the fox weather center, florida and south carolina. that is where we begin with nay boy live in myrtle beach. john, good evening. the damage here certainly could have been wor ....
That s a different, of course, infrastructure. that was five years ago. it s going to take a while for this place to heal. ryan, i want to go to you as well. thank, you will come back to you, bill. ryan, you re actually in orlando, where some residents, as bill and i were talking about, they are traveling by boat to help their neighbors. tell me about the effort happening there to help. this is really something to see. a lot of these people went to sleep around 4:00 in the morning, and when they woke up the next day, they had no yard. in fact, they had no mailbox because the water was coming up so fast. this is a neighborhood that is known for flooding. the folks who live here say they ve never seen the water rise so fast, and so high. at this hour, tonight, there are still people who decided to stay back there and not evacuate. want to show you this video because we got on a boat with a guy who said he could see his neighbors continue to suffer. he wanted to make sure he went out ....
Boat out there, bill, to go from the sea to where it was positioned on the dry land, on top of a car, it s unbelievable to see. there is so much destruction. i wonder if there is a sense at all about the amount of time it s going to take to even get things up and running at the basic level for people to even, maybe, return to inhabit their, homes or even see the damage? i think, honestly, if you judged by history and past storms, it comes down to separate communities, and recovery plans, and cleanup plans, and now it s, sort of, all politics is local, all cleanup and recovery is local in a storm like this. of course, fema will help and the state is promising as many resources, and we ve got people flooding things. there s donations pouring in as well. this is a big, big, big mess to clean up. you, know they re still cleaning up after maria in puerto rico. ....
And ended up coming adrift on shore in myrtle beach. one person was arrested trying to climb the boat. officials were trying to push back a crowd of 50 people from getting on that, some excitement in the midst of a lot of excitement earlier today. we felt those tropical storm gusts of wind really just got pounded by that heavy rain as it came through this area. laura? unbelievable. nick, thank you. i m glad to know no one was on. hopefully that trump vote. there were others out there, of course. bill, i want to go back to you. look, when you see this storm barreling through florida, and to regain strength and hit south carolina, can you speak to us about what we are seeing in the climate now that we are seeing this extreme weather that really allows this to happen? buildings where you are withstood hurricane charlie. it withstood places witnesses from hurricane irma. now, what is this telling you? well it s just the earth science that we have been talking about for a few ....