damage to the south carolina coast where it struck today as a category 1 hurricane. this is the cherry grove pier in north myrtle beach, one of two that partially collapsed today. and just as on the florida gulf coast and later in orlando ian caused significant flooding in the charleston and myrtle beach areas and knocked out power to about a third of a million customers in south and north carolina. so we ve also just received some new video in of a high wave sweeping several people off a pier in miami. we have a big wave and about five people so that s in miami still from the high tide and the waves being kicked up by ian. six people were hurt in that. no one, thank goodness, was killed. state-wide, the death toll is now at least 42, and that is expected to rise. and the damage especially in places like fort meyers beach became even more apparent today. it is so severe that a coast guard commander told our wolf blitzer his chopper crews simply do not have monday landma
category 4 storm this week, and we continue to follow ian as it moves into north carolina after making landfall as a hurricane there. it is now moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone, posing all sorts of problems for that part of the country. even though it s been downgraded, officials warn it still threatens the area with herb rain and flooding. in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline, and as high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, two piers, one in pawleys island and another in north myrtle beach you see here partially collapsing. officials are now warning residents to avoid leaving their homes and to steer clear of floodwaters that could pose hidden dangers. the obvious one of the water itself, can isolate people, drown people, but it can also hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even contaminants in the water. the waters themselves are the most dangerous. ian slam med into southwest florida as a severe cate
them and guys were holding on, and they just looked at their wives and they said we can t hold on anymore, we love you, bye, and that was it. i mean, people were sucking air at their ceilings. did they all make it? no, no. the two guys didn t make it. the wife and the girlfriend did because they pushed them out the windows first. oh, my goodness. so they just found somebody i just heard, too, like three hours ago. have you passed that onto authorities? do they know? oh, they know. they re here right now. i just want to explain i m not trying to make this sound worse than anybody else. everybody s going through a real bad time now, but it s unimaginable to see 25 feet of water coming rushing through. it was like a dam broke. it was it was taking everything. there s cars floating down the
house. he was with his wife, and it was another couple, and the storm surge came all the way up, and they had the windows were sucked out. these guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was, and they were looking at them, and the guys were holding on, an they just looked at their wives, and they said, we can t hold on anymoring we love you, bye, and that was it. i mean people were sucking air, you know, at the ceilings. did they all make it? no, no. the two guys didn t make it. the wives and the girlfriend did because they pushed them out the windows first. oh, my goodness. they just found somebody, i heard, too, like three hours ago. have you passed that on to authorities? do they know? oh, they know. they re here right now. i just want to explain. i m not trying to make this
he jumped on a tree. i had a friend they were in his house and he was with his wife and another couple, and the storm surge came all the way up and the windows were sucked out. these guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was, and they were looking at them and guys were holding on, and they just looked at their wives and they said we can t hold on anymore, we love you, bye, and that was it. i mean, people were sucking air at their ceilings. did they all make it? no, no. the two guys didn t make it. the wife and the girlfriend did because they pushed them out the windows first. oh, my goodness. so they just found somebody i just heard, too, like three hours ago. have you passed that onto authorities?