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Process. you can register for assistance. there are life-sustaining activities continuing. >> the search and rescue teams all come together under unified command to make sure they are going door to door. they are ensuring that anyone is in need of any life-sustaining resources. get them immediately. that effort is ongoing. it is like you said. there are some communities that are isolated. commodities are being airlifted and dropped in. there are others where we just need to make sure that we sweep the entire area systematically. those searches, whatever niger uncover, they need to undress. >> ...

For days, doesn't it? we still have some roads in our area that are impassable, here in the charleston area. so, yes, what happened is, since we are on the ocean, we've got the tides coming in and all that water coming in ahead of hurricane ianjust got pushed in and pushed in to our creeks and our harbour and itjust couldn't evacuate, so even still at this hour, there are some roads in charleston that are not passible. we are only about seven feet above sea level, so it doesn't take much for us to flood. right. and moving on from now, how is it going, thought to be weakening? it is weakening. ...

Carry these boats and these pieces of the dock, john. now, we have this new makeshift boatyard. we will see how long they will be able to stay here. of course, so many people will be trying to rebuild. john? >> people live on this boats. their homes are the things that are upside down. literally, a block away from where they used to sit in the water. what about rescue mission in your area, randi? >> we know, even last night, before the storm ended, the coast guard here in fort myers was plucking people off the roof tops. that is how desperate they were. that have rescued about 200 people here ...

Aggressive last night and get out there. this morning, we were able to utilize our parks and rec to actually do a lot of road clearing. we were able to do some searches in the daylight. that was neighbors checking on other neighbors. we don't know what we don't know. even though we have a full day of daylight, there are still areas that we, you know, still have to get to and knock on those doors and make sure all the residents are okay. it is going to be a dynamic situation for a few days here. >> reporter: i was able to gulp in a helicopter this afternoon over fort myers beach and it is hard ...

Dump up to a foot of rain across south carolina. even if you're not in the biggest storm surge threat area, john, you can see incredible amounts of flooding. we saw what the storm has already done in places like e orlando. this is no joke. >> reporter: and the people in florida will tell the e people south carolina, , pay very clos attention to allll of this. jennifer gray, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> reporter: we will be joined by the fort myers fire chief. and the mayor of santa bell which is cut off from the mainland tonight. peaceful state. full plate. wait, are you my blind date? d...