miles per hour. those winds caused storm surges. a major hazard for this low-lying region. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida remain without electricity. as of late yesterday, parts of the county, where i am now, where it made landfall, they did not have access to clean drinking water. many people have no running water whatsoever. it is hard to know exactly how many people are displaced right now. officials estimate that it is in the tens of thousands. at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far. 12 of them right here in lee county. after barreling through florida, you can regain strength over the atlantic ocean. it then made a second landfall as a category one hurricane in south carolina yesterday afternoon. the damage there is a fraction of the devastation that ian brought through southwest florida. you can see the aftermath. what you can see in the images are the broken lives. these are people on the margins whose homes, jobs, bodies, and he
Fema spoke today about preparations and the efforts and the state. we have prepositioned different types of resources across all three states to include several instant management assistant teams, our urban search and rescue teams, our disaster survivor assistant teams, and they are already to pivot to the most impacted areas immediately after the storm passes. we also have warehouses filled with commodities like food, water, blankets and medical supplies that are ready to rapidly move into the impacted area at the states request. i want to now bring in former fema administrator greg. craig, thank you for being here tonight. we are watching this storm very, very closely. i m wondering, what our emergency officials up against with hurricane idalia which is now forecasted to make landfall as a category four. craig? well, this was pointed out earlier. these areas along the coast
Does that aid go through individual people? it does. one of the very important things is that we were on the ground yesterday insult was florida. we are going to be an orlando today. we really assessing the damage. we bring the full force of the federal family to disaster areas. we have disaster survivor assistant teams. we are on the ground working with folks in shelters to make sure that the needs can be met. as well as the neighborhoods. that full focus supports the survivors recovery through cash assistance and other supplemental services and programs as they begin the road to recovery. talk to me about fema s rule as it released to the states and other other organizations. there are still rescue is underway. we are not fully done with that. we are not moved into recovery yet. that is right. it is really a simultaneous