this is by far the worst storm i ve ever witnessed. there s just debris everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone. this was a bad. one ian was bad, so if it was tough on our region, will be actually looking at this for many years to come. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. hurricane ian is now threatening georgia and the carolinas and it s expected to make landfall just a few hours from now. this is what eon did to southwest florida after it slammed into the coast over 24 hours ago, totaling 115 miles per hour winds and catastrophic storm surge. at least one many people have been reported killed, and 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 histor
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
i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ian is
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Is a foot which is major change of pace from yesterday where neighbors say waters rose to three or 4 feet high, threatening, some cases damaging vehicles, property, homes, today, it is about clean up, trying to get back to normal not just here in jacksonville but throughout the entire state. Long line of evacuees inched south on u. S. One for first look at irmas destruction in the florida keys. Official as loud upper keys residents back today but they are keeping people out of the lower keys while they make emergency inspection and repairs. Unaudible. Reporter marathon residents who stayed behind are checking on neighbors a lot of them levittown, and, i have one here that was a boat. Reporter view shows island chain took a devastating hit from the category four storm, most of the area has no power, water, sewage or fuel. More than 400 miles away, jacksonville is trying to dry out, irma swamped the city with record flooding, more than 350 people had to be rescued. First responders just