community near sarasota, a possible levee breech could push a 15-foot wall of water into the neighborhood. sarasota is just one of the many gulf coast communities still dealing with severe flooding. hurricane ian slamming southwest florida as a category 4 storm. the death toll now stands at 45. but that number could rise as crews reach areas that have been cut off because of the flooding. right now, the remnants of ian moving over the mid-atlantic states following friday s direct hit on the south carolina coast as a category 1 hurricane. now down to boris in hard-hit ft. myers. boris? reporter: fred, neighbors here are stunned at just is raw power of mother nature. i m not sure how well you can see it behind me, but there are several vessels, five what appear to be commercial fishing charter sized vessels that were lifted from when they were here in this marina in ft. myers and tossed onto the outside part of that bridge, just thrown around like debris, one of many scenes
so far we ve only had one rescue that was late yesterday as ian was coming ashore near myrtle beach, about five miles offshore. there was a commercial fishing boat that was disabled. a coast guard helicopter out of savanna lowered a rescue swimmer and safely hoisted four people and brought them to safety, and that storm came ashore. we re still responding to calls there. as for the ports, port charleston is open this morning, ports of savanna and brunswick and we re working on moore held city and wilmington in north carolina open later today. we re incredibly grateful for your work. we know there are logistical challenges with getting folks the resources they need to expedite the recovery process but also saving lives. it s so inspiring. i m always in awe of the incredible work that the coast guard does across the water fronts of the united states.
and alex, of course, this is a man not used to losing, he will be on one of the first flights out of the country. it s so unfortunate because this is contributing to his overall legacy but he doesn t like to lose and he rarely does it. we ll see about this one. thank you so much, molly. people all along the west coast of the u.s. have been advised to stay away from beaches and all water fronts. n advised to stay away from advised to stay away from beaches and all water fronts chicken, new peppercorn ranch, new hickory-smoked bacon, new. (whistle blowing) did you just spike the footlong? sorry, i didn t want the delay of game. save big. order through the app. if you re washing with the bargain brand, save big. even when your clothes look clean, there s extra dirt you can t see. watch this. that was in these clothes. ugh. but the clothes washed in tide- so much cleaner. if it s got to be clean it s got to be tide hygienic clean. no surprises in these clothes!
government builder so i won t go too far down the line, but as the borough president in brooklyn, we were hit hard as well as queens. i visited locations on staten island as well. first, we have to be honest with ourselves of what is needed, intervention and prevention, a term i use often. those are the long-term things. everything from closing our pica plants, cycling, buses, diesel fuel, a green infrastructure. i like to say a real green bond job initiative to shore up our water fronts. we have to be honest with yourselves that this did not come from high tides. it came from rain. mother nature is making it clear that we can t take shortcuts. and i believe some of the intervention that we can do now as we invest in building our sewer systems, but also let s look at what other countries are doing. i m in contact with the leaders
that is just beautiful. nice place to grow up? it is. that s what like being a kid? my childhood days, i used to spend it on the beach. that s pretty good. yeah. who gets to do that? well, i guess only me and my friends. do you ever take it for granted, like do you get we do. you do? we do, we do. see the thing about it when we really need it, that s the time we can t have it. a lot of our water fronts have been gone. we have very little right now. you know, it s okay. we have james bond beach like ten minutes walk from here, also. so at least we re one of the lucky ones.