this is one of the roads that about an hour ago was closed off. it is now open again. power companies reporting that at its peak, there were about 100,000 people without power. right now, that s about 5000 and they expect most people to have their power back by 8 pm, so the recovery is underway, as we drive around, you hear the homes of the chainsaws and leaf blowers, but many people saying that they are fortunate that is all that they were dealing with when they compared to what they are seeing to what we know is happening in florida. nbc news correspondent shaq brewster reporting from charleston for us. meanwhile, the massive recovery effort continues in florida. let s bring in denise cutler, the chief development officer of the all-base food bank there operates in southwestern florida. dennis, thank you for joining me. talk to us about your response, your organization s response to ian s devastation. what are you doing to help the victims of the disaster right now? thank you for
i will never, ever, ever not evacuate again. wow, what a story there. there is also another rescue in the barrier islands to share. a man stranded on his boat in mangrove s trapped in floodwaters with hurricane ian. u.s. coast guard aircrews surveying the area hoist him to safety. i m joined now by vice admiral, rather, kevin london. i should say an admirable man, the. commander of the coast guard atlantic area. thank you so much for being here, admiral. i appreciate that because as we look at these powerful images of some of the coast guard s efforts following this harrowing storm, how many rescues has your team been involved in at this point? are there still areas that you have yet to reach? alex, thanks for having us on today. and we are actively engaged in ongoing operations to search and rescue. over the last two days, the coast guard has saved or assisted over 400 people and 88 pets. those active operations to help others in need continue today.
me. talk to us about your response, your organization s response to ian s devastation. what are you doing to help the victims of the disaster right now? thank you for having us on today. we are out there on the road bringing food to the shelters predominantly, and some of our agency partners who are still operable. we got on the roads first thing in thursday morning as soon as we got the all clear from our county emergency services. we are assessing the damage at some of our agency level and who can open and scheduling as many distributions as we can, as safely as we can. the need for organizations like yours, particularly food banks is always high, but that s especially true in times of crisis. we saw that at the beginning of the pandemic. tell us about the people that
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