unclear but we are hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. tonight, what we know about the damage, the loss of life and the rescue efforts plus the daunting prospect of rebuilding in an era of climate catastrophe. and as ian regains hurricane status, what we know about preparations beyond florida. senator raphael warnock of georgia. and what we are learning about what ginni thomas turn told the january six committee. did you speak with your husband when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. more than 24 hours after hurricane ian slammed into florida s west coast, it s not clear it will go down as one of the most destructive storms in the state s history. he came ashore just shy of a category five hurricane bringing 150 mile per hour winds, more than a foot of rain in some areas over just 12 to 24-hour period. that is a one in 1000 rain moment. we also saw record storm surge bringing the water level up 12 feet in
tonight, what we know about the damage, the loss of life and the rescue efforts plus the daunting prospect of rebuilding in an era of climate catastrophe. and as ian regains hurricane status, what we know about preparations beyond florida. senator raphael warnock of georgia. and what we are learning about what ginni thomas told the january six committee. did you speak with your husband when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. more than 24 hours after hurricane ian slammed into florida s west coast, it s not clear it will go down as one of the most destructive storms in the state s history. he came ashore just shy of a category five hurricane bringing 150 mile per hour winds, more than a foot of rain in some areas over just 12 to 24-hour period. that is a one in 1000 rain moment. we also saw record storm surge bringing the water level up 12 feet in some parts of the state. tonight people are coming to grips in florida with widespread
structures and lifted boats well out of the water and onto land. nearby fort myers beach, this shopping plaza has been completely flattened. the debris strewn about looking as almost as if a bomb went off. the sheriff oblique county which includes fort myers, cape coral, bonita springs released this video from a helicopter tour he took over the area this morning showing terrible structural damage along the beach there. this is the scene of utter devastation today at vinita springs after ian turner off roofs and demolished rock homes. and there s the islands which remained totally cut off after multiple sections of the causeway connecting them to the mainland were simply washed away. just north, the residents are dealing with the massive amount
available for recovery. as you can see, that recovery is likely going to be long and costly. this is fort myers where the hurricane tore through structures and lifted boats well out of the water and onto land. nearby fort myers beach, this shopping plaza has been completely flattened. the debris strewn about looking as almost as if a bomb went off. the sheriff oblique county which includes fort myers, cape coral, bonita springs released this video from a helicopter tour he took over the area this morning showing terrible structural damage along the beach there. this is the scene of utter devastation today at vinita springs after ian turner off roofs and demolished rock homes. and there s the islands which remained totally cut off after multiple sections of the causeway connecting them to the mainland were simply washed away. just north, the residents are dealing with the massive amount of water ian brought. roads and even entire
james firestone, he s the mayor of vilonia, very hard hit. mr. mayor, you can hear justice. yes, sir. i know you got a lot of work this morning but we want to help you get the word out of need for your community. what did you live through there? well, a little bit before 8:00 last night. the storm signs had gone off. all of a sudden, of course, it sounds like a train coming which is all too familiar because we went through this almost exactly three years ago. it was three years and two days ago we went through the same thing. the storm here, it s almost the same path. it struck the southwest corner of town first. came across all the way way across the city, probably a 6 1/2 to 7-mile track across. and last time, we were an ef-2 and it did a lot of damage, you know, blew shingles off roofs. broke out windows. privacy fences were blown down.