welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," damage and destruction left in the wake

of hurricane ian, what residents are finding when they return home. plus vladimir putin's brazen move, how the rest of the world is reacting to the russian president's plan to annex part of ukraine. and how south korea is reacting to the latest missile launches from pyongyang. relief and recovery efforts are ongoing in florida after parts of the state with utterly devastated by hurricane ian. this is some of the damage left behind in ft. myers, a town once brimming with life is now a flattened field littered with debris. residents say much of what they own has been washed away and lost forever. >> lost everything last night. everything. family is okay, dogs are okay, parents are okay. lost everything we had. pictures, memories. gone. >> and we're seeing similar

trails of destruction in other parts of florida where some residents are still trapped and waiting for help. >> my grandparents are still at the house. we have animals there. they didn't want to leave the animals. so whenever we left on the boat, it was just a scary feeling like you don't know if you're ever going to see them again, if you're going to see your house again, your animals again. so that is why i'mage shooken up. you never know what you're going to come back to. we already lost both of our cars. so very scary feeling. >> some floridians who don't usually get out of hurricanes never do that again. listen to two residents who regretted riding out the deadly storm. >> it is this feeling that you're going to die. and my advice to everybody, get out. don't stay. it is ridiculous. don't follow my lead. just get out.

you'll be ten times, a thousand times better. >> the water was up to my balcony here. and its of like i could dive right off the balcony. just water everywhere stuff floating on it. i'll never say again -- if they say evacuate, go. >>en would man who owns a large steel boat thought it would be safer than being at his home. today he count himself lucky to have made it through in one piece. randi kaye has his story. >> reporter: have you ever seen a storm like this? >> not this big. seen other hurricanes, but nothin g like this. >> reporter: when hurricane ian

hit ft. myers beach, mike was in for the ride of his life. >> very surreal. >> reporter: mike had decided to ride out the storm on his boat docked at this ft. myers beach marina, it is made of steel and has a generator so thought it would be safer than home. >> here is the one, you will see the building that collapsed over there. you can see him running the engines, holding the boats in place. and there is the building. >> reporter: oh, wow, it is right in the water. he had tied the boat he was on to another large boat he owned, both weigh about 50 tons, but even that was no match for hurricane ian. at about 3:00 a.m., all of a sudden mike was lifted up by the force of the water and the with indep wind. >> we didn't get dragged around until the very end. r >> reporter: what was that feeling like? >> it was out of our control, so we were happy we were blown inland because we knew we'd wind up over land, not out in the water sinking, be in real danger. you couldn't see anything. wind was howling. we knew we were in the parking lot. >> reporter: in the end after a wild 15 hours, mike and his boats, which were still tied together, landed in the street. and while they aren't a total

loss, ian sure took a chunk out of this boat mike used for his business, a floating hotel. >> that is cabin six, had a private deck. and we just watched it and the wind just started peeling the side back. >> tore it right off. >> yeah. >> reporter: and so for now mike is staying on the boat that he was on during the storm. he does have a generator and water, but he would like to get it back in the water as soon as possible. that is because, one, it is not insured so he would like to get it back in the water. and also it is leaning against that power pole and he said the electric company, if they deal that the body is in the way of restoring power, they will destroy it. randi kaye, ft. myers beach, florida. and now to south carolina where they are dealing with

defivastation hours after hurricane ian made landfall. crews are assessing the damage and officials are urging people to stay away from the flooded roadways. charleston international airport was closed on friday and is expected to remain closed for several more hours. the storm caused the partial collapse of two piers in north myrtle beach. officials aren't allowing thin back on the island until they make a full assessment of the damage. karen maginnis is joining us with more. bring us up to speed. >> and we have post-tropical ian, that makes it sound very benign, but in fact there will still be a lot of rain associated with this, the potential for flash flooding and heavy downpours especially across the tidal area around chesapeake bay, delmarva peninsula, and also extending into west virginia and down towards north carolina. want to show you those images out of charleston. it was thought that this

