morning. we re probably still another three to four days left in search and rescue and recovery, so that s a rough time frame that could go in either direction. these are not numbers. this is family members, people didn t just lose their homes. we can rebuild a home. we can get another boat, but when you lose a loved one, there s just no words that can describe how we feel for that family. so we hope and pray those numbers stay as low as possible. more than 430,000 people remain without power across florida, and some in places like fort myers beach and sanibel island could be without power for more than a month. crews are already trying to reconnect the hurricane ravaged barrier islands to the mainland, a temporary gravel bridge to pine island could be done by the end of the week. cnn s boris sanchez is there in lee county. boris, we know that it will take months, if not years to put these communities back together. what s the latest on that path that you know now? re
think it s more or less you have to work for it. reporter: her hard work paid off with a lifetime of awards, including the presidential medal of freedom in 2013. as for inspiring future performers, she said they needed to be one of three things. great, different or first. and i just happened to be different because i started writing my own songs and didn t really realize the things that i was writing about nobody wanted to talk about them. they were just doing them, you know? top of the hour on cnn newsroom . i m victor blackwell. and i m alyson camerota. it s been six days since hurricane ian made landfall. the death toll up to 106. 102 are in florida. and that makes hurricane ian the state s deadliest storm since 1935. one sheriff described the challenges still facing search and rescue crews. we have a difficult time identifying property at times because the property is no longer there. get us the information. and the second we re able to, these strike teams will