southwest florida as a category 4 hurricane, making it the most powerful storm to ever hit that area of the state. the death toll now standing at 45, but that number could rise as crews reach areas cut off by flooding. people who chose to ride out the storm describe their harrowing experiences. the water was up to my balcony here. it was just you could dive off the balcony. just water everywhere, stuff floating on it. i never stay again. they say evacuate, go. right now the remnants of ian are moving along the country s northeast after the storm hit georgetown county, south carolina, as a category 1 hurricane. let s send it down to boris sanchez anchoring our coverage from fort myers, florida. boris. fred, as the sun rises on another day here in fort myers and southwest florida, the scope of the damage from hurricane ian is becoming more clear. communities are reeling as many folks are getting back to their properties and seeing what was left behind by this near categor
Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Tonight millions are under flood alerts as lifethreatening monsoons swamp the southwest. In Nevada Police are investigating the death of at one popular burning man festival where thousands are still stranded in the mudsoaked black rock city, where two months days. Organizers there warning people still in the desert area to conserve water and fuel. And in san bernardino, california several roads are impassable, even for big rigs like these after storms swept through that area. Cbss Elise Preston starts us off tonight from california. Elise . Reporter jericka, the burning man festival is a celebration of art and creativity that happens every year. But heavy rain swamped the event, leaving many stuck and sheltering in place. Tens of thousands stranded at the burning man festival, forced to hunker down in the nevada desert as authorities tell them to conserve food and water. We are not allowed out of the playa. The gates are locked. We wer
Team moved in here and they finally cleared that building. The police were initially called after 3 00 this morning after a man was shot and wounded inside the place. At least a dozen people were taken out of the building with their hands up. Over the next few hours, two people were taken into custody. The police say they also found a shotgun and a replica handgun inside this particular building. It is unclear exactly what led up to the shooting, although, again, we did talk with several neighbors, including one man who told me he comes here to this building to gamble quite often. He says there are quite a few slot machines inside. Just a warehouse with the machines, thats it. Six machines. And they have machines. With an active scene were gathering all kinds of information so we cant specifically pinpoint what the cause or the reason for this incident happened. Reporter as we clear and find out more information well figure that out shortly. And the Oakland Police tell me that the offi
Its the official unofficial start of summer, right . The countdown is on. Mother nature appears to be cooperating. At least to start today. Momentarily. Today looks fantastic. And even memorial day actually doesnt look as bad as i think tomorrow will be. The new models that came in overnight showing tomorrow the wettest of the three days. It looks like all of the memorial Day Celebrations and backyard barbecues, we should for the most part be able to get quite a few in. Lets take a look right now starting off with your saturday. Here is a look from our michael and son weather camera today. The sun is shining. It is humid outside, but that wont stop anybody from going outside and maybe doing the pool thing or heading to the beach as well. 71 right now. Already up to 70 in leesburg. Over in Prince Georges County, in off this start morning. In terms of the afternoon, we will continue to see clouds, hazy skies and an isolated shower west northwest this afternoon. We will see sunshine. Temp
Payment at mcdonalds. We have it all on Varney Company which starts right now. Lets check the big word. Bouncing back right now. They get a report from the manufacturing set their way on stocks. Not that far away from the 7000 mark. Loyola moving higher. The Largest National strike since 1980. Gas Prices Holding Steady. Price of regular up two and a half cents since this time last week. Look at that. 1. 764810 year treasury. Stocks reacting to another negative read on the economy. Aims are certainly better tom. The market is react into what is going on in europe. It is reacting to what i am calling the quantitative easing. Unless we get some type of fiscal reform in the United States i think the market languishes here over the next several months. Europe is firing up their quantitative easing. They have all kinds of problems. They have protesters in spain over the weekend. They want antiausterity. I think that is something that is worrying our market. The strengthening dollar is also w