hurricane was going to be making landfall in charleston, devastating this beautiful historic city under water. well, yes, they got the water anyway. the storm surge. on a good day with some thunderstorms, they typically flood, but in this situation, it is a little more serious than that. but it did make, it being hurricane category 1, hurricane ian, it didn't look all that impressive, did make landfall along the north central coast right around the georgetown area, just a little bit past the peak of high tide. but we did see heavy rainfall amounts. right now we're seeing gusty winds across central north carolina, there have been some trees reported down in orangeburg, south carolina, lynchburg power lines reported down there as well. so we have this large shield of rainfall accompanied by gusty winds, even though it is post-tropical cyclone ian. it still has a little bit of

punch left with it, so don't underestimate the ability of this to really be producing significant rainfall like we saw in coastal sections of south carolina, also for the outer banks area of north carolina as well. so we've got kind of a variability as to who will see what, but still flood warnings and watches out along that chesapeake bay area. and you can imagine that there is going to be a rip current pretty much across much of the eastern sea board of the united states. but i think that as we go late in the day on saturday, and we start to see a lessening effect of all of this, but the early part of saturday still be aware that you may be in some of the flood prone areas and that will be problematic. there we go this coastal sections of north carolina, norfolk, also for hampton and western sections of virginia, also into west virginia, with some heavy downpours. here is that flood watch, the

main flood threat all the way from the chesapeake into the border of virginia and north carolina. but much different scenario going into the afternoon hours and even on sunday. so if you had outdoor plans, don't anticipate that being much improved. but i do think that you won't see that flood potential like we had seen in our forecasting or the rest of this morning. winds are still gusty, but i'm seeing some between 25 to about 35 miles per hour, occasionally there are some higher gugss. b gusts. but the ground is saturated. and so with gusty winds, that could produce downed trees, power lines less likely, but trees are very susceptible to that. >> thanks so much. appreciate that. and as president joe biden says there will be federal support for federal victims in need. here he is. >> the federal government will

cover every cost 100% of the costs to clear the massive debris left in the wake of the hurricane in these counties. and all needs to be cleared out for communities to begin the hard work of trying to get back on their feet. >> let's discuss it all with jeffrey buchanan, retired u.s. army lieutenant general. thanks for being here with us. before we get to what we just heard there from the president, the process of getting the community back on their feet, there are still people in danger, people out there still being rescued, plucked from the water. you've led the military response in support of fema for five major hurricanes. so you have plenty of experience obviously. what are the biggest dangers right now? >> well, thanks for having me. i think the biggest danger usually in a storm like this is going to be floodwaters. floodwaters can hide many other dangers. the obvious one of the water itself can isolate people, can drown people, but it can also

hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even contaminants in the water. so the waters themselves are the most dangerous. if i could stress one thing, local residents should pay very close attention to what their leadership, what the authorities are saying. they are very experienced in both north and south carolina and georgia and florida with dealing with emergencies like this. and their advice is very, very important. >> but that is just the thing. so many people despite that advice, they don't listen. we just heard there in our program from a bunch of folks who chose to ride it out and many of them regretted it. how frustrating is it when officials call for people to get out of harm's way and they choose to stay and then they are stranded and need rescued >> high experience with first responders is actually they don't have time to be frustrated, they just want to jump in and help and save lives. and that is really what is going to be into on the next three or

four days. the focus will be on what we call life-saving, assessing emergency situations and putting people from a dangerous situation into a safe one. and then overtime that will evolve to what we call life-sustaining, where it will be about rebuilding and getting the community up on its feet. >> how hard is it to coordinate these life-saving emergency responses when you have all these different groups, local, state, federal, plus, you know, civilians who are trying to help as well? >> well, i think that after hurricane katrina, the government completely revised its system and they built what we call a national response framework. and states, local communities, everybody signed on to this. so we have common ways of doing business, insuring that we have unity of effort that local fire department can work directly with a state emergency

management agency, which can work with fema. they use the same terminology and they believe in the same command and control system. my experience is that if we focus on unity of effort, how can we work together to solve complex problem, we'll in fact solve them. it is when people decide to strike out on their own or want to take charge of thinking or a fake unity of effort that it can lead to problems. >> we're seeing the pictures here, just absolutely devastating. there is so much water around and power for many people is out, cell service is out. how long do you think it will be until we know the true extent of the damage, but also the true number of people who have unfortunately lost their lives? >> well, one thing i would like to stress, i'm sorry for the family members of all those who have lost their lives, and some of those we don't even know about yet.

