Electricity. Most in lee county. Some customers might not have power for months. Governor ron desantis says 2,000 people have been rescued. State officials are trying to determine how many people are still unaccounted for. The window for finding survivors is starting to close. Cnns Carlos Suarez has more. Reporter unrecognizable in parts. Still underwater in others. Hurricane ians destruction and path so vast Search And Rescue efforts continue days after the storm tore through florida. We kent get over the bridge. Reporter residents in Desoto County are stopped. Air boats are key to getting supplies in and people out. These air boats are going out taking people into town and its been going for a while now. Reporter the death toll across the State Climbing rapidly. A lot of sick people running out of medications. A lot of people running out of water and until we can get everything up and going, were trying to get them out. Reporter hundreds of Sanibel Island residents cut off from the m
yeah, that s right, look, as you mentioned it s weakened now to a tropical storm, but weakened or not, ian is still one for the record books cutting this brutal path across florida s west coast. as much as 20 inches of rain fell in some areas. this morning, there s 14 million people under flood alerts. more than 2 million homes and businesses are without power across florida. and that intense flooding that berman mentioned there in places like fort myers and naples, here you re seeing pictures of those areas, it s leaving people who decided to ride out the storm just trapped in their homes. berman. yeah, the sun will come up soon. cnn has live team coverage up and down the coast. up into orlando, where the storm has yet to hit. our first report is from our randi kaye in punta gorda, florida, rand di, i am so happy to see you well this morning. thank you, john. good to see you as well. we got up early, we re trying to make our way to fort myers, which we know was so hard
electricity. most in lee county. some customers might not have power for months. governor ron desantis says 2,000 people have been rescued. state officials are trying to determine how many people are still unaccounted for. the window for finding survivors is starting to close. cnn s carlos suarez has more. reporter: unrecognizable in parts. still underwater in others. hurricane ian s destruction and path so vast search and rescue efforts continue days after the storm tore through florida. we kent get over the bridge. reporter: residents in desoto county are stopped. air boats are key to getting supplies in and people out. these air boats are going out taking people into town and it s been going for a while now. reporter: the death toll across the state climbing rapidly. a lot of sick people running out of medications. a lot of people running out of water and until we can get everything up and going, we re trying to get them out. reporter: hundreds of sanibel isl
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