hurricane ian. 65 people here in florida did not survive the storm. search and rescue efforts in many areas are ongoing. 2 million people in multiple states are without power. the sunshine here revealing more and more damage, hour-by-hour. the hurricane and storm surge laid waste to entire towns, including ft. myers beach, robbing people of homes and livelihoods. rescue efforts will take months and years for some of the areas to get back to normal. i tell you for myself, i spent much of the day out there. that is the case. it will take many months and weeks to get back to normal. south of here, naples, florida, officials say it will take months or longer to recover. prosecute damage could top $2 million. the fire chief says the city is having challenges with restoring power. brian todd is in naples for us. brian, i know you ve been doing this hour after hour. every corner you turn, every street you go down, you re seeing more and more devastation. tell us what you re seeing.
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. hurricane ian just made landfall as a category 1 storm on the south carolina coast. it hit near georgetown, between myrtle beach and charleston, and just as it did in florida, it s bringing life-threatening storm surge and heavy rains. it currently has 85-mile-per-hour winds. the tide has been going up in myrtle beach by a foot an hour. look at some of these images on your screen right now of all of the flood waters in myrtle beach. in north myrtle beach, this pier collapsed during the storm. obviously, we ll see much more damage once the storm passes through this area, and then in florida, utter destruction after the west coast got hammered. at least 25 people are dead as of last count. officials warn, though, that that number will likely rise. some areas like ft. myers beach are still impassable at this hour. stores and homes there have been reduced to shells, even if they are still on their foundations. a loc
at least 62 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. us officials are calling it the blizzard of the century. the storm has affected a vast area from canada in the north, down through the us and reaching as far as mexico. taiwan s president has announced that mandatory military service for all eligible men will rise from four months to a year. troops will also be instructed in the use of more powerful weapons systems. the measures will be introduce in 2024 and come after a review of the island s defences. now on bbc news, our world: the hunt for the russian superyachts. for years, many russian billionaires enjoyed lavish lifestyles in the west. they bought the most sought after villas and holidayed on their beloved superyachts. but with russia s invasion of ukraine, theirfairytale came to an abrupt end. western sanctions sparked a game of cat and mouse between some of the world s most powerful nations and some of russia s richest men. there
heatwaves and a mild autumn and spring. every month apart from december has been warmer than average. you are watching bbc news. now, ourworld: the hunt for the russian superyachts. for years, many russian billionaires enjoyed lavish lifestyles in the west. they bought the most sought after villas, and holidayed on their beloved superyachts. but with russia s invasion of ukraine, theirfairytale came to an abrupt end. western sanctions sparked a game of cat and mouse between some of the world s most powerful nations and some of russia s richest men. there was a real frenzy around the world between democracies to see who could sanction the most people the most quickly, who could sanction the biggest yacht. we got stopped because this is a big, blue, easily visible, high profile target. for the first time, the head of the us kleptocapture task force reveals how they caught a superyacht. we saw it scrambling out of waters where we would normally be able to seize it. security, sec
and we have laid out very clearly what occurred and, again, don t want to get ahead of this. the department of justice, you all can will get your questions answered from them during this time and so i would just refer you to the department of justice and now as you all know there is a special counsel. thank you, korine. another one on garagegate. what is the white house trying to hide? nothing. someone gave the president a statement to read on tuesday that was incomplete at best, misleading at worst. who? so i have read out the president s statement. i have read it out yesterday and what he said. he said that he respects or he takes classified information and documents very seriously. that s what he said. he said he did not know that the records were there. he does not know what s in them. he said that. you heard from him directly on this and his team has been cooperating fully, fully and not only that, again, i ll say this, the attorney general said this himself, t