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good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will speak this afternoon about the federal government's coordination with leaders in georgia, south carolina and, of course, hurricane ravaged florida. we expect to hear from ron desantis later this hour. let's begin with nbc's kathy park in charleston, south carolina. residents are used to flooding in that historic district. this looks like it's going to be an unprecedented event. >> reporter: yeah. good afternoon. that's absolutely right. hurricane ian is still barrelling this way. we are getting slammed with t...

first confirmed hurricane related death in osceola count. 14 million people right now under a flood advisory. the scale of destruction is hard to comprehend. we are learning more by the minute. any minute from now, president biden gets a briefing on the scope and devastation of this storm. millions of floridians right now without electricity. lee and charlotte counties in southwestern florida knocked entirely off the power grid, that according to florida's governor. emergency responders working through a backlog of calls for help. for some, that help won't get there in time. in naple...

washington. president biden is about to arrive at fema headquarters. the president approved a major disaster declaration for florida and spoke with governor ron desantis. >> you have power lines that are down. you have trees that are down. you have a lot of hazards right now. today is about identifying the people that need help, who may still be in harm's way, but also beginning the process of rebuilding some of the things that we need. >> the tropical storm continues to barrel towards the atlantic ocean where it's expected to regain strength and make a second landfall tomorrow along...

the governor talked about how impressed he was. these are dangerous missions. i'm grateful for the brave women and men in federal, state and local governments working as one team risking their lives to save others. and we're going to learn a lot more in the coming hours. but we know many families are hurting. many. many are hurting today. and our entire country hurts with them. because it's been all over the country we have seen so many crises. but in florida today, it's the epicenter. we're continuing to see deadly rainfall, catastrophic storm surges, roads and homes flooded. we're ...

gulf coast more than five people rescued in charlotte and lee county so far. >> if you need to be evacuated step out of your front door. >> the fort meyers fire chief said they conducted 200 water rescues overnight. lee county was the hardest hit. this is a home on fire after the storm. fire crews as you can imagine unable to reach it. this is a neighborhood completely inundated as you can see floodwaters have yet to receive. new video from the lee county sheriff's office confirming the work -- worse. whole towns have been completely level and mayors giving details about their town o...