there is also cascading effect from some of these events. you know, when we think of hurricanes, we think first of wind damage and maybe flood damage, but over time, some of these dangerous conditions can lead to other issues. for example, a loss of electricity can lead to a lack of refrigeration of life critical insulin for a diabetic. these are the sorts of things that can be tied to a major storm like this and continuing to impact people for week and weeks to come. so, you know, i think four, five days, maybe a couple weeks until the water is all gone and we have the potential of returning infrastructure back to normal, but some of the cascading effects will last for quite some time. >> absolutely. so while there is still some acute danger for some folks out there as we see pictures of more people being rescued there, some

areas, the water has veeded enough to allow them to come back home. so for people who are out there watching this as they are thinking of going back home, i mean the danger hasn't evaporated. what should they know when they are trying to make their way back home and assess the damage? >> well, again, i think the first thing is pay attention to what local authorities are saying. make sure that they get the clear signal from local authorities before they venture into an area. and when they do go, there is potential for -- it is never a good idea to walk through water because there could be contaminants this it or hidden obstacles. but even if the water is gone, they are going back into a house that has been flooded, we have to be very, very dave about potential contaminants, about struct structural damage. so good idea to go slow and get things checked out. and once it has been checked out, it may actually take work

of experts, for example fema has special teams that can help do some examination and determine whether conditions are in fact safe. there might be damage to a roof and, you know, in the short term it could be causing leaking, but in the longer term actually has some structural damage that could cause the roof itself to be a danger. so it is very important to check all that out. and then understand that the federal government -- we heard president biden announce 100% of the costs will be borne by the federal government. so that takes the burden off of states, off of local communities that may feel like they are having to deal with this. and in this case and particularly cost is not an object when it comes to saving people's lives. over time fema will come in and help the community rebuild. and sometimes these are years' long projects to actually help

restore infrastructure, rebuild housing and things like this. >> let's certainly hope all the folks get the help they need. appreciate your expertise. jeffrey, thank you so much. >> thanks, kim. and if you would like to safely and secure people help people affected by hurricane ian, please go to cnn.com/impact and you can find several ways to help there. russia is pushing ahead with its plans to annex nearly a fifth of ukraine, but as soon as the annexation ceremony in moscow was done, widespread condemnation was quick to follow. plus this -- see those dramatic pictures, a woman suddenly engulfed by floodwaters as hurricane ian bore down on

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after the nightmare of hurricane ian, thousands in florida now face the monumental task of trying to get their lives back on track. at least 45 people have been killed in the state and massive search and rescue effort is still under way. the high resolution satellite images show you ft. myers before the storm on the left and then on the right, the same neighborhoods, a scene of utter destruction after the hurricane hit. it is now a post-tropical cyclone barreling through the carolinas. we'll have more on the storm throughout the hour. russia is moving ahead with its plan to carry out the largest forced annexation in europe since world war ii. a large ceremony in moscow on friday, president putin announced the annexation of close to one-fifth of ukraine, it follows so-called referendums in four partially occupied

regions which the west dismissed as shams. but as soon as putin signed annexation documents, western nations made the move won't be recognized. ukraine responses to putin's announcement by doing one of the last things he wanted, applying to join nato. president zelenskyy signed an application friday next to ukraine's prime minister and parliament speaker. putin says he sees nato's expansion in eastern europe. and they support their choice of their own path, but it is up to the nato members. zelenskyy says it will benefit more than just ukraine. here he is. >> translator: today here in kyiv in the heart of our country, we are taking a decisive step for the security of the entire community of free nations. security has no alternatives. but determination is needed to

guarantee it. we are taking our key sis receive step by signing ukraine application for accelerated accepting into nato. >> and nada bashir is joining us. you were watching the an nextation announcement. describe what you saw and what putin said. >> reporter: as anticipated, there was much fanfare in moscow's red square the day before the annexation announcement, we saw the preparations under way across moscow ready for that rally that was anticipated. there was a grand ceremony as you saw there, saw the russian-installed occupation leaders present at that ceremony as president putin proclaimed the annexation of those four key territories in ukraine, zaporizhzhia, kherson, donetsk and luhansk. following that, he did address the crowd, he gathered waving a flag, banners being carried. president putin himself standing under a banner saying the words

