at 19, a number that is almost certain to rise in the days ahead. the u.s. president warming up thursday poll of a lot of loss of life as one official sank likely the biggest natural disaster disaster the state s ever seen. that s the biggest disaster in florida s history. tens of thousands of emergency workers and deployed statewide. now 2 million homes and businesses stay with the electricity. large parts of the state are underwater. instead it s a one in 1000-year rainfall. the governor ron desantis decided describe the storm surge is biblical. some of the damage was almost under scribe-able to see a house just sitting in the middle of a sterile bay. you must be flown because of the massive wind speed and storm surge and deposited in a body of water. there were cars floating in the middle of the water. some of the homes were total losses. he is expected to hit south carolina and coincide with high tide on friday, greatly to increasing the potential for flooding. the go
Were taking risks. You have power lines down, trees down. You have a lot of hazards right now. We do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the Barrier Islands and some of the coast. Some of those inland places off rivers and off these inlets you are likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead. So thats a hazard and just be aware that is something that if you with weathered this storm we want to minimize any harm to any one. We have had 26 states provide support. We really appreciate that. It will be put to use. This is i dont think weve ever seen an effort mobilized for this many rescues this quickly. We appreciate it and will make good use of it. We want people to be safe. Those who have are in need of life support right now, help is on the way. What they were able to do is look to see where the areas that were the hardest hit and theyve been focusing assets there. So obviously the Barrier Islands but you also have places alon
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