the former president keeping election lie alive at his rally in michigan. it took a month, for one thing, to let biden in their. they had a whole month to cheat or whatever they did and it was supposed to be a one day election. next hour, our friends at the good buyers are going to join us with the up close trump faithful that rally as well. and miss nbc has confirmed the 78 people have died after the path of destruction, including excuse me. for people in north carolina, somebody for in florida, more than hundred thousand customers without power and that s improvement for more than 2 million, in the dark over the weekend began. and to bring liz maclachlan who standing by for us there. liz, give us a sense as we spoke yesterday of the absolute destruction there. we know now that the rescue efforts are ongoing on? that s right, yasmin. crews are working day and night here in fort myers right now. you can see some of the demolition crew behind me, residents won t
as the tourism minister said. they re expecting to continue their operations. another thing to show you, though, is what happened to these easyjet passengers. they were waiting on the tarmac for about three hours before their flight took off. you can see them there fanning themselves with the in flight safety instructions. and we have had word that this flight, while it did take off, had to land in milan because the crew had timed out. so these people still not home. their destination was london. another thing to show you is the amount of people that are in the airport waiting for flights, and some of them may be waiting for some time for the reasons we ve outlined. and we know that the uk foreign office is sending a support team to help british nationals at the airport. some of the things they ll be focusing on is getting people emergency documents. many of these people may have headed to the airport without those documents, not able to go back to the resorts and hotels where they wer
you is the amount of people that are in the airport waiting for flights, and some of them may be waiting for some time for the reasons we ve outlined. and we know that the uk foreign office is sending a support team to help british nationals at the airport. some of the things they ll be focusing on is getting people emergency documents. many of these people may have headed to the airport without those documents, not able to go back to the resorts and hotels where they were staying to pick up luggage and passports, things like that. so that s also under way. and this is an important thing to look at. these here are where the fires are and these are the areas that have been where people have been evacuated from. 19,000 people we know have so far had to leave. now, that includes tourists and locals as well. and we ve seen images of hotels that have been damaged in this area. now, this is rhodes. you can see the aegean sea marked here. but i also want to show you some pictures from another
thing to show you is the amount of people in the airport waiting for flights. some may be waiting for some time for reasons we have outlined. we know the uk foreign office is sending a support team to help british nationals at the airport. some of the things they will be focusing on is getting people emergency documents, many people emergency documents, many people may have headed to the airport without those documents and unable to go back to hotels and resorts where they were staying to pick up luggage and passports and things like that. so that is also under way. this is an important thing to look at. these here are bread the fires are in these are the areas that have where people have been evacuated from. 19,000 people we be no have so far had to leave. that includes tourists and locals as well. we have seen images of hotels that have been damaged in this area. this is rhodes you can see the marketeer but i will also show you some pictures from another island.
is very unpredictable. and lee county emergency documents, however, really stressed a time is off the f since strategy. the police that we were yesterday, jasmine, i talk to you from pine island there is only one way in and out and if you are the places are like that, to. those bridges and roads totally collapsed and now and those emergency planning documents note the challenge there that swift evacuation just isn t possible because of the large population in the very few roadways. a lot of questions here about that planning and what could be done to prevent the tragedy in the future. two things of note here, import to reiterate. the president announcing yesterday that they will be traveling to the state of florida yesterday with the hard hit. by hurricane. this maclachlan for, us thank you, we appreciate it. i want to move with you to fort myers beach where we find nick standing by for us, as well. another place got entire lee