Hurricane Ian is back on shore after its second landfall on the U.S. mainland. The storm struck near Georgetown, South Carolina Friday afternoon with winds of 85 mph, heavy rain and surging waves. In its wake, officials in Florida confirmed at least 17 dead with vast scenes of wreckage along the state's southwestern coastline. John Yang reports.
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then deal with the cleanup on the other side as long as everybody is safe. martha: thank you very much. you heard from one of the best in the business. ed mccrane is one of the best emergency managers ever. we re in good shape. martha: it s nice to hear everybody complimentary of the leadership. you don t hear that around the country these days. i hear it in florida. thanks, paul, very much. we ll come see you in your restaurants some time. good to have you with us. let s go to nate foy. he was here yesterday. now he s in orlando, florida covering this story for us. nate, good to see you again. what is going on where you are? well, you can see conditions are not bad yesterday here right now, martha. governor desantis has said, you know, as the storm makes landfall in southwest florida and pushes up to daytona beach, if you draw a line from southwest florida to daytona beach, orlando is smack dab in the middle of it.
situation for anybody who is in the path of this hurricane. incredibly well-organized. looks a lot like katrina in many ways from the sky, in terms of how massive this hurricane is. so just to keep in mind, we re covering this for you from so many different locations across florida. our reporters will come in and out as we get them ready, we ll bring them to you. with that in mind, let s bring in ed mccrane right now. sarasota county emergency management chief and u.s. army veteran. so many of our former military in these positions to help people deal with these natural disasters. thanks, ed. tell us about what you re experiencing and what you re seeing where you are. thank you. thanks for the opportunity to get the word out to the folks. right now we can t do anything else. this morning when the winds started to pick up, about two hours ago, we went to 45 miles