hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicating rescue and recovery efforts. let s go back to boris sanchez anchoring from ft. myers, florida, for us. reporter: hey, fred. as you reported just a moment ago, the tragic news that the death toll has again climbed earlier today. it was sitting at 45 fatalities. now cnn has confirmed from state officials that it has reached 64 people killed as a result of hurricane ian. and those devastating, nearly category 5, storm force winds. obviously, this is a difficult time for so many across the stat
99 for a case of water, thats the type of price gauging that the attorney general is seeing in the state. Hell join us to tell us how hes cracking down on all that have. And next hour President Trump is likely to address this catastrophic flooding in a News Conference with the president of finland. Well bring you that live as soon as it begins. But we start in texas. Contessa brewer is in houston with the latest on the flooding and Brian Sullivan is in galveston with a look at how Hurricane Harvey is affecting refineries contessa, well start with you. Reporter the bayou has overflowed its banks, normally parkland, and this Historic Building here was due to be completely renovated by fall of 201. As you can see, they will probably have to go back at t. Houston at this point is mostly a ghost town. Businesses shut down, employees stranded there are some 3 Million People who work in the metropolitan houston area most of them i would guess are out of work today because the roads are simply
And introduced to everyone, we might go ahead before Opening Statements and do that before we lose someone. I would like to go ahead we already know Lieutenant General todd semonite. Time senatorthis who will recognize pete ron secretary ron is the secretary of transportation in maryland. State hes third been secretary of transportation. Hes also directed the Missouri Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and Transportation Department he just cant hold onto a job. [laughter] we are proud of the work he does in maryland. We have a challenging organization in maryland where the secretary of transportation is responsible for all modes of transportation and coordinating all modes of transportation. Has done an outstanding job and wrecking the department. Ofalso serves as president the American Association of hes held other positions and we are proud to have him before our committee. Recognize senator merkley for your introduction. Thank you, mr. Chairman and the wreckin
A home that an accused drunk driver smashed through, this is a deadly accident, you see the truck almost all the way to the kitchen, we found out the accused drivers name is ryan tallent still on jail. He was drunk when he drove through the lakeland home killing a woman on impact. Deputies want you to keep an eye out for people caught on camera stealing a school bus, the suspects at one point they smile at the camera on board the bus. Deputies say Jayson Kalinowski and david keen found the bus behind the lake wells barbecue restaurant and drove it to avon park deputies tracked the bus down but are looking for the men and a woman, kim loeb. The most Accurate Weather Team in florida, abc action degrees in polk county, 82 lake wells, 80 in bartow and fort meade, as we look at the hillsboro county temperatures, ranging from 83, i have to sneeze. 86 in tampa, what are you going to do . 86 degrees in westchase. Temperatures consist the low 70s through tonight, slight chance to encounter spri
Cedar rapids, the river levels have not dropped that much. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us now to look at just how long it will take for the river to get back to normal. Clouds, gusty winds, and Cool Temperatures its a fall day, no doubt. A few sprinkles are possible with highs barely getting above 60, and some will struggle to even do that. Winds from the north will gust as high as 25 mph again. Skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. Well hover close to 70 into the weekend, although more clouds return on saturday. Dry weather should continue until wednesday. To day mostly cloudy, cool, and windy. A few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. Wind n 1525. High 62 alo 62 dbq 59 iow 63 tonight turning mostly clear. Wind n 510. Low 48 alo 46 dbq 48 iow 48 finished up their latest 10 am news conference, updating us on when they hope to get people back to their homes. Kcrg tv nines Forrest Saunders has been f