mid-atlantic states. after leaving florida, ian did make landfall earlier today near myrtle beach, south carolina, as a category one hurricane. it heavily flooded a local street. do you see this? this was a scene a few miles south and nearby pawleys island. the streets are turning into rivers look at this. the power of the storm surge as the hurricane was churning, the atlantic ocean, it sliced a peer into. as ian news northward tonight, a tornado watches now in effect for parts of the carolinas and virginia for at least one more hour until 10 pm eastern. meanwhile, back in florida, the extent of the destruction, well, it s staggering. this, that we re looking at, that is aerial video of fort myers beach. much of the committee has simply been totally obliterated. the result of a hurricane smashing into that part of florida as a massive category four storm. last night, the sheriff s office in lee county what you campuses the fort myers area, is releasing this new video, showin
weir in fort myers, ryan young is in orlando, and miguel marquez is in myrtle beach. what we are seeing, gentlemen, it just astounding. you ve all been on the ground, you re seeing it firsthand. bill, we ll begin with you. we ve been all over today. tell me what it s like on the ground and what do you have been seeing? it s interesting, laura, to see the evolution of the psychology of, it of folks coming out now, and you could see them dazed with phones, talking to family, trying to describe what they re seeing. there s all these jumbles of both houses nash together. it takes a moment to wrap your head around it. we try to get out to fort myers beach, which we here has been decimated by 90% of that community being wiped out. it s been cut off, there s been a roadblock, their sheriffs won t let folks. and while we re waiting, we re waiting around. here is just a sample of what you see on the side of the road these days, south of fort myers. look at this. i will always remember the