newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the county s ow
monoxide captures the heat around our planet every second of every day, the oceans absorb as much as extra heat the size of five hiroshima atomic bombs. there s also sea level rise. greenland is melting like a pop sickle on a hot sidewalk these days. that s not great. climate attribution science finds ian is 10% wetter than it would have been preindustrial revolution, which leads to two feet of rain. yeah, it s all lining up as predicted. but it s not too late for humanity to figure this out. and keep it from getting more horrible. yeah. these hurricanes are ringing