carolinas at this hour with high winds, heavy rain and the threat of floods. now, officials say the storm thankfully has been downgraded from a hurricane, but it still poses a threat as it makes its way inland. it has already caused considerable damage in south carolina where it made landfall friday. now, you see that video there. it s the storm ripping through a pier in north myrtle beach causing part of it to collapse. now, it also submerged this neighborhood with a storm surge that was several feet high. so far, thankfully again there have been no reported deaths in south carolina. it s not the case in florida. at least 45 people have lost their lives, and we re getting a clearer picture of the extraordinary damage this storm left behind. entire neighborhoods that were once brimming with life i mean look at it. they re now flattened fields littered with debris. this is footage from fort myers beach where one woman s struggle to survive was captured in a phone call. i a
of hurricane ian, what residents are finding when they return home. plus vladimir putin s brazen move, how the rest of the world is reacting to the russian president s plan to annex part of ukraine. and how south korea is reacting to the latest missile launches from pyongyang. relief and recovery efforts are ongoing in florida after parts of the state with utterly devastated by hurricane ian. this is some of the damage left behind in ft. myers, a town once brimming with life is now a flattened field littered with debris. residents say much of what they own has been washed away and lost forever. lost everything last night. everything. family is okay, dogs are okay, parents are okay. lost everything we had. pictures, memories. gone. and we re seeing similar trails of destruction in other parts of florida where some residents are still trapped and waiting for help. my grandparents are still at the house. we have animals there. they didn t want to leave the animals. s
reporter: great pains have been taken to pay tribute to the queen s 70 year reign through a five pound coin available to collectors featuring a portrait of her majesty at the beginning of her reign and one capturing her in her later years. the first coin to enter general circulation will be a 50 pence coin. the direction in which the king faces, he faces in the opposite direction to the queen, so he faces to the left, the queen faced to the right. and that is a 300-year-old tradition. no idea actually why. reporter: coin makers hope the new coin will enter circulation just in time for christmas. it is all part of a 1,000 year tradition of british royals being depicted on coins. historically there has always been a portrait of the monarch. even going back to the anglment
on-saxon times. and must have been electrifying moment for the people of britain at that time. suddenly they could see the features of their king. reporter: nowadays british people will not only need to acquaint themselves with new coins, but also bank notes and stamps which will all change to reflect the new head of state. and as it edges closer to a cashless society, coin makers hope these designs will spark a renewed interest in coins. no question people will want to mark this occasion, this moment in british history. coins have that relationship. people nickname them. such a familiar object in people s lives. the king is there staring back at them as it were makes that connection between monarch and people. reporter: and allow members of the public to feel part of this new chapter in british
reporter: coin makers hope this new 50 p coin will enter circulation just before christmas. it s all part of a 1,000 year tradition of british royals being depicted on coins. historically there s always been a portrait of the monarch. for the greater part of anglo-saxon, early medieval period it wasn t a recognized individual. at the end of the 15th century there was a recognizable subtlety on the coins for the people of britain that suddenly could see the features of their king. reporter: the british people will not only need to equate themselves with new coins but also bank notes and stamps, which will all change to reflect the new head of state. as britain edges closer to a cashless society, coin makers hope these designs will spark a renewed interest in coins. there s no question people will want to mark this occasion,