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Transcripts For CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20240707

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

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20240604 13:55:00

kuntz even 85% without power. every telephone pole is down. every restaurant is totaled. the water has receded, but it s left behind four inches of mud and muck everywhere you that walk. there is debris everywhere. i mean, i live across the street from the blue dog restaurant and a 30 foot walk-in cooler is in the middle of the street. and i ve never seen anything remotely close to this include charlie. with me today, peter robbins, spokesperson for florida power and light. good to have you back. thanks for taking the time. our pleasure. thank you for having us, jim. when i look at the pictures of towns blown and wash add way, it looks not like a repair but a

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20240604 13:11:00

they do have some equipment, but they re traveling lighter just to be able to go and get to people as quickly as possible. there have been six health care facilities evacuated in southwest florida, they were not they were having problems with water or problems with power for an extended period of time. we re also prioritizing getting power and running potable water to the rest of the area s health care facilities. there have been 117 facilities that had lost power that now have power restored. the ports, tampa bay, miami, everglades, they are reopened for fueling and i think between today and tomorrow all the ports in the state of florida up and down both coasts will be operational. food and water, massive amounts and kevin is sensitive to the water situation in lee, so i d say this is an extraordinary amount of water that has been staged and is continuing to be brought into the area.

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20240604 13:04:00

plus water coming down in the form of rain. so all of that added together they are concerned about. there have always been some street closures, they are at the highest level of awareness and now they are tallahassee, florida miguel, hold on for one second, apologize, let s get straight to florida governor ron desantis with an update from tallahassee this morning. thank you for being here. you had people immediately descend on to the scene, particularly in southwest florida. there s life rescue making sure people are okay, following up on any type of calls, and there s been really a herculean effort. there s also the assessment, okay, of what s been damaged that s going to impact the entire community and of course the power is a big issue, there are people that are working, i think, lee in charlotte have about 15% restored, there will be able o to be more restored in the relative future.

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20240604 13:10:00

and large clear operations, the traffic is flowing in southwest florida, probably better than would have been anticipated so soon after such a major hurricane so we appreciate that. they ve also inspected and reopened 800 bridges across the state and this includes 67 high priority bridges inspected and reopened in lee, charlotte, sarasota and manatee counties. pine island, san i believe, th s sanibel, it was where you had it on some of the sand bar that got washed out from underneath. in the meantime, i think kevin can talk about this, they re going to be running barges to be able to bring more heavy equipment on to the island to be able to help with the response. the first responders that have been there by and large coming in via air.

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