earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. i will take a knee. oops. i ll have to take a knee there. okay. you guys got it i m going back out. the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. michelle, hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. what should residents in its path expect over the next 24 to 48 hours? i, they re great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, that s the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, it s the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and also fre
torn off buildings. the treacherous situation has led to rescues all across florida. the fire chief of fort myers says his department conducted 200 rescues overnight over the course of just a few hours. this video shows a group of good samaritans who call themselves the call your county cowboys, they pulled a man stranded in his car to safety. in orlando, a reporter who happened to be on the scene rescued a woman trapped in flood waters. the situation has led biden administration to pledge a fulsome response. president biden has officially declared ian to be a major disaster, a move that makes federal funding available immediately to several hard hit counties. president biden warned of tough times ahead for floridians. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. the numbers are still unclear, but we re hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. we re going to learn a lot more in the coming hours, but we know many families are hurting, man
GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. agencies voiced hope that a shaky truce that got underway between Israel and Hamas on Friday would allow aid to flow to northern Gaza for the first time in weeks, while the World Health Organization said it is working on further hospital evacuations. Aid agencies have said they are aiming to deliver supplies to northern part of the Palestinian enclave where hospitals have collapsed due to bombings and lack of fuel and where there are major concerns about deyhydration and disease outbreaks. "The United Nations can confirm that as I speak trucks with humanitarian supplies continues to cross into Gaza through the Rafah crossing point," said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for OCHA.
years we ve seen many years in the case of, for example, hurricane harvey in texas in 2017. and certainly what we saw in puerto rico in 2017. maria. and hurricane michael, actually, in the florida panhandle. so, lots of work to do. and the other thing, the gruesome job too, alicia, is determining how many people lost their lives in this tragically huge storm. and this is not so easy and first of all we have to find people that did not survive. and second of all, there are going to be people who die from medical from exposure. from they don t have their medications. their medical treatments that they need they are not in hospitals where they should be. there have been some very dramatic and i think pretty successful hospital evacuations. but the fact is that we don t really know yet. a lot of assessment is going to need to take place.
one hot ticket. world news tonight is up tonight, the new track. hurricane dorian closer to the u.s. coast. as the true horror in the bahamas is now revealed. the new images coming in. the total devastation. the death toll growing tonight. apocalyptic scenes. cars floating, families trying to get out of their homes filling with water, with their dogs in chest-high water. thousands of homes destroyed tonight and our team is there. the new concerns here in the u.s. the new track out tonight. the hurricane growing in size. and now parts of the track bringing it closer to the coast than before. we ll tell you where. as the outer bands now slam the florida coast, more than a million people under evacuations up through the carolinas. and now hospital evacuations to prepare, as well. ginger timing it out tonight. what happened inside that boat engulfed in flames in the middle of the night. 34 passengers presumed dead, trapped below deck.