ian. state and federal agencies are still in search and rescue mode now five days after the storm made land fall. we ll have the very latest on the hardest hit areas. also ahead, ukrainian forces respond to putin s illegitimate annexation of four territories in a significant way. as the army continues to build on weeks of momentum. plus, new developments connected to the fbi search of mar-a-lago. it appears there are more missing documents that the department of justice needs to track down. good morning. welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in florida. historic rescue and relief efforts are underway five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. first responders are scouring the hardest hit areas looking for survivors as the death toll continues to rise. according to an nbc news talley, that number now stands at 87. four of the fatalities were reported in north carolina where the storm struck
to evacuate. and even though the storm s path did shift slightly, the national hurricane center on the sunday before land fall said that area had a 40% chance of a six foot high storm surge. yesterday the county sheriff responded. i want to turn you off any further. i don t know who you are or where you come from. everyone wants to focus on a plan that might have been done differently. i m going to tell you, i stand 100% with my county commissioners, my county manager. we did what we had to do exact same time. i wouldn t have changed anything. there have been 42 deaths reported in lee county so far. the most of any county impacted by the storm. more than 800 people have been rescued so far. let s now turn overseas. a significant moment in the war in ukraine. ukrainian fighters are pushing deep near russian controlled
ian. state and federal agencies are still in search and rescue mode now five days after the storm made land fall. we ll have the very latest on the hardest hit areas. also ahead, ukrainian forces respond to putin s illegitimate annexation of four territories in a significant way. as the army continues to build on weeks of momentum. plus, new developments connected to the fbi search of mar-a-lago. it appears there are more missing documents that the department of justice needs to track down. good morning. welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in florida. historic rescue and relief efforts are underway five days after hurricane ian battered the
dovi .gov. i also understand that many of you don t have communications right now. we are also going to be bringing in teams that will be walking around your neighborhoods. they will be able to register you as well. and so if you haven t been registered or if you have questions about your registration, you can find somebody that s wearing a fema shirt and they ll be able to help answer your questions or help you get registered if you haven t already. we have been embedded here with the state since before the storm made land fall. we have such a great partnership with our state and local officials in louisiana, and the federal family that comes to be part of this response is part of that disaster declaration. fema is just one small piece of that. we have brought into the coast guard. we have brought in the army corps of engineers. many other federal agencies here on the ground supporting you. we staged a number of resources ahead of this storm, and now we are moving those in to meet the
carolina is still swamp would with water one week after the storm made land fall and officials warn more flooding could be on the waw. flooding continues unparts of our state and 12 of our river are measuring at major flood stage. some locations won t see rivers crest until late in the weekend and flooding will continue well into next week. this means that lives are still at risk and people need to stay alert for lockal evacuation orders. pretty much the same in south carolina too. the flooding has turned streets into rivers. authorities say 23 out of the states 46 counties could be impacted by flooding. all of this as the death toll continueses to rise, at least 44 people have now died.