we begin with the aftermath of him, and what could be the costliest hurricane in u.s. history. and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering with heavy rains from the creek of islands to new england marking. out some and delivering strangers storm surge to the south. in florida, it s climbing. in this hour it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they re also assessing the damage, it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed. homes flattened. residents, left in complete shock. i wish we should be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with that storm. the power of that storm? it would ve crashed into that side of the house. we would ve been swept away. to see the damage of clothes, it s almost frightening to see just how easily he d chewed through tons of concrete and steel. but to the danger above? heartbreaking. when you realize this is the only way an entire community c
person whose name ends in romp. have a great weekend, my friend. and thank you for joining us at home. the department of justice says tonight, this evening, filed a brief arguing that it cannot wait until december to look at all 11,000 documents it seized from donald trump. the department is arguing the delay is impeding its central investigation, and we are gonna get to that story shortly. we begin tonight with the destructive fury of hurricane ian. the storm made its second landfall in the united states a little after 2:00 this afternoon, near georgetown, south carolina, arriving is a category one storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. those winds and churning ocean waves were strong enough to destroy at least for fishing piers off the south carolina coast, including this one. they tossed an abandoned shrimp boat up on the sand. you can see it there. that boat had reportedly been anchored 12 miles offshore. here is a look at rescue crews evacuating four pe
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
fort myers beach, florida, one of the cities that was hardest hit by hurricane ian, hurricane ian made landfall on wednesday afternoon in florida as a category four hurricane. it was just a few miles shy, two miles per hour shy of being a category five storm, the likes of which have only been experienced four times in u.s. history. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida are still without power, and as of late yesterday parts of the county where i am now, where ian did make landfall, did not have access to clean drinking water. in fact, much of where i am now has no access to power either. hard to know exactly how many people are displaced this time, officials are estimating it is in the thousands, possibly tens of thousands, at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far, 12 of them here in lee county. after hitting florida eons rain grain strength over the atlantic ocean. what across florida, went out in the atlantic, and made a second landfall as a ca
and i am trying to be brave and know that my family and i are safe and i will worry about all of that other stuff later. i am 67, lived here for five years. and now it is gone. it is underwater. underwater. so much of that area still underwater there, want to go to matlacha in florida. where liz mclaughlin standing by for us. let s take us there if you will once again. joining at the top of the last hour, as you are still in that area that is just completely devastating to see a road completely broken up really. crumbled upon itself. water still surrounding the area. what more are you seeing? absolutely yasmin this does not look like the result of a hurricane. this looks like an earthquake or something. it is just crumpled concrete, the only artery to the height of pine island behind me. matlacha, this idea like kind of fishing village now just completely crumbled. and in fact there are some remains of homes here. one zahra behind it are completely gone. just washed out