As South Carolina feels the impacts of the hurricane, the storm's moved up the coast and has the Eastern Shore preparing for rain. It is also the reason the Oceans Calling Festival is canceled.
Restored for the vast majority of customers by about 8 pm tonight, which is definitely good news for those who are without power. but this is a storm that is not only affecting south carolina, not just affecting the charleston area, but all along the coast and even inland, where they dealt with real thunderstorms and severe storms in those areas. folks are still without power. so, definitely you get a sense of the widespread impact of hurricane ian. but again, you have officials and residents, when they see the images of what happened in florida and the devastation caused in florida, many of them, saying they are breathing somewhat of a sigh of relief. and yet historic rain for that historic city. okay, thank you so much, shaq brewster. meteorologist, raphael miranda, is with me here in the studio tracking the path of even for us. so, where is it now, what can we expect next? well alex, thankfully the worst of ian is over. we can breathe a bit of side relief there. but it s still g
State. but ready to help and we are seeing this in the restoration of power with about 700,000 folks who regained power over the last 24 hours. so, there are lessons learned after every storm. i m sure there will be lessons learned after this one, but the tragedy that we ve seen in the past does help us to prepare better. yeah, okay, don watson, thanks for sharing your expertise on all of this as being a former fema spokesperson. it s good to see you. stay safe. we are so monitoring developments from florida and south carolina, later, we will take a look at what role climate change may have had on the ferocity of hurricane ian. up next, division within the ranks of donald trump s team of lawyers. what action one lawyers advocating trump to take. which will maybe make him for a avoid prosecution, but it would be a rare turn of face for trump to do it. turn of face for trump to do it trump to do it s got double pepper jack and juicy steak. let s get some more analysis on that, chuck.
What those folks do. so, bless them for all their efforts and i m really glad you put that story on your show. so, we will see you next sunday, my friend. see you next time. meantime, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex reports. we are tracking hurricane ian at this hour. it is now a post-tropical cyclone. it s making its way north along the east coast and leaving a trail of devastation in several cities and states. in fact, right now, at least 34 people are confirmed dead. and rescue efforts are ongoing, with crews searching for survivors inside flooded and destroyed homes across that state. the coast guard is out today, assessing damage in several areas. survivors say, it has been a terrifying experience. it was terrifying. i ve never experienced winds, the howling, ears popping. i will never forget it.
Let s take a listen everyone. your nature is to respond, in spite of your own families being in peril, in spite of your own health and safety many times. so we are here to check on them and make sure that we have health and safety needs, basic human needs, that they, need while they are continuing to respond, and the aftermath, and the ongoing chaos and risk that even escalates now. as hurricane ian has moved on. one of those is certainly their behavior and health impacts. so we are making sure and checking that they have behavior healthy sources that are checking you with periodically as well. we will continue to monitor those resources. i also wanted to acknowledge the tremendous assistance that we have a c received from the federal emergency management association. all of you know the orange county was also recently declared one of the eligible areas for fema reimbursement.