at least 12 people have been reported killed, and it brought epic rain and flooding to the central part of the state. hundreds of people have been rescued, that work continues overnight. over 2 million homes and businesses are without power. today president biden visited fema s headquarters in washington, d. c. and said federal aid is on its way to florida. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. when conditions allow it, i ll gonna be going to florida. will you be talking to florida ron desantis when you re down there? the answer is yes if he wants to see. let s go right to nbc meteorologist, michelle grossman. i know michelle, that we got the 11 pm update from the national weather center just moments ago. what did you learn? hi there stephanie great to see you. well it s strengthened even further, so back to a category one storm. we re looking at 80 mile per hour winds. it did weaken earlier this morning to a tropical storm, dropped into the at
the hurricane don t have the insurance they need to rebuild the new york times reports just eight teen percent of homes have the coverage for. carrie sanders has more on how florida insurance companies are facing their own massive challenges. they can afford to stay in business. anyone with a mortgage in a flood zone is required to carry federal flood insurance. but windy mist covered by your homeowners policy in florida six insurance companies in florida have claimed insolvency just this year. homeowners have claimed those in business have jacked up premiums. i d say about a 30% increase for myself others i ve seen rising 50 to 100 percent, and some of just been canceled altogether. the hardest-hit counties in the storm s path experienced huge population looms in the last three decades. joining us now to discuss, alex
was gonna hit us so directly. is your house okay? i haven t been to my home. i m living at the station for the moment. we have been doing coverage since the day before the hurricane. very long days. i think from what my roommate said it is okay. i don t think we have power but i honestly don t know what i m going to be going home. too i really really thank you for being here. a lot of us to be that tara calion, a coworker at the station, she hasn t even seen her house in the last three days. she doesn t even know what she s going home to, but she s at work reporting to help us understand what s going on down there. i appreciate your work, thank you so much. thank you stephanie. i want to bring in nikki freed, the agricultural commissioner for the state of florida. nikki were 24 hours this is been like for you, tell us what it s been like. it is unfathomable. it s heartbreaking to hear the stories about where you just reported on, hearing that she s still in her station.