a crisis with no ordinary solution because this was no ordinary storm. look at the staggering scale of destruction. complicating hundreds of rescue efforts. it laid waste to entire towns, robbing people of their homes and livelihoods. some residents are now beginning to pick up the pieces. others have no pieces left to pick up. i just returned from a boat ride with the cageous navy where i saw some of the destruction for myself. this is what ian did to matt lachey in lee county where most of the deaths occurred so far. in matlacha. they find one of your neighbors? yeah. yeah. they found, like, i think three bodies so far in the water. i know there s more. cnn s nadia romero is in arcadia. we begin with brian todd in naples. officials said it could take months to recover. we have seen evidence all day long from our boat ride to where you are right now. where do things stand today where you are? jim, we re going to show you more evidence of why it s going to take so lon
more about those who did not. lives and families forever changed. evan kicks off our coverage in hazard, kentucky. tell us what you ve been seeing. reporter: we have been by this creek in route 128 in perry county, one much hardest hit counties. you can see the water level that they are still dealing with here after this flood that came through. this creek flooded over, you know, eight or ten feet from here, taking a whole house with it and knocking out the bottom of this building to mime right. the water level has been going suspend. we have been rain throughout the day. you see the yellow road sign is our guy. it was raining smorng and the water to the top of that rock and emerge that sign but come back down now. there is more rain in the forecast and a flood watch is in effect for tonight. the problem is the creek is really high and they can t take much water. nobody is expecting a flood surge like we saw on thursday that was a historic flood surge but it won t take much
Where it was positive flood surge with incoming tide. it was just the perfect storm. and we had flooding with that. not as bad though. clint belk, a very difficult situation and you guys are remarkable effort up to this point and i know to your point the worst is yet to come. if you find that you need something, if you need messages that need to get out, let us know and we ll have you back anytime you need it. we appreciate your time. fire chief the madeira beach fire department, thanks so much. thank you. be safe. and i want to turn next to bill weir, he is fairly close to the center of where landfall is expected from what is now a category 4 hurricane. it has been intensifying. bill, up to this point, what have you been seeing? actually we ll get to bill in a moment. stay with us. a fast moving story, a lot of updates to come.
ainsley: remember in sauna bell and then the bridge collapsed. steve: luckily around tampa a lot of those causeways are built up 10, 15 feet for just such an occasion, 16 feet is what they are forecasting as a flood surge in certain parts of florida. particularly the big bend area. janice dean has been over at the maps and looking at the very latest. and the information you guys in fox weather have been able to provide is stunning because these maps, i have never seen these kind of maps on tv before. janice: right we simulcast last night. ainsley: great coverage. janice: 140 mile-per-hour sustained winds overnight. they upgraded did to a category 4 storm. the winds down to a category 3 but we have been telling you, you know, don t focus on the category. the damage is going to be the storm surge. and when you are talking about 16 feet across the shallow land, it s going to cause massive catastrophic damage, unfortunately. you talked about ian last year. remember what happened
cnn s nadia romero is in arcadia. we begin with brian todd in naples. officials said it could take months to recover. we have seen evidence all day long from our boat ride to where you are right now. where do things stand today where you are? jim, we re going to show you more evidence of why it s going to take so long to recover. we have been showing you houses and apartments where people have put all their worldly possessions on the curbs, from pwepblgs, fridges, chairs and tables. there is a security issue here. some places remain exposed. ground floor apartments. this was all done by water, by the way. the flood surge came in, tore out the facade of this apartment building, pushed everything out. we re going to sweep over to your right. orlando ruiz and i are going to show apartments to your right. they put up police tape.