ian stands at 87 and is expected to climb. joining us live from cape coral, florida, nbc news correspondent sam brock. sam. reporter: mika, good morning. it is-obviously that is gone. sam brock s shot broke there. but let s toss to the report he prepared. here s sam brock. in the after math of hurricane ian, around the clock rescues have been going on for days. from the air and the water, first responders trying to help desperate residents. the death toll now approaching triple digits, nearly half of them in lee county. search and rescue teams combing islands cut off from the mainland, including sanibel, captiva, and pine island, looking for survivors. a chorus of questions surfacing, why didn t lee county issue