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the winds are gusting at 85 miles per hour, and the other big concerns are life-threatening storm surge and heavy rain. we are tracking who is in the most danger. all of this as millions of people in florida are taking those first painful steps towards recovery. so many lives are upended by hurricane ian s devastation, and the storm is likely one for the record books as the grim evidence of the powerful strike now litters coastlines. today, fort myers beach impassable. shells of buildings is all that is left. boats are tossed like toys as well as homes at this point, we know that 25 people have died in florida. roughly 2 million without power, and staggering level of destruction and damage estimates are climbing fast. we have teams covering it all, and we begin in south carolina where ian is bearing down and our nick valencia is in myrtle beach. what are you seeing there, nick? well, ana, we are getting a break in the rain, and wred not expecting it to last, but the residen
SomeMobile-homesContrastPine-islandNatural-gas-tankStructuresStormRescuesDogsImagesFamily-membersJames-cityIncreases the storm surge. and it increases the danger. steve harrigan is live forest in newport richie florida with what he is seeing as the storm moves in. steve? steady rain here. no big wins yet. the figures you are citing are all moving in the wrong direction for the people of florida. eight hours ago the wind speed was at 80 miles per hour. now it s at 110 miles per hour. eight hours ago the highest estimate for the storm surge was 12 feet. now it s at 16 feet. eight hours ago there were 12 counties under mandatory evacuation orders. that number has now doubled. all the numbers moving in the wrong direction as this storm gets stronger and stronger. you talk to people even under mandatory evacuation, many of them it s a tough decision whether to leave their homes or stay put and try to ride it out. finally the search and rescue teams, teams with water vehicles and helicopters are coming from miami. but also from other states around the country.
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