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case also tonight we return to florida devastated by hurricane ian eight months ago florida insurance companies are accused of short changing homeowners were damage claims altered? families still in limbo in uninhabitable homes. we investigate plus florida s massive tourism industry, booming in some places but struggling in others we met them right after ian hit. some left, some stayed the steps forward big and small as ft. myers beach comes back announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from ft. myers beach, florida. good evening and welcome, everyone. we ve taken nightly news on the road tonight to ft. myers beach, florida for a story of unfinished business tonight with the official start of hurricane season just over a week away, a followup to hurricane ian, which came ashore here last september as a destructive category 4 hurricane. in many spots here as you can see around me it looks like it just happened last week there ar
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BidenDefaultGovernmentDealKevin-mccarthyWhite-houseToni-tonightEffortBothUkraineFightWar i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ian is
PointJames-stavridisEffortsLinesBottom-lineOld-grizzledPeopleRussiaKindInternetLossOnesToday is still an urgent need. we re thinking we feeding about 2800 mouths per month. reporter: there are signs of progress, rebuilding, businesses slowly returning, even weekend beach goers are back. recovery is measured in small steps, volunteers cleaning up, posting street signs. pt. they call it the beach bug coming back. reporter: but the personal toll is hard to measure. some left after the storm. others chose to stay. how are you? good to see you. how you been? i first met fisherman and coast guard veteran matthew simonson the day after hurricane ian hit. it s like a tsunami. telling me about his harrowing story of survival clinging to a boat as hurled on to land atop the storm surge. we were actually eye level. we were taking out some of the top wires. reporter: we found him still living here doing marine salvage. roip what made you stiblg it stick it out? there is so much work to be done here. reporter: that sense of purpose and hope extends even to the ver
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