cyclone. associated press reporting at least 30 people have died, including 27 in florida. griff: ian now set to bring heavy rain to the east coast after definiting leaving devastating damage and landfall again in the carolinas, ap confirming at least 35 have died including 27 in florida. welcome to fox news live. i m griff jenkins. jacqui: good to be with you all, i m jacqui heinrich. and molly is in south carolina, and adam klotz in the weather center and rich at the white house. we ll start off with steve harrigan in north port. jacqui, the water in north port is going up and they re struggling to make rescues. a waiting list of 500 people, calling 911 they re trapped by the water and want to get out we ve seen national guard, and private citizens, too, trying to help people. you can see the houses one after the other have become little islands about chest high, four or five feet height of water around some of these houses. first responders are joined by a lot of people
transportation for the roadways, as we saw, sanibel island is literally cut off. there s there s no way to get there unless you get there by boat. so we are working with our partners and government officials and emergency officials here to try to figure out the best way to deliver those items quickly and safely, where they re needed. jacqui: now, i understand there s so much warning ahead of the hurricane for people to get out of the area, but the danger does not subside immediately after a storm. you know, can you tell me what they need to know about when it s safe to go back in to try to find your belongings and what kind of risks you might encounter if you re walking into flood waters? well, i highly suggest that people listen to the emergency officials and first responders that are in their area on when they can safely go back. but again, these waters were so high, even here in orlando, we saw homes with water up to the
pier. hi, griff. this is polly s island, a beautiful, beautiful place on a given sunny day like today. they were hit really, really hard and you see the debris on the beaches. this is an island four miles long and in places it s only about a house wide. you mentioned the pier and we re standing next to it. the police department sent pictures of it, it collapsed and floated south. incredible damage done to the homes and sand on the streets. utility crews have been on the island and residents have been allowed to return and take a look at the damage. the pictures during the height of the storm and watching intense water come in and ravage the area. and the water came over the streets into the homes on polly s island. pets, people taken to safety and really today they re working to get things back to normal. further south, charleston, thankfully that city not getting the brunt of the storm.
a category 1 storm with 85 mile per hour wind and officials came out and they ve set up the fencing to keep people away from the boat, which is not totally secure. we ve seen workers going in and off the boat and i ve seen officials here, they re not sure how they ll take care of it. one idea, digging trench and flipping it around and into the eegs. and how it got here from 3:00 yesterday. strong waves washed ashore. we know four people were on the boat, two of whom did not initially want to evacuate the boat. all four did and thankfully all are safe. and the apartment complex from myrtle beach not far from where we are now. four people were rescued by firefighters from a cherry picker. an electrical box shorted and they could not walk in the water. and thankfully they re all safe. how bad the flooding got, storm
florida, rescue crews are still going door-to-door in some places, helping people who were trapped riding out the storm. we expect an update from the governor in the next hour and here in kissimmee, we know the army corps of engineers is sending a team to pump water from creeks like today. jacqui: make sure that i heard you right. the water is not going to crest for four days and begin receding for days? and can you confirm and explain why it is the way it is? that s right. county officials gave an update about this and reiterated that point and that s why they re start to go put the evacuate orders in place in places like kissimmee. people are moved out of their homes and rescue operations underway right now, boats in fact had to get people out of their homes this morning and in fact, the county chairman said in order for him to get to the press conference, a boat had to