flood stage for the next several days. much the same with the peace river by tampa. these are slow-draining watersheds. the heavy precipitation you reported on earlier south of orlando, it takes three weeks for that water to travel down the river where it is stored in the lake. it will take time for water the drain out of central florida and it will impact everyone s efforts. we encourage everyone please be safe. follow the guidance of your elected leaders and local emergency management officials. we want everyone to be safe in this response. bill: that s a great explanationment standing water two days later. thank you for that. when you look at that structure for the causeway bridge that goes to sanibel island and you think about other hurricanes this hit the gulf of mexico and devastated interstate 10 that runs east and west. how long does it take to rebuild bridges like that? we ll know more after the structural engineers look at this with the florida department
orlando mayor as well as governor ron desantis. it take a listen to this. this is unprecedented. we had so much rain over the course of the last month with the ground already saturated so you can t park like it normally would subside. the water has to go somewhere and fortunately the places it would naturally go have either flown into one of the rivers running north or south. it was such a major weather event that it s producing 500 year floods in places like seminole county and orange county. trace, some good news, flights out of orlando international airport are set to resume noon tomorrow assuming no issues are discovered between now and then. debris pickup will also start tomorrow. one thing officials here are asking residents to do is
and we begin with steve harrigan live in florida just 9 miles away from where ian came a short period good evening, you heard from people who rode out the storm the fear as the storm was coming through and then later we are seeing people talking today they seem stunned by the level of devastation and the destruction. they see all around in southwest florida, i m standing in front of a house destroyed in a trailer park unit all around me left and right street after street where there s complete destruction. if your house is still standing, you re likely taking a few of your neighbors and as aides pouring into florida from across the country. there is a number of pockets where the aide hasn t reached and people here are asking for the basics, asking for water, food, shelter. in many cases, at this point they are getting it from friends. the destruction came from 115
homes surrounded by rising floodwaters. in nearby clay county, deputies rescued a man who fell off a boat in the st. john s river. authorities say conditions on the river were tumultuous but unclear whether that or a medical condition caused the man to fall overboard listed in critical condition at a local hospital. the storm s impacts were not just felt on the coast. well inland ian dumped heavy amounts of rain causing rivers, streams and ponder to overflow. the home video shows several inches of water flowing into an apartment unit in orlando. in another part of that city residents used a kayak to navigate a street that floodwaters had transformed into a river. even on roads that are still passable like this street in downtown st. augustine authorities are urging people to avoid driving through floods so they don t create wakes that push more water into people s homes and businesses.
northeastern florida up the east coast. jonathan serrie is northeast of jacksonville. how have they done? right now things have cleared up considerably. people returning to the beach. i see a few surfers out in the water. but what a difference a day makes. even though we re on the opposite coast of where this storm made landfall, ian unleashed heavy rains and winds both in central florida and also here in the northeastern part of the state. take a look at this video from vel oesch yeah county. two deaths. a 67-year-old man fell and unable to get up before floodwaters rose over him and a 72-year-old man who fell into a canal behind his home during the storm. deputies checked on vehicles and made sure no one was trapped inside and helped evacuate several residents stranded in