to the mainland. and above the shear scale of the wreckage, the storm left some areas completely unrecognizable. one person told the tampa bay times lee koth looks like a bomb has been dropped. momentarily, we ll go live to fort myers beach where this side by side shows the destruction to the popular pier. here s a man from fort myers who had a terrifying experience. i stayed here as long as i could until i got scared for my life and went across the street. the it didn ts last too long. the big bad wolf puffed it away. i watched my house disappear with everything in it. right pfr my eyes. right before his eyes. i want to bring in kat park in south carolina where hurricane ian is expected to make landfall soon. what are the conditions you re seeing? what are you hearing about what you re expecting in the next couple hours or so? reporter: so we have been out here for several hours now. i can can tell you the landscape has changed dramatically. behind me is the ashley riv
our initial coverage we had lights from helicopters and flashlights and news cameras, but we couldn t really get a whole sense of the damage. when the sun rose today, we can see all seven cars. the engine derailed, one of the difficult questions that remains even at this hour is whether all the people on board that train have been found. the death toll from this accident as i said, it stands at seven people tonight opinion at least eight more people are in critical condition. as the day has gone on, a number of people killed in this accident have been identified by their families or employers. local officials have stopped short by saying the search for more victims is over. sniffer dogs have been brought in to comb the scene.
lights from helicopters and flashlights and news cameras, but we couldn t really get a whole sense of the damage. when the sun rose today, we can see all seven cars. the engine derailed, one of the difficult questions that remains even at this hour is whether all the people on board that train have been found. the death toll from this accident as i said, it stands at seven people tonight opinion at least eight more people are in critical condition. as the day has gone on, a number of people killed in this accident have been identified by their families or employers. local officials have stopped short by saying the search for more victims is over. sniffer dogs have been brought
they recovered a forward facing video camera that is facing the front of the train. both were sent to amtrak headquarters in nearby wilmington, delaware to have their data downloaded. after going to the amtrak headquarters first, they were sent to the ntsb lab in d.c. for further analysis. investigators also removed some pieces of the track. you can see here on this flatbed, pieces of the track that appear to have been relevant to the incident last night. the segments of track were hauled away by truck today, moved to a secure location, where they will be analyzed by federal investigators, the locomotive to the engine and a number of the derailed passenger cars are being removed to a secure location, we are told tonight that one of the amtrak passenger cars has already been removed from the site when the sun rose today, last night in
they recovered a forward facing video camera that is facing the front of the train. both were sent to amtrak headquarters in nearby wilmington, delaware to have their data downloaded. after going to the amtrak headquarters first, they were sent to the ntsb lab in d.c. for further analysis. investigators also removed some pieces of the track. you can see here on this flatbed, pieces of the track that appear to have been relevant to the incident last night. secure location, we are told tonight that one of the amtrak passenger cars has already been removed from the site when the sun rose today, last night in our initial coverage we had