that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed resources to assist medical malmers in lee and charlotte counties. officials in lee county are macing mountaining questions about the timing of this evacuation orders. the first ones issued less than 24 hours before the hurricane ian landfall despite evacuations should have been happened sooner. i ve been on the ground in lee county documenting the devastation and today matt le shay today in bonita springs. here is a look at what i saw. did you ride out the storm or anything? did i ride out the storm? . the water was up to half way to the front door with the waves crashing in the house. and our neighbors got stuck here and they had to safe harbor in our house. it was six inches of mud. i m going to see if they could salvage it. and we re just the back is worst than the front. the back is blown out. can we take a look? yeah. i said i leave in paradise and there was a roof over my head and i was literally in th
Areas, up to 35 inches of rain, because this is a massive rain making system, and due to complicated weather patterns, chad can explain, itll probably stall out in texas. Weve lost power to 63,000 homes in this area, thats Corpus Christi, theyve put together a boil order, thats a recaution, with so much water around here, essentially the citys Drinking Water could be contaminated. And the wind are not expected to dramatically die down any time soon. So, the hard shp really is not coming to a end, were shifting to a more difficult phase. Martin, well have chad along in a moment, there are 131 Miles Per Hour winds. How does this compare to the other hurricanes youve covered. You and i have both been out in a lot of them. Time. Because if the water does pile up as is expected, it could cut off not only rescue efforts to come in but Escape Routes to get out. Thats what you saw in new orleans after katrina. This is not a katrina, its a very different circumstance, but the danger is extremel
At this. We go towards Saturday Night its moved in a little bit. Still a hurricane tomorrow night. And then it pulls back across the shore. Thats monday morning. Take a look. Tuesday, here we go. Wednesday, the exact same spot. Potentially dealing with a hurricane still. That is five days of this kind of rain. That is why we are expecting to see some Rainfall Totals likely over 4 feet and that is going to cause massive problems in the region. Tucker what a shame. Rick, thanks. We will talk to you again in a minute. Steve harrigan is in Corpus Christi tonight right on the gulf of mexico. Steve, what do you see . Tucker, we have seen things get worse here each hour. This storm has strengthened dramatically. Its really caught a lot of people here by surprise. Some of the people originally planning on riding it out decided at the last minute to make their evacuation. Still the worst is yet to come in the next four to five hours. We have already heard from local police who have said that fo
you have blue skies and light winds and all the great things you can enjoy during a typical summer day in florida. dana: sheriff, thank you so much. they are lucky to have you down there and grateful to have you on the show. thank you, dana and bret. thank you for what you do. be safe out there and for folks up north of us we are praying for you. dana: thank you, sir. bret: it is great to talk to authorities and they are in the middle of all this trying to help people out. it is really serious in the back end of the storm, too, as the sheriff talked about. you have a lot of people dying from drowning and accidents that happen after the storm has already passed because this surge water. they have 40 shelters around the state and hopefully people get to safety. dana: look at that video with all the trees that are coming down right there in the middle of the road. it is best to listen to local authorities and if they want you to try to stay home as much as possible or stay in th
this dock traveled across the street. this dock came from over here. this house. behind this house. off the coast over there. and that speaks to how powerful this storm was and the destruction it left behind. now let s get to what you were asking about what officials are telling me. i just spoke to the city manager here in naples and he stressed that this is going to be a long-term recovery. they have a very long to-do list. not days or weeks, but months. it will take months to recover from this. listen to what he told me. people need to take care of their emotional and mental health because we re really going to need to work together on this. what could you tell me about the death toll? do you expect that to change? um, we, um, we re concerned. nine feet of surge water rising as rapidly as it has, we have no confirmed storm-related deaths at this point.