together forever in relation to the four key territories being annexed by russia. and he spoke to the crowd and said that this was according to him the will of millions of people. now, of course in that reference he is of course referring to the sham referenda held last weekend and those results announced earlier this week. according to president putin, this was the will of those, but of course as we know, these results are considered illegal and widely continued as a sham. and there was a lot of rhetoric from president putin with reference to the west. he described the west as hybrid war against russia, attacking the russian cultural identity. but of course there has been widespread condemnation around that, this has long been anticipated and moscow itself facing a crisis. we've seen a mass exodus people

attempting to flee the con description. optics are crucial as they continue to lose territory to the ukrainian armed forces.opti continue to lose territory to the ukrainian armed forces. people in their own country attempting to flee. so optics are crucial and of course there was much fanfare there as was anticipated. >> you've referenced the condemnation from the international community. so take us through that reaction. >> reporter: i mean, across the board has expected, there has been severe condemnation for members of the international community, there had been ahead of this announcement, this was widely anticipated, referenda seen as a pretext for this. and stoltenberg "saying this is the most serious escalation in the conflict, but that it would not deter support for ukraine, that was certainly the message

we heard from leaders in the baltic states and of course the european union, european commission president saying that this changes nothing. the european union, international community, will maintain it support for ukraine. >> all right. appreciate you racking this story. and on the same day president putin made his annexation announcement, the russian consulate indalizevanda. the building was splattered with bright red spray paint. new york police is investigating it as possible bias incident. director general of the zaporizhzhia plant has been detained by a russian patrol. the report says he was this charge of the plant's safety and is calling for him to be released. the nuclear plant has been controlled by russian forces since early march. and the death toll from friday's attack on a civilian convoy in zaporizhzhia has grown to at least 30 people. ukraine says 88 others were

wounded in the russian missile strike, it happened at a used car market where vehicles were gathering to go into a russian-held territory. and ukraine is claiming more progress on the front lines in the east. a local official says russian troops are now trapped, this after reports that troops were close to encircling the city. nick paton walsh has more from the region. >> reporter: hidden but unstoppable, ukraine's not bragged much about its march south from kharkiv toward donetsk. but every rooftop or tree line suggests that they have just been too busy advancing. day by day, reducing how much of occupied ukraine moscow is about to falsely declare russian territory. with the ultimate goal encircling the vital railway town of lyman. all the way through the forests.

the drive to this point probably the most key pdepressing two ho we've spent on the road, just laying bare the utter ferocity of the fighting and also too the speed of ukraine's advance to this town which itself is shocking. eight years ago at the start of the conflict, i lived on and off here for six months. and just learned to appreciate its normality, its peace amid all the pines here. and that is just gone. it is the most fragile who remained when russia moved in. anna is one of nine people left in her block. she almost didn't make it. >> translator: scariest was when the russians one night were in a firefight in my courtyard. i was in the doorway and tried to hold a steel door shut. but a soldier pulled at the door, so i jumped down and fell in the basement. he shot his gun into the darkness and missed me.

>> reporter: some seek survival in their god here who looks down on the mess. luba asked me if they will come back, the russians. they made such a mess of their new post office, she says. on her shirt, a lock of hair from her local beloved priest killed by shelling in june. i attached it as a protective amulet. tell me, can i leave here now? even the carcass of here still rocked by shell ing. but the church bells finally rang again two days ago. they brought this woman to tears. it rang and i heard it she says and i listen and it got louder. they are now out of the church basement where they hid from the bombs and still tried to live. she is saying it is told town her down here and you can feel it,

anxious not to show their faces, their plight tdown here is thei own private. there is little salvation here. only ruin turning to rust. there is no let up in ukraine's advances. or of moscow's imminent annexation. the absurd claim this land is now actually russian territory. the land here testimony to how the collision between this right and that wrong shred the very thing both coveted. nick paton walsh, cnn. a warning from south korea for theieir neighbors to the north, thehey say pyongyang's ongoing missile tests jeopardize the peace and safety of the entire world. we'll have the latest. >> and also our coverage continues of ian's devastating impact on florida and other

