because they have to go through that debris to make sure that they re looking for people that could hopefully still be alive, we can rescue. the coast guard is still on the job, carrying out much of that critical search and rescue work as hundreds of thousands struggle with lack of basic necessities, like power, water, and cell phone service. there s no water, there s no electric, there is little food. the problem, is you can t get in your car because those are all wrapped. there s no place to buy gas. you can t go to the grocery store because you can t walk there. cleanup certainly underway in south carolina. up and down the east coast as residents from the hardest hit areas in florida get a first look at what is left of their homes in the most vulnerable coastal areas. president biden announced yesterday that he hopes to visit florida tomorrow, and puerto rico on wednesday. puerto rico is still really from hurricane fiona. 75 people were killed, there more than 148,00
you, from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to we began with heartbreaking devastation and the fallout from hurricane ian. heavy rains as still inundating parts of the east coast. there are now at least 78 reported storm related deaths, and power outages are way down from yesterday. 837,000. households in florida, 21,000 in north carolina, 10,000 in virginia. famous administrator, diane ghandour, criswell, told my colleague that real challenges remain in parts of florida. we had well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm. the power companies there have done an amazing job of getting the majority of people back online. i think what the difficulty comes in, jonathan, as there are so many homes, especially in that area, that were completely devastated. they re going to house by house