facilities, most of them energy facilities, were hit in ten different regions of the country, including here, the kyiv region. yesterday at a .80% of the capital did not have water. we know water has now been restored. there is work to restore electricity. in kharkiv, 50,000 people are still without power. and again, russia s targets yesterday were critical facilities. the electricity infrastructure again was the main target. this is what they have been doing for weeks now. they have been targeting the electricity infrastructure ahead of winter. and there is a lot of concern that the system here may not be able to cope. president zelensky has been saying that a third of the country s energy infrastructure has been destroyed. remember, this is a country where temperatures can drop to 15, 20 degrees celsius.
i am up to my neck in water. okay. all right. i am so cold. i m losing you. i can t hear you. i love you. i love you. well, thankfully, the woman you heard there was later rescued. so far the coast guard said it has saved more than 275 people in florida. and the u.s. president is offering more help. i ve directed that every possible action be taken to save lives and get help to survivors. every single minute counts. it s not just a crisis for florida. this is an american crisis. my message to the people of south carolina is simple. please listen to all the warnings and directions from local officials and follow their instructions. well, right now, about 2 million customers in four states are without power. in florida, some areas are starting to go restore
after hurricane ian. in the wake of the storm s destructive path, more than 1.3 million homes and businesses in florida remain without electricity. about 75% of those outages are in lee county which includes where we are in fort myers and nearby cape coral. at the front of the effort to restore electricity is florida power and light. their spokesman, dave reuter joins us live. dave, thank you for sharing part of your weekend with us. i know it s a very busy time. as our crew was driving into fort myers last night, there were countless utility trucks headed towards this area. it made up the majority of the traffic as we were getting here. so, we know that you guys are working hard to get folks back online. how long do you expect it s going to take to get the lights back on in places like fort myers? good morning, boris. yes, you know, we are making
this? i feel it s time for a remodel. reporter: that s a good outlook. can you rebuild? yes. reporter: even inland, in places like orlando, floodwaters were still high on friday. we saw in central florida was more standing water than what we saw in southwest florida where the big storm surge came in. reporter: authorities warning residents of the biggest dangers. what is the biggest danger they re facing now? downed power lines that might be reenergized. try to stay home. stay safe. call us if you need us. reporter: the death toll now over 40. more than 1 million customers without power. some could take days or weeks to restore. and the figures on property losses remain staggering, according to the property analytics firm. hurricane ian could have caused as much as $47 billion in insured losses. that could make it the most expensive hurricane in the history of the state of florida.
worst. most of these flood warnings are in the north of england, around 65 across the country. we have yellow warnings for rain here and for high wind across the country. this comes after storm eunice, which cause damage to buildings and three people were killed. there are still around 80,000 people without power. engineers are doing their best to restore electricity. now we have storm franklin, so more bad weather on its way. and there is an amber warning in place for northern ireland heading into monday. thank ou. the legal requirement for people in england who test positive for covid to isolate is due to end in the coming days. the government will outline its living with covid plan tomorrow, saying that a combination of vaccines, treatments and testing are now enough to keep people safe. 0ur health correspondent