authorities have been urging peoples to stay inside and stay off of those roads, we are talking about some of the vehicles that are out there and still attempting to lead. they asked people to hunker down and get to that high ground. they have made city parking garage is available for people to park their ground cars on higher grounds until the storm passes. a lot of those are full, they were absolutely packed to the gables last night. sandbags have been handed out. at this point in time, the city has done what they could to prepare and it is these next couple of hours that they have asked people to really stay put, stay safe, and then let the first responders, do it they are work and to not get in the way. that is the big goal, it is the next couple of hours, the high tide, the surge, the water that is coming down that it is an greatest. kayleigh. kayleigh: the last time south carolina sought make landfall was 2016 with hurricane matthew. what a resident saying with that i
somehow. so, anyway, they are getting, this is just south of myrtle beach, down there by garden city, surfside beach on the southern part of the grand strand, just south of the grand strand on down toward georgetown. georgetown in this area here, and then i want to make a note of this spot right here, this is mcclellanville, and behind it is march. it was notorious near hugo, they had a high school that flooded and they had to hang from the rafters and on top of tables and stages to save themselves. looks like right now the center of this broad circulation is going to come ashort, kind of a little face i drew there, isn t it, come ashore somewhere near mcclellanville, right about there, that puts the worst of the water to the north with the winds like this. the worst of the water into the georgetown area, and just north of georgetown is the famous place, pawleys island, and the pier, a famous attraction there on the island, i ve seen the images of that now of the end of the p
this is by far the worst storm i ve ever witnessed. there s just debris everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone. this was a bad. one ian was bad, so if it was tough on our region, will be actually looking at this for many years to come. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. hurricane ian is now threatening georgia and the carolinas and it s expected to make landfall just a few hours from now. this is what eon did to southwest florida after it slammed into the coast over 24 hours ago, totaling 115 miles per hour winds and catastrophic storm surge. at least one many people have been reported killed, and brought epic rain and flooding to the central part of the state. hundreds of people have been rescued, that work continues overnight. over 2 million homes and businesses are without power. today president biden visited fema s headquarters in washington, d.c. and said federal aid is on its way to florida. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s histor
at least 12 people have been reported killed, and it brought epic rain and flooding to the central part of the state. hundreds of people have been rescued, that work continues overnight. over 2 million homes and businesses are without power. today president biden visited fema s headquarters in washington, d. c. and said federal aid is on its way to florida. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. when conditions allow it, i ll gonna be going to florida. will you be talking to florida ron desantis when you re down there? the answer is yes if he wants to see. let s go right to nbc meteorologist, michelle grossman. i know michelle, that we got the 11 pm update from the national weather center just moments ago. what did you learn? hi there stephanie great to see you. well it s strengthened even further, so back to a category one storm. we re looking at 80 mile per hour winds. it did weaken earlier this morning to a tropical storm, dropped into the at
field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on, again as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different, and always poses different challenges. appreciate all the support from the state, governor, thank you, from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, this is a team sport and a team effort and we are going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet and where we all want to be. thank you. and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the ex ten to which that infrastructure has remained is critical because it s a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than to have to rebuild it. so to see some of that that was able to withstand is encouraging. it s also just a testament. some of these folks put money into the resilience of the infrastructure, and this is like the ultimate test. you have a hurricane that s a massive hurricane coming in at 155 miles an hour, producing this type of