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rising death toll and questions being raised over evacuation orders. this morning florida continues to reel from hurricane ian. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. john berman is off this morning. officials are saying ian killed at least 76 people in florida after the monster storm barreled through the state. governor ron desantis says more than 1600 rescues have been made since the storm made landfall. communities have been left unrecognizedable. this morning more than 613,000 customers are still without power. many floridians still without clean tap water. shocking pictures. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where more than half of the storm-related deaths have been announced so far. they are now facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than neighboring counties. here is what governor desantis had to say. is that something you ll be reviewing, looking at the evacuation orders. lee county ....
destruction in its wake. governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made so far. after the storm turned roads into rivers, destroyed or damaged thousands of buildings and homes, leaving some coastal communities just unrecognizable. that s right. and right now nearly 600,000 homes and businesses are still this morning without power in florida. some floridians still have no clean water. officials say they are only now beginning to really assess the full scope of the damage. in lee county where more than 42 people died as a result of the hurricane, that is more than half of the deaths from hurricane ian, officials in that county are defending their actions after facing quite a bit of criticism over the evacuation timeline there. critics are asking where mandatory evacuations were not issued in lee county until one day before ian s landfall. while surrounding counties had already been told to evacuate prior. our reporters, correspondents, are all standin ....
And to think obviously how far they ve come. that is a divy, divy room that they re playing in there. that s what you call a cavernous club. it all makes sense now, doesn t it? it makes a lot of sense. all right. alex, it s been lovely having you this morning. really fun. thank you. cnn s coverage continues now. take care. it is the top of the hour, monday morning, we re glad you are with us, i m poppy harlow. and i m jim sciutto. right now urgent search and rescue operations under way in several parts of florida as the death toll from hurricane ian, sadly, climbs. officials now say at least 76 people have been killed, several others injured, after the monster storm pummeled the state leaving dangerous flooding and ....