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
happened here. well, the water came up to about right here. 43 inches is what i m told officially. so it hit countertops. everything you see in wood floo. everything in the pantries. the toilet is backed up. we could tell when we got back in here the other day. and now you ve got to clean out this mud in addition to everything else. we are looking to hire guys to come up in here. you were not here when this happened? we were not here. we were out to our daughter s about 7:00. can you just kind of give us a sense too many people who have lost everything. what are you going through now
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