we begin with the aftermath of him, and what could be the costliest hurricane in u.s. history. and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering with heavy rains from the creek of islands to new england marking. out some and delivering strangers storm surge to the south. in florida, it s climbing. in this hour it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they re also assessing the damage, it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed. homes flattened. residents, left in complete shock. i wish we should be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with that storm. the power of that storm? it would ve crashed into that side of the house. we would ve been swept away. to see the damage of clothes, it s almost frightening to see just how easily he d chewed through tons of concrete and steel. but to the danger above? heartbreaking. when you realize this is the only way an entire community c
we begin with the aftermath of ian and what could be the costliest hurricane and u.s. history. ian o was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering heavy rains for the carolinas to new england, knocking out power to sum and delivering dangerous storm search to the east coast. in florida, the death toll is climbing. at this hour, it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they are also assessing the damage. it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed, homes flattened, residents left in complete shock. we should not be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with the storm. but the power of that storm, if that would have crashed into the side of the house, we would have been swept away. to view the damage up close, it s almost frightening to see just how easily ian true through tons of concrete and steel. but the view the damage from above, heartbreaking, when you realize that this
this is one of the roads that about an hour ago was closed off. it is now open again. power companies reporting that at its peak, there were about 100,000 people without power. right now, that s about 5000 and they expect most people to have their power back by 8 pm, so the recovery is underway, as we drive around, you hear the homes of the chainsaws and leaf blowers, but many people saying that they are fortunate that is all that they were dealing with when they compared to what they are seeing to what we know is happening in florida. nbc news correspondent shaq brewster reporting from charleston for us. meanwhile, the massive recovery effort continues in florida. let s bring in denise cutler, the chief development officer of the all-base food bank there operates in southwestern florida. dennis, thank you for joining me. talk to us about your response, your organization s response to ian s devastation. what are you doing to help the victims of the disaster right now? thank you for
yesterday, in particular, actually, we did a special distribution right out of our warehouse, which is quite unusual for us. we are usually distributing deep into the community, but we knew it was safe at our warehouse, and we are not far from the interstate. we had two trucks come through, pick up trucks, and they were from a church, a local church in sarasota. we loaded them up, and they were driving down to fort myers, so that they can get deep into were disaster really hit. how are you working with other charities in south florida to help with the cleanup and rebuilding efforts taken place? all based food bank, we are part of the feeding america network. we are built to react and recover from disaster. we are also part of feeding florida, a network of the 12 food banks in the feeding america network in florida. we all work together as united front, helping to each other, bringing resources back and forth. denise cutler, thank you for
what we are seeing in florida, and because at that, the recovery has also been accelerated. the city reporting most of the roads that were flooded that were closed, have since been cleared. this is one of the roads that about an hour ago was closed off. it is now open again. power companies reporting that at its peak, there were about 100,000 people without power. right now, that s about 5000 and they expect most people to have their power back by 8 pm, so the recovery is underway, as we drive around, you hear the homes of the chainsaws and leaf blowers, but many people saying that they are fortunate that is all that they were dealing with when they compared to what they are seeing to what we know is happening in florida. nbc news correspondent shaq brewster reporting from charleston for us. meanwhile, the massive recovery effort continues in florida. let s bring in denise cutler, the chief development officer of the all-base food bank there operates in southwestern florida. dennis,