newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the county s ow
to be seen. there are programs that fema has. but it is not going to be commensurate to having had a policy. this is an issue we will have to d deal with. we deal with this. when you have this about the homeowners policy will cover certain things, but the flood policy covers probably the most significant risk for most homeowners in florida given the risk of flooding that we have in so many parts of our state. so we re sensitive to that. there is, obviously, going to be some folks that are going to be in need of support and relief and we are, obviously, going to work as best we can. i will say that people have been asking about some of the overall homeowners insurance with like citizens. citizens i think right now between 6 and 7 billion of surplus. their modelling for this was that they would still have between 4 and 5 billion in surplus. so they view themselves as being able to weather this. individual carriers have to go through a stress test to be able to have their polici
Later in the programme well get the inside track on a tech company which aims to tackle the worldwide problem of poor eyesight. A new survey has found that online spending in the uk has fallen for the First Time Since 2013. Today we want to know whether your expectations of the future are affecting your Spending Decisions . Do get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. So Emmanuel Macron has won the french presidency, and now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. France has had a high Unemployment Rate for decades currently around 10 of the workforce or 3 million people. That compares with less than half 4. 3 across the border in germany. The problem is worse for young people 24 of those between the ages of 15 and 2a dont have a job. The other big iss
Police investigating the manchester Suicide Bombing will resume sharing intelligence information with their us counterparts. Cooperation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to American Media. President trump said those responsible should be prosecuted. In the uk, a minutes silence was held to remember the 22 people who lost their lives in the attack. From manchester, gavin hewitt reports. In the minutes before the silence, thousands headed to the squares, the open spaces, the office doorways, a moment for a Wounded Community to reflect, to remember, to stand together. In manchester, a long minute ended with applause. Applause it was really beautiful, i thought it was so nice, everyone coming here and showing respect. Todays been a time to reflect and a time of remembrance. And at the same time, to show strength and unity, and our support to those whove lost their loved ones. Ive come to pay tribute to those who were so courageous that night, those w
Police investigating the manchester Suicide Bombing will resume sharing intelligence information with their us counterparts. Cooperation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to American Media. President trump said those responsible should be prosecuted. In the uk, a minutes silence was held to remember the 22 people who lost their lives in the attack. From manchester, gavin hewitt reports. In the minutes before the silence, thousands headed to the squares, the open spaces, the office doorways, a moment for a Wounded Community to reflect, to remember, to stand together. In manchester, a long minute ended with applause. Applause it was really beautiful, i thought it was so nice, everyone coming here and showing respect. Todays been a time to reflect and a time of remembrance. And at the same time, to show strength and unity, and our support to those whove lost their loved ones. Ive come to pay tribute to those who were so courageous that night, those w