parts of the state on a slow, this is really an issue, it s churning on the destructive crawl north. orlando now in the crosshairs of this historic storm that s produced record rainfall and storm surge. power outages are a major problem with more than 2 million customers in the dark across florida. water is just everywhere in many communities. in port charlotte, the storm blew the roof off of a hospital and it flooded the intensive care unit. ahead, we re going to speak to a doctor there, how they managed to protect patients and what the conditions now. fort myers has experienced some of the worst flooding in the storm. torrents of water just rushing into the streets trapping people in their homes. same for naples where officials say half of the streets aren t even passable because high water has inundated them. although it s weakened, there is concern about ian regaining strength and threatening the southeast, georgia, the carolinas, and all declaring emergencies in advance.
Surge and what s expected to be the surge area, will first responders still be able to get to them? no. once the winds reach a certain level and then once the tide especially cedar key because cedar key has one way in and one way out. it s a state highway that runs through there. once that becomes unpassable, yes, they will not be able to get out there on rescue boats, winds and all that. so once those winds reach that 45-mile-an-hour sustained, they pull all the emergency vehicles off the road. so they re in it for the long haul. and those that stayed during hermine then called and wanted to be evacuated and all that and we couldn t get to them, they really need to take heed of this. it s a stark warning. john mcdonald, we are thinking of all of you all tonight. we know you ve got a long few days ahead of you. thank you for taking the time to join me tonight. yeah, thank you. we have much more to come as idalia is bearing down on florida. we are going to be joined by a forme
THIRTEEN national roads in Northern Luzon have been declared unpassable and closed to traffic as of noon Wednesday due to the onslaught of Super Typhoon Egay.
Enforcement and some towns that aren t going to have any power tonight. we have been able to get our transportation cabinet with all of our heavy trucks out on the roads, clearing them off because it s hard to reach people in need when the roads are unpassable. our division of forestry is out there helping with that as well. finding any and everything we can do, including bringing some of the largest generators we ve ever seen to some of these communities where they can power a school. a hospital. where it is needed. since our last stop, there are two new announcements at this point in the day. first, the president has signed the federal emergency disaster declaration. for those who do this work, that rarely happens in the midst of a disaster. it shows how bad it is. it opens up us up to significantly more resources and
To help going door to door. to see if we can find people. to help clearing the roadways and helping law enforcement in some towns that aren t going to have any power tonight. we ve been able to get our transportation cabinet with all of our heavy trucks out on the roads clearing them off because it s hard to reach people in need when the roads are unpassable. our division of forestry is out there helping with that as well. finding any and everything we can do including bringing some of the largest generators we ve ever seen to some of these communities where they can power a school, a hospital. where it is needed. since our last stop, there are two new announcements at this point in the day. first, the president has signed the federal emergency disaster declaration. for those who do this work, that