hurricane ian regained strength, now once again a hurricane barreling towards south carolina as a category 1 storm with 85 mile an hour winds expected to make its third landfall just a few hours from now. the governor of south carolina after seeing the catastrophic damage in florida imploring residents in his state not to underestimate this storm. warning, we know what is coming. officials in florida say ian is likely the largest natural disaster in the history of that state, prompting the largest emergency response ever in florida. and the toll is coming in. at least 19 people killed so far, that number sadly likely to rise. more than 2 million people in the state it s a huge number remain without power. in fort myers beach the damage described by officials there is total devastation. look at those pictures, it s like a tornado just swept through there. 90% of that island destroyed, most of the homes there completely flattened. it just is destroyed and it s ruined an
is being described, look at the pictures, as total devastation. this is a city that is impassable. even for bicycles, 90% of the island, 90 percent of fort myers beach is destroyed and up and down the western coast people are still reeling for likely the largest natural disaster in the history of the state. the biggest fear that stha you ll see your personal effects gone or all over the place. and that is what happened. also at this hour, the reopening process por some begins. tampa and walt disney world will reopen this hour. we re also watching this, which is a very historic moment at the supreme court this morning as justice ketanji brown jackson is ceremonial sworn in by chief justice john roberts. we are covering all angle this is morning. we begin with nick valencia on the next front in myrtle beach, south carolina. the wind is blowing and what do you see right now and what do you expect in the coming hour? reporter: good morning. it is soggy and cold and the wi
the showers and thundershowers have come in. they re getting very strong, and the heaviest storms are making their way on shore as we speak. so nobody really wants to be on the beach at this point anymore, at least not towards the jacksonville beach area. this is the area we re most concerned about. we re seeing augustine kind of sandwiched between there and jacksonville. as soon as this red stuff starts making its way onto shore, we can see wind gusts getting close to hurricane strength. 70 miles per hour, so that s dangerous. we already have reports in florida and south georgia of trees coming down and some power outages, and that s going to increase before the end of the night. the storm should make landfall this evening or overnight, and it will start to curb to the northeast. so the weakening is good, but the stalling not so great, and that s the concern, because we ll likely see some flooding associated with this. in fact, we could be talking anywhere between 3 and 6 in
philippines. 436 people dead, hundreds missing. the storm dumped as much as eight inches of rain in 24 hours. a journalist told us the focus is now on search and rescue. reporter: the storm is supposed to exit this evening but it s not longer the storm itself but its aftermath. we re turning to aid and rescue workers looking for the hundreds missing. they are trying to supply drinking water. they re asking for volunteers to try to get food and clothes. friday night the floodwaters rose alarmingly fast reaching roof level while residents were sleeping. the government estimates some 100,000 people have been displaced by that storm. and a second day of hearings for the army private accused of being behind the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. histories. a technical glitch delayed an army investigator s attempt to testify by phone from hawaii. bradley manning is accused of providing classified government documents to wikileaks, which, then made them public. supporters for m