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. we're getting a clearer look at the devastation hurricane ian left on florida's gulf coast. have a look. >> all that debris just littered every he where. these were buildings. this was a building right there. restaurants. and what used to be the ft. myers pier. >> as you can see there, the storm has turned a town into a gloomy sight of destruction and

ian is now causing more damage in the carolinas as it moves in-plan as a post-tropical cyclone. search and rescue effort under way in florida is truly a mammoth task. the u.s. coast guard has rescued more than 275 people so far, an official says the shear scale of the damage can make navigating those missions tricky. have a listen. >> what we're finding is that many of the people are not critically injured and not in immediate distress, but they are stranded. they are stuck so, you know, islands either manmade that have been there for some time and surrounded by water, but more importantly, those areas that weren't islands before and now they are surrounded by water. some slow it, slow it, slow it. come out the window. >> this video gives you some idea of what rescue crews keep coming across, people trapped in

vehicles surrounded by deep water with no way out until help arrives. first responders say they will continue searching until everyone who needs help gets it. and crews in sarasota county are going house by house trying to get stranded survivors and their pets to safety. carlos suarez has more. >> reporter: rescues are taking place well into the night. the army is working alongside firefighters, law enforcement and other neighbors who live out here trying to get all of these folks that might be stranded out of their homes. this is how the entire day has looked out in this part of sarasota county. every few minutes, one of these boats will pull up with someone who has been stranded in their home because of the floodwaters out here. the soldiers here will pick that boats up and they will take everyone out, their luggage, you can see that woman there has two doc dogs with her, all of this the result of severe flooding still being experienced in this part

of southwest florida. hurricane ian dumped several inches of rain and that has left this part still under water. we're expecting this kind of scene to continue in large part because the water levels out here are not expected to recede until then. the big question into the night is how long these folks will be able it to go out on to these streets and neighborhoods. there are people that are still waiting for their loved ones. there is one family here who told us they have been waiting for three hours just to see if someone can use their boat to go out on to one of these streets to get their loved ones. carlos suarez, cnn, north port, florida. afof a after pounding flori made a second landfall in south carolina. nick havalencia is in myrtle beach. re >> reporter: worst of the hurricane appears to have come and gone and it brought

significant damage particularly this north myrtle beach to the cherry grove pier which was wrecked by the heavy rain and significant wind that came with hurricane ian. portions of that pier floating into the atlantic. there was concerns here from local officials for localized flooding especially along the coast. some some rresidents did get wa their home and there was at least one rescue. along the coast just hours ago was under water, all of that water has reseized ceded back i ocean. but the wind is still a factor. and on friday there was a shrimp boat that seemingly appeared out of nowhere in the atlantic just getting hammered by the choppy waves. and initially it wasn't clear whether or not there was anyone on that boat. we did talk to the sheriff's office and they said that it was yesterday or rather thursday that the crew was evacuated by the coast guard. it was anchored down, but because of the severe weather, it drifted ashore here. actually one person was arrested

trying to climb into that boat. the cleanup begins now around myrtle beach and there will be a lot to clean up throughout the coming days. nick valencia, cnn, employer t myrtle beach, south carolina. and ian caused similar damage in south carolina. a fishing pier that had been a long time fixture of the community fell victory to the category 1 storm. wind and waves pounded the structure until it finally gave way. besides losing the pier, the mayor says there is a lot of cleanup ahead. >> we've got quite a mess on pawleys island and we need resources from the state to make sure that we can get the island cleaned up in an expeditious fashion. >> and in a sign that the worst appeared to be over, the police department tweeted out t this photo of rainbows as the storm moved out. coming up, latest on a coup, we'll find out just who is in

