carolinas at this hour with high winds, heavy rain and the threat of floods. now, officials say the storm thankfully has been downgraded from a hurricane, but it still poses a threat as it makes its way inland. it has already caused considerable damage in south carolina where it made landfall friday. now, you see that video there. it s the storm ripping through a pier in north myrtle beach causing part of it to collapse. now, it also submerged this neighborhood with a storm surge that was several feet high. so far, thankfully again there have been no reported deaths in south carolina. it s not the case in florida. at least 45 people have lost their lives, and we re getting a clearer picture of the extraordinary damage this storm left behind. entire neighborhoods that were once brimming with life i mean look at it. they re now flattened fields littered with debris. this is footage from fort myers beach where one woman s struggle to survive was captured in a phone call. i a
it was so bad that this man had to wade through knee-deep water inside of his own home. in florida the storm damage issine worse. 45 people have died and hundreds of homes are destroyed. a woman struggling to survive was captured in a harrowing phone call. in am in water. okay. i am so cold. i am losing you and i can t hear you. i love you. i love you. well, thankfully that woman was rescued along with others in the state along with 600 patients evacuated from health care facilities. more help is on the way. i have directed that every possible action be taken to save live and get survivors. every minute counts. this is not just for florida. it is an american crisis. my message to people in south carolina is simple. listen to the warning and follow the officials instructions. authorities are concerned about the barrier islands near fort meyers which took the brunt of the hurricane. many residents chose not to evacuate and are now cut off from the mainland. the
of hurricane ian, what residents are finding when they return home. plus vladimir putin s brazen move, how the rest of the world is reacting to the russian president s plan to annex part of ukraine. and how south korea is reacting to the latest missile launches from pyongyang. relief and recovery efforts are ongoing in florida after parts of the state with utterly devastated by hurricane ian. this is some of the damage left behind in ft. myers, a town once brimming with life is now a flattened field littered with debris. residents say much of what they own has been washed away and lost forever. lost everything last night. everything. family is okay, dogs are okay, parents are okay. lost everything we had. pictures, memories. gone. and we re seeing similar trails of destruction in other parts of florida where some residents are still trapped and waiting for help. my grandparents are still at the house. we have animals there. they didn t want to leave the animals. s
a crisis with no ordinary solution because this was no ordinary storm. look at the staggering scale of destruction. complicating hundreds of rescue efforts. it laid waste to entire towns, robbing people of their homes and livelihoods. some residents are now beginning to pick up the pieces. others have no pieces left to pick up. i just returned from a boat ride with the cageous navy where i saw some of the destruction for myself. this is what ian did to matt lachey in lee county where most of the deaths occurred so far. in matlacha. they find one of your neighbors? yeah. yeah. they found, like, i think three bodies so far in the water. i know there s more. cnn s nadia romero is in arcadia. we begin with brian todd in naples. officials said it could take months to recover. we have seen evidence all day long from our boat ride to where you are right now. where do things stand today where you are? jim, we re going to show you more evidence of why it s going to take so lon
in developing countries going through difficulties. you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. and it s one of the most glamourous sporting events in the world, formula one roars back into singapore this weekend. we start in the us state of florida, which has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states, with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than two million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life threatening flooding. and it could cause more damage, as it heads north into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at thei