we begin with the aftermath of him, and what could be the costliest hurricane in u.s. history. and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering with heavy rains from the creek of islands to new england marking. out some and delivering strangers storm surge to the south. in florida, it s climbing. in this hour it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they re also assessing the damage, it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed. homes flattened. residents, left in complete shock. i wish we should be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with that storm. the power of that storm? it would ve crashed into that side of the house. we would ve been swept away. to see the damage of clothes, it s almost frightening to see just how easily he d chewed through tons of concrete and steel. but to the danger above? heartbreaking. when you realize this is the only way an entire community c
we begin with the aftermath of ian and what could be the costliest hurricane and u.s. history. ian o was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering heavy rains for the carolinas to new england, knocking out power to sum and delivering dangerous storm search to the east coast. in florida, the death toll is climbing. at this hour, it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they are also assessing the damage. it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed, homes flattened, residents left in complete shock. we should not be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with the storm. but the power of that storm, if that would have crashed into the side of the house, we would have been swept away. to view the damage up close, it s almost frightening to see just how easily ian true through tons of concrete and steel. but the view the damage from above, heartbreaking, when you realize that this
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m kristie lu rescue crews strangling to rescue those stranded the national hurricane center says that the category one storm has regained some strength and is now expected to make landfall near myrtle beach in the coming hours. in florida, the hurricane has killed at least 19 people with that is an early figure. the u.s. president has warned that the loss of life could be substantial. hundreds of people have already been rescued, millions are without power. some of the damage was almost indescribable to see a house just sitting in the middle of a sterile bay. literally must have gotten picked up, flown because of the massive wind speed, the storm surge, and deposited in a body of water. there were cars floating in the middle of the water. some of the homes were total losses. the governor has called the storm surge and santa belle biblical. it s america s emergency cr
the latest. nowhere near what florida had to go through, and that s what you are hearing for many citizens and from local officials here. they are saying that they are breathing a sigh of relief. they feel like they dodged a bullet. that s not to say that they did not experience any damage. this is just some of the damage that we have been seeing as we go around the city. this is one of what the city says is 55 downed trees across the city of charleston, and when you look at what charleston had to face, yes, the eye at this norm was about 60 miles north of charleston, but that still means that they are about 70 mile per hour wind gusts that the experience. that still means that they have historic amounts of rain. they had the rainiest day since any time in any 24-hour period since 1938, so the impacts that they faced were significant, but they pale in comparison to what we are seeing in florida, and because at that, the recovery has also been accelerated. the city reporting most of t
destruction we have seen in florida. power is steadily being restored, ports are reopening, and life in downtown charleston is resuming. nbc s shaquille brewster is on the ground in charleston with the latest. nowhere near what florida had to go through, and that s what you are hearing for many citizens and from local officials here. they are saying that they are breathing a sigh of relief. they feel like they dodged a bullet. that s not to say that they did not experience any damage. this is just some of the damage that we have been seeing as we go around the city. this is one of what the city says is 55 downed trees across the city of charleston, and when you look at what charleston had to face, yes, the eye at this norm was about 60 miles north of charleston, but that still means that they are about 70 mile per hour wind gusts that the experience. that still means that they have historic amounts of rain. they had the rainiest day since any time in any 24-hour period since 1938, so