collier or county, florida, where 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. rachel: search and rescue efforts still underway across the state as 30 people have been confirmed dead with 27 deaths in florida alone. more than 1 million people many florida still without power. here with us today is representative greg steube, he s from the house foreign affairs committee, and, of course, he is from florida. what do you know about this leveesome because we ve been getting conflicting reports, congressman. so i talked to the sheriff and, unfortunately, he couldn t join you because he could give you an update. if they were trying, northport from police and the sarasota sheriff s department has been trying to get people out on boats and and airboats, and they were actually using that intersate area to go back and forth and bring individuals from their homes to the interstate because that was the only way to get them in and out either by airboat o
winds were so powerful, it washed out the bridge. o donnell: cbs meg oliver is in orlando, where sheriff s deputies formed a human chain to pull a woman to safety. vladimir putin defiantly claims ukrainian territory, in a bizarre ceremony to rally the russian people. cbs charlie d agata reports from ukraine tonight on the new threats and america s response. and, on the road. cbs steve hartman has the story of a 91-year-old super fan with a record to be proud of. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. as we come on the air, ian is now a post-tropical cyclone, but it is still bringing dangerous conditions to much of the east coast. ian slammed into the south carolina coast as a strong category 1 storm packing winds of 85 mil
i m john berman in ft. myers, florida, and the storm has intensified again. 85-mile-per-hour winds, heading towards the carolinas. this after tearing the destructive path across florida. it is expected to make landfall in south carolina around midday, somewhere between charleston and myrtle beach. it could produce life-threatening floods there in the carolinas. this is already liskely the largest natural disaster in florida s history. i m standing in the middle of some of the damage, in a marina where the boats have been washed up on to the shore here. parts of florida have been seriously damaged. as of this morning, 19 storm-related deaths. that number will almost certainly rise. in ft. myers beach, some of the destruction is breathtaking. i had a chance to have an aerial view of it, take a helicopter ride over, and there were sections that were just washed away. the pier, the large pier there, you can see it almost better from air. that s just been completely washed away. a
of ian s destruction in florida is still being revealed. we re seeing horrifying new images of wiped out communities, as rescue operations continue and the death toll rises. also tonight, vladimir putin vows victory will be ours. that s what he says and throws a red square celebration after annexing one fifth of ukraine. the u.s. and its allies are condemning the land grab as illegal and president biden is warning putin won t get away with what he calls this dangerous escalation of the war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news right now in south carolina, ian s newest target, after its catastrophic onslaught in florida. cnn correspondents are on the scene in both states, covering this disaster. and our weather center is tracking ian s path right now. first, let s go to cnn s miguel marquez in pauley s island in south carolina
safety. vladimir putin defiantly claims ukrainian territory in a bizarre ceremony to rally the russian people. cbs charlie d agata reports from ukraine tonight on the new threats and america s response. and on the road. cbs steve hartman has the story of a 91-year-old super fan with a record to be proud of. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. and as we come on the ear, ian is now a post-tropical cyclone but it is still bringing dangerous conditions to most much of the east coast. ian slammed into the south carolina coast as a strong category 1 storm packing winds of 85 miles per hour. the storm made landfall in the u.s. for the second times in georgetown with torrential rains and floodwaters. south carolina s governor is urging residents to stay inside. the storm will continue to bring flooding rain from the carolinas to the mid-atlantic, a