i want the after pete: the aftermath of hurricane ian leaves florideans picking up the pieces. search and rescue efforts in the sunshine state are underway. 30 people confirmed dead and 27 deaths in florida alone. more than 1 million people in florida are without power. will: ian making land fall in south carolina yesterday and battering the east from the atlantic side as a hurricane surging inland as a post-tropical cyclone. several piers including this one on polly s island collapsing into the water. rachel: team coverage with meteorologist rick reichmuth standing by. thank god we have him today but we have alexandria hoff on the ground in fort meyers. good morning. good morning, there s a line of ambulances that are ready to be deployed as the day goes on and it s a somber reminder on the highways and yesterday you d be driving down and coming from fort meyers beach and fort meyers beach almost completely washed away and recovery efforts are more methodical and will co
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
of the florida coast of that this is sanibel island, an island decimated by hurricane ian. right now there s no way to get help in to sanibel. the only bridge that connected the island to the mainland, it s a long causeway, it s caved in. so there s no way to get on or off the island unless you travel by boat. and that s been incredibly difficult for anyone to do. and that loss right now spans the florida coast. i ll show you cape coral. our bill weir was here today. this is a picture he took. you can see home after home totally destroyed and flooded. the ones that are still standing, you can see siding ripped off. at one point ian s winds were 155 miles an hour. we re going to have much more from bill weir in a moment. not far from where he took those images, ft. myers beach, striking images of what is left. not much. the beach community 48 hours ago looked like that. now, take a look at this. estero boulevard, 24 hours later. a restaurant called the whale surrounded by debr
on the nhs this winter is intolerable the family of a british couple killed in a helicopter crash in australia say they re heartbroken. archie! touch! and why a shortage of volunteer puppy trainers means visually impaired people are having to wait longer to get a guide dog. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it s a huge night of action in the premier league with arsenal looking to extend their lead at the top of the table to 10 points. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. it s been a miserable new year return to work for commuters, facing five days of rail strikes this week. members of the rmt union are taking industrial action again today over pay, jobs and working conditions. they re holding two 48 hour strikes this week in england, scotland and wales while the train drivers union aslef will take action on thursday. our business correspondent theo leggett is at euston station in london. and at euston station there are not many trains running, is across
7,500 going into social care. we ll be looking at the severe strain on the nhs and at whether the government s plan is enough to tackle the problem. also on the programme. four in five trains are cancelled at the start of days of industrial action by rail workers due to last until saturday. questions about how mi5 dealt with the case of a 15 year old girl groomed for extremism she later took her own life. in brazil, thousands of people line the streets to say farewell to the football legend pele who will be buried in a private ceremony later. and the walrus who s wandered from north yorkshire to northumberland attracting huge crowds on the way. on bbc london and coming up on the bbc news channel. arsenal host newcastle united tonight with the chance to go 10 points clear at the top of the premier league. good evening. downing street says it s providing the nhs with the funding it needs, despite what it calls the unprecedented challenge facing the health servic