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that number could rise even higher as search and rescue crews work to reach cutoff areas, removing debris from destroyed homes and businesses along florida s southwest coastline and we re learning that miami-dade fire rescue crews are conducting helicopter evacuations on sanibel island. boris sanchez is there in fort myers, florida. boris, you just spoke with the lee county sheriff a few moments ago. what was said? reporter: fred, there have been a lot of questions today about the timing of when lee county ordered evacuations. we re in lee county right now in fort myers. what we ve learned is lee county ordered its first evacuations more than a day after forecasts met the county s criteria despite the fact the county has an emergency plan that suggests evacuations should have happened earlier. the county s comprehensive emergency ma or more of water would indicate the need for hurricane evacuations in the most vulnerable areas. a lot of lee county is a vulnerable area ....
rising death toll and questions being raised over evacuation orders. this morning florida continues to reel from hurricane ian. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. john berman is off this morning. officials are saying ian killed at least 76 people in florida after the monster storm barreled through the state. governor ron desantis says more than 1600 rescues have been made since the storm made landfall. communities have been left unrecognizedable. this morning more than 613,000 customers are still without power. many floridians still without clean tap water. shocking pictures. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where more than half of the storm-related deaths have been announced so far. they are now facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than neighboring counties. here is what governor desantis had to say. is that something you ll be reviewing, looking at the evacuation orders. lee county ....
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the private jet crashed into a car while trying to land on I-75. The FAA says five people were on board. Two are confirmed dead; three survived. ....
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the private jet crashed into a car while trying to land on I-75. The FAA says five people were on board. Two are confirmed dead; three survived. ....