at least 12 people have been reported killed, and it brought epic rain and flooding to the central part of the state. hundreds of people have been rescued, that work continues overnight. over 2 million homes and businesses are without power. today president biden visited fema s headquarters in washington, d. c. and said federal aid is on its way to florida. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. when conditions allow it, i ll gonna be going to florida. will you be talking to florida ron desantis when you re down there? the answer is yes if he wants to see. let s go right to nbc meteorologist, michelle grossman. i know michelle, that we got the 11 pm update from the national weather center just moments ago. what did you learn? hi there stephanie great to see you. well it s strengthened even further, so back to a category one storm. we re looking at 80 mile per hour winds. it did weaken earlier this morning to a tropical storm, dropped into the at
it s been devastating and as minister of agriculture here in florida, second largest economic driver, and the last 24 hours i ve been calling all of our producers, all of our citrus industry, our cattleman, our nursery men, and of course agriculture is gonna be part of the search and rescue teams. just hearing these devastating stories to about people who physically lived through this hurricane, it s going to be a rough road for flu radiance but we ve been through things like this before and were strong will get through it again. where s help needed the most right now? right now, a lot of it is just people please listen to your local authorities. you said at the beginning of your reporting that there is still significant amounts of water that is still out there. we have a tremendous amount of rescue crews that are down in southwest florida that is now making its way at some point it s going to be over to the central part of our state. but unfortunately the main