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it is a very cohesive group. they are hands on. i ve seen thousands of different members of the electric company trying to fix the grid. national guard, paramedics, sheriffs, it s really a big effort to bring releaf to people. this is only day five after the hurricane. and i see that the response is there. i know people sometimes, they lose their patience and want help right now but this is a massive hurricane. but over i m very happy with what i ve seen here. i think we need to be changing, and it is great that we have the mre s. i think it is a good job giving them away. i see them in a lot of places. but i like the way we do it. which is with local people, local restaurants, local food, cooking local food that we buy from local farmers and when we show up every day, and we keep bringing comfort to the people. in the process, sometimes you
and in florida, this morning days after hurricane ian made landfall, inland flooding remains a big threat. in arcadia, some 50 miles from the coast, parts of the highway 70 which served as a thoroughfare across the state, it remains submerged. nadia romero is in arcadia. tell us what you are seeing there. nadia, i m here. reporter: we have so much going on here because of the flooding. this area is synonymous with flooding now. you could see behind me that this is part of the peace river that is starting to recede but not enough for there to be an ability tfor people to pass across this road. that is such a challenge. that is why we re seeing efforts like this behind me, the national guard bringing in cases of water of mre s and other
hurricane center. i m going to speak with a top fo official in just a moment. still over 600,000 are without power. many residents don t have safe drinking water either. let s get started with the very latest on the rescue and recovery. cnn s nadia romero is in arcadia with the latest. what are you seeing now. reporter: we re seeing so many people who are desperate for resources. we re only about four days since the storm and that is four days without power and everything they have in their freezer or frig has been destroyed or damaged by water. so that is why you ll see the national guard with cases of water for people. these are mre s and also diapers and there is dog food. there is other supplies that people need to just keep them going for next couple of days. parts of florida still dealing with devastating flooding following hurricane ian. and where that water has
yesterday. so the water is receding but ever so slightly. a lot more before the road becomes passable. right now they re trying to get basic supplies, food, pet food, mre. it is a huge effort. county emergency management teams, the national guard, salvation army, all of the above trying to make sure people have basics of what they need right now. boris? it is an enormous operation. and we re grateful to the work of responders and emergency teams responding to that need. let take you to the weis now and jasmine wright, who is reporting on immediately i don t know s visit to florida later this week. it s actuallying if to be a busy week of travel for president biden because on monday he s going to visit puerto rico, which is still recovering after hurricane fiona hit that area and a couple days of a that the