we are carrying out search and rescues across the state. there have been at least 700 rescues confirmed as of thursday. first responders are doing targeted searches. going home by home, checking to see if people are okay. there will be many more rescues that are added. the absolutely expect to have from the surrogate. so far, at least 19 people are confirmed dead. there was a significant number of people that remained on the island during the catastrophic weather event. right now, it is important for us to go ahead and say, are you okay? it will take a few days to get to all of the places that have reports continue to to get them coming in. the scope of the overall destruction is coming in. areas cut off by rubble. look at this mess. we met they were left without power in central florida. falling debris, tornadoes, life-threatening storm surge. in some cases, we need to rebuild rather than simply repair. reporter: cruz look to restore power. floodwaters contin
the wo woods just yet. ten storm-related deaths after facing an overnight hammering across the peninsula. residents describing what it was like to ride out one of the worst storms to ever hit the u.s. i feared for my life. i went across the street, i got sticks and it didn t last enough for the big bad wolf that puffed away. i was just scared for my children. trace: rescue and recovery efforts underway in numerous cities that have seen historic flooding, fallen trees, downed power lines, and large gaps where a bridge once connected the mainland to the barrier islands. we ve got team coverage for you tonight, kevin corke with a look at how this biden administration is responding to the storm. will nunley still on the ground and we begin with steve harrigan live in florida just 9 miles away from where ian came a short period good evening, you heard from people who rode out the storm the fear as the storm was coming through and then later we are seeing people talking tod
those lots right there, those were homes, hotels, real properties. 2-3 property, washed away. the buildings just ripped off of their foundations. that s right. there are actually both thrown into the vehicles inside the water, submerged. did you see that? this is like mexico beach. look at that. i can see the foundation where they were right there. how many rescues have you done
to fully reseed again. we have saw that water breached the seawall near the and the bridge of lions. that alarmed a lot of people in this area. if you would like to safely and securely help people affected by hurricane ian who need shelter, food, and water, please go to cnn.com/impact. please stay withth cnn for continuing coveragage of hurricanane ian. wewe will have more on the catastrophic damage and the flooding and its path in florida. we will all have what is expected next coming up. stay with us.
good evening, no wonder why a governor ron desantis calls this a 500 year flooding event in central florida. we are at the entrance to interstate four and you can see we are standing in shin deep water and if we walk further out it s going to go up to my knees. you can see the water at this car that was left behind. more than halfway up the tires, this woman came in into the car about 7:00 p.m. trying to get onto the interstate for which by the way, to the west of tampa, to the east is daytona beach. he similar to the path that hurricane ian took as it dumped a bunch of rain on orlando and you mention 14 inches. not sure if you can see the lighting we have here but there s a link on the far side of the car. spilled over the lake water, covering all the roads here. this woman doing exactly what orange county officials are asking people not to do. if i ask my photographer and