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this is just incredible, this is what it looked like when a huge wave crashed across a pier in miami after hurricane ian moved through. we'll be bringing you more coverage about the devastation caused by the storm throughout the day. but now let's get to some of today's other top stories. for the second time this year, bmurder burkina faso's g has been taken over by the coup. and the new leader is an army captain who has closed the borders and declared a nightly curfew. this caps the day that began with gunfire near the explosion palace and interruptions to state tv programming. for more on these developments,

let's bring in larry madowo who is joining us from london. unfortunately, we've been here before. very worrisome situation there, what is the latest? >> very troubling indeed. this is the second coup that burkina faso has seen in just under ten months. and we don't know a lot about who this army captain is. we knew a little more about the former now deposed leader. and both of them for the same reason because in january when the military tdeposed the president, they said it was because he had failed to deal with the islamic insurgency. the government has really struggled to contain that. and they felt that the former president did not do the same in terms of restoring peace and security to the territory and that is why of this movement has

taken this decision to kick their own leader out and try to do things differently. but they have gone beyond that, shutting down the borders, suspending the government, the transition charter, it is all military rule now. this is what they explained to their citizens. rai >> translator: dear citizens, aware of our historic responsibility, we commit to focus on the issue of security and the re-establishing of our territorial integrity. seizing of power right now signifies the unwavering will to include all the social strata without any distinction in the future of the transition in our shared fight. >> mpsr had agreed to this transition deadline of first july 2024 to a return to democratic rule. that looks unlikely now because

this sets the country many several years back. there has been condemnation of this coup by the united states and in the regional bloc and they hope that they can recommit themselves to democratic rule in the country. burkina faso has had eight coups since i said in-insi independence since 1960. and provocations could threaten the security of peninsula and of the world. u.s. military officials say there is no immediate threat to u.s. territory. north korea has conducted multiple similar tests in the past few days firing missiles before and after u.s. vice president kamala harris visited the demilitarized zone on thursday. a launchch saturday is pyongyans 22nd this year. and new coins have b been revealed by the uk royal mint.

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entire buildings completely leveled. i mean, look at this, just stilts remain from part of a building here on ft. myers beach and the sound of helicopters above the sky from the united states coast guard now fills the air. that is what walking down this boulevard sounds like now, what it feels like now. >> and our coverage of the impact of hurricane ian will continue throughout the day. at the top of the hour i'll speak with a storm chaser who was in florida and south carolina as ian made landfall. the uk's royal mint has unveiled a portrait of king charles that will be imprinted on british coins. the new image will appear on a five pound coin and as well as a 50 pence coin. anna stewart is in london with the latest. >> reporter: a new coin for a

newly minted monarch. here in london, the coin maker is moving full steam ahead with the country's new legal tender. just one of several changes taking place following the death of queen elizabeth. although it will be a while before britaining ingons bid a good-bye to the image of the queen. >> we'll see coins that have her portrait on it and also the king's portrait on. currently there are about 27 billion queens that have the queen on, and they will continue to circulate. >> reporter: and proclamation of king charles iii have presented coin makers with a fresh challenge. >> it is quite a moment in british history, a personal moment for king charles iii, personal because we're representing his like ngs the way that it has been modeled, and it creates an accessibility.

>> reporter: great pains have been taken to pay tribute to the queen's 70 year reign through a five pound coin available to collectors featuring a portrait of her majesty at the beginning of her reign and one capturing her in her later years. the first coin to enter general circulation will be a 50 pence coin. >> the direction in which the king faces, he faces in the opposite direction to the queen, so he faces to the left, the queen faced to the right. and that is a 300-year-old tradition. no idea actually why. >> reporter: coin makers hope the new coin will enter circulation just in time for christmas. it is all part of a 1,000 year tradition of british royals being depicted on coins. >> historically there has always been a portrait of the monarch. even going back to the anglment

on-saxon times. and must have been electrifying moment for the people of britain at that time. suddenly they could see the features of their king. >> reporter: nowadays british people will not only need to acquaint themselves with new coins, but also bank notes and stamps which will all change to reflect the new head of state. and as it edges closer to a cashless society, coin makers hope these designs will spark a renewed interest in coins. >> no question people will want to mark this occasion, this moment in british history. coins have that relationship. people nickname them. such a familiar object in people's lives. the king is there staring back at them as it were makes that connection between monarch and people. >> reporter: and allow members of the public to feel part of this new chapter in british

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