damage to the south carolina coast where it struck today as a category 1 hurricane. this is the cherry grove pier in north myrtle beach, one of two that partially collapsed today. and just as on the florida gulf coast and later in orlando ian caused significant flooding in the charleston and myrtle beach areas and knocked out power to about a third of a million customers in south and north carolina. so we ve also just received some new video in of a high wave sweeping several people off a pier in miami. we have a big wave and about five people so that s in miami still from the high tide and the waves being kicked up by ian. six people were hurt in that. no one, thank goodness, was killed. state-wide, the death toll is now at least 42, and that is expected to rise. and the damage especially in places like fort meyers beach became even more apparent today. it is so severe that a coast guard commander told our wolf blitzer his chopper crews simply do not have monday landma
it was so bad that this man had to wade through knee-deep water inside of his own home. in florida the storm damage issine worse. 45 people have died and hundreds of homes are destroyed. a woman struggling to survive was captured in a harrowing phone call. in am in water. okay. i am so cold. i am losing you and i can t hear you. i love you. i love you. well, thankfully that woman was rescued along with others in the state along with 600 patients evacuated from health care facilities. more help is on the way. i have directed that every possible action be taken to save live and get survivors. every minute counts. this is not just for florida. it is an american crisis. my message to people in south carolina is simple. listen to the warning and follow the officials instructions. authorities are concerned about the barrier islands near fort meyers which took the brunt of the hurricane. many residents chose not to evacuate and are now cut off from the mainland. the
due to rising floodwaters, cars at a standstill along i-70 five. the death toll now reportedly i the dozens and climbing. we will have live reports from the ground and talk about how her state is handling the extreme weather. how they are responding to the landgrab in an california high school no longer applying the thin blue line and parents goin to move disrespectful to law enforcement, but worst one of the worst rooms in u.s. history continuing on its path of destruction. in charleston, south carolina tonight with the latest. hello, molly. thankfully the rain and thos high winds have finally dissipated as it is moved further inland toward the mainland. charleston took a tough hit today. thankfully, many people here on the streets of charleston said they feel like they dodged a bullet, they have seen were storms here like irma in 2017. we got a chance to get up and look at some of the damage from today s storm. a pretty dangerous situation. a little further up the coastli
i want the after pete: the aftermath of hurricane ian leaves florideans picking up the pieces. search and rescue efforts in the sunshine state are underway. 30 people confirmed dead and 27 deaths in florida alone. more than 1 million people in florida are without power. will: ian making land fall in south carolina yesterday and battering the east from the atlantic side as a hurricane surging inland as a post-tropical cyclone. several piers including this one on polly s island collapsing into the water. rachel: team coverage with meteorologist rick reichmuth standing by. thank god we have him today but we have alexandria hoff on the ground in fort meyers. good morning. good morning, there s a line of ambulances that are ready to be deployed as the day goes on and it s a somber reminder on the highways and yesterday you d be driving down and coming from fort meyers beach and fort meyers beach almost completely washed away and recovery efforts are more methodical and will co
we re joined live with the very latest. david. john, at the outset it is not believed that anyone in lee zeldin s family was being targeted by this shooting. but it was literally at his front door. a few moments ago i talked to the congressman and he is running for governor here in the state of new york against a democrat cathy hochul and he did tell me his two 16-year-old daughters were in the kitchen when they heard the gunfire. one of the bullets he told me landed 30 feet from where his daughters were sitting. the two daughters immediately locked themselves in a bathroom and then called 911. he issued a statement saying in parting the two individuals shot were laying under my front porch in the pitches in front of our porch. my understanding is that they ve been transported to area hospitals and i do not know their identities and the law enforcement is at my house and my family is homeworking with investigators and working with home cameras and my daughters are shaken b