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all of this. i'm going to get to it. i'll see you tomorrow night. thanks. this is don lemon tonight, and i'm in orlando florida, and being here, what's really amazing is the amount of water. as i said last night, this has been a water storm. it's all about the water. it's not about the wind. this hurricane dumped so much water on the state of florida. what you see behind me, these trees are usually under water behind me, so people would normally be walking behind me on this path. but now, if you go there, you're at your own risk. the destruction it's caused here is amazing inland, an...

>> lost everything lost night. i've been in the house since 1987. pictures and memories. >> just gone. >> and there was a front door and it was a surge and it took me to the middle of the yard and i fought to get back into the porch. >> i would have gotten me and my family ahead of time. >> and where do you start? >> that is a question so many people are asking right now. in just minutes, president biden is going to be giving an update on the federal response to this dafter. we'll bring you the remarks live. before that, let's get to chad myers with where the storm is heading now. wh...

we know that at least 10 have been confirmed dead. officials are warning us that that number will likely be higher. >> significant damage i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and likely many more than that. >> ainsley: florida's governor ron desantis there. he is going to have a press conference today at 8:45 a.m. with an update on ian and we will bring you that live. these before and after photos are showing the extent of the damage down in fort myers. a crew is being enforced -- is being enforced there to prevent all of the looting. >> brian...

counties. that's along the gulf of mexico, southwest corner we pointed out a moment ago. you have 40,000 linemen on the ground. they will need them in order to restore power. >> dana: they have restored power to a significant portion already. it is impressive the work they've done. there is a long way to go. 14,000 people in shelters. also a call for everybody to make sure they are being very smart in using their generators in order to protect people from any problems there and from electrocution and also from carbon monoxide. follow those instructions very, very carefully. >> bill: ...

it's the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." i'm alisyn camerota in new york. hurricane ian has killed at least 13 people. it's the strongest storm to hit the west coast of florida in nearly 20 years. local officials say we should brace for that number of victims to rise. the life and death danger from ian continues as it pushes northeast, still pummelling florida. rescuers were pulling people from high water all day and night. survivors describe no time to wait as people had to carry children, as you can see, through chest-high waters. ian made landfall just west of cape coral. our c...