feet high, could plunge into the neighborhood. it s just one of the many gulf coast communities still suffering from catastrophic flooding. it s been quite an operation. some of our major thoroughfares have become impassable even as the water recedes, there s washouts. so we have a long, long recovery period. all of this following hurricane ian s destructiv ive h across florida. it slammed into the gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane. entire towns leveled. florida governor ron desantis is expected to give an update on the situation later on in this hour. we ll take that for you live. let s send it down to boris sanchez with our coverage from ft. myers, florida. boris? fred, you just broke the news that we have been dreading all day. initially, when we got up this morning, officials had told us that the death toll from hurricane ian was hanging at around 45 fatalities, and you just broke the news, 64 people killed by hurricane ian here in the state of florida and potent
twenty first, an israeli intelligence firm, isi, noticed something unusual at olenka air base. satellite imagery detected a , quote, unusual presence of forty one sixty russian strategic bombers there on sight. now, these are strategic supersonic bombers that are designed to carry nuclear weapons. you re seeing the satellite images from owling air base on your screen right now. then just days ago on september twenty fifth, israeli intelligence spotted three more russian strategic bombers at alinea. these were two ninety five turboprops. they re one of the oldest nuclear capable missile platforms in russia s arsenal. prior to august. the jerusalem post reports there were no strategic bombers at alinea. now, as of this week, there are at least seven . ukraine is now well within the range of both bombers. in related news, the deputy head of ukraine s intelligence just determined that there s a , quote, very high risk of imminent tactical nuclear strikes on ukraine. now,
justice clarence thomas, they never speak about cases pending before the supreme court. ask clients if that is true. that s what we learned about the testimony this week. tucker carlson continues to push pro-russian propaganda on his show. wait until you hear his latest claim that russian tv is predictably eating up. all of that and more is coming up. good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. we begin the show in south carolina. that is where residents are waking up to the devastating damage left by hurricane ian. the powerful storm made landfall again yesterday. a category one hurricane around 2 pm eastern. it was downgraded hours later to a post-tropical cyclone. and now pushing its way north. the storm caused severe flooding in parts of the state. this is what we are looking at. it is a neighborhood near myrtle beach. roads are underwater after heavy rain pounded the area. several piers along the coast, including this one, they were partially collapsing from the sto
let anyone know that if they have a boat, get people. our coverage of hurricane ian continues now with anderson cooper 360. the sheriff here in lee county told reporters about the afternoon destruction that is everywhere tonight. no words to describe what we saw and are seeing in the present tense, which is important to note, because this is an ongoing disaster in florida and potentially in coastal carolina. hurricane in yes, it is a hurricane again taste is taking ada. this is what it did to fort myers beach. is the most impressive storm ever to hit this part of florida. here is our first look at the area from above. it is far from the only look at the destruction that can be revealed from the air. in struct the barrier islands hard severing the bridge to pine island, as you can see here, along with the santa bell causeway which is impassable tonight. it also did considerable damage to marinas up and down the coast, pushing even larger boat around like toys. florida
path the danger is real to state the obvious. please obey all warnings. brian in florida desperate search and rescue efforts underway this morning. at least 10 confirmed dead. officials warn that number likely to climb. significant damage that i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and there is likely many more than that. brian: there you go. before and after photos showing the extent of the damage in fort myers. curfew being enforced there to prevent looting. more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have live team coverage this morning. meteorologist adam klotz is standing by with ian s latest track. but, first, fox weather correspondent robert wray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage. robert? yeah, it s tremendous. it s really everywhere you look. and especially when you start heading down to fort myers beach where all those rescues have occurred and where governor antioxidant just talked ab