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>> yeah, that's right, look, as you mentioned it's weakened now to a tropical storm, but weakened or not, ian is still one for the record books cutting this brutal path across florida's west coast. as much as 20 inches of rain fell in some areas. this morning, there's 14 million people under flood alerts. more than 2 million homes and businesses are without power across florida. and that intense flooding that berman mentioned there in places like fort myers and naples, here you're seeing pictures of those areas, it's leaving people who decided to ride out the storm just trapped in th...

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...

and they'll have to be rebuilt. unfortunately, there are also homes and businesses that will simply not be able to safely take the power once it's ready. but the 20,000 plus men and women who are already here are staging and getting on the field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on. again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always poses different challenges. but appreciate all the support from the state. governor, thank you. from local law enforcement as well, national guard. this is a team sport and a team effor...

coast guard deployed 16 rescue helicopters, six fixed wing aircraft and 18 rescue boats and crews. that's just one element of the many federal search and rescue teams staged in florida and the governor talked about how impressed he was with what the coast guard is going this morning. these are dangerous missions and i'm grateful for the brave women and men, 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 are hurting today, and our entire c...

field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on, again as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different, and always poses different challenges. appreciate all the support from the state, governor, thank you, from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, this is a team sport and a team effort and we are going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet and where we all want to be. thank you. >> and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the ex ten to which that infrastructure has remained is critical...