>> well, it's much like irma was when we had irma come through, we had a lot of debris and of course,sive power outage, fortunately this power outage hasn't been as bad as irma, i think we had 87% of the county out of power with irma, we are between 35 and 40%. we have push teams located strategically at fire stations for getting out at daybreak, it is combination of several departments, road clearing, we have the search and rescue, pd and we'll be working our way through main access points, making sure hospitals are accessible, all the really critical infrastructure is we're able to get to it and make sure that it is not damaged significantly and the other issue is traffic control, which partly cloudy d is working on, we have street lights out all over the city, making sure as people get up and start moving around we don't increase the calls for service that we don't need to have, we'll have enough of those without that added traffic, if you will. so i hope that answered your question. >> carley: it did, sure did. >> todd: have you had to rescue anyone so far or has that not been pos

irma is a perfect example. what is the a wind hurricane. plenty of water.u go into your house you make dinner and you wait for the contractor to show up. i'm not making light of it. you have 12 feet of storm surge, like fire or tornado that is horrific damage and we experience every inch and i saw ever inch because i love on marco island. i didn't evacuate. i was here working as a former military person with the first responders. i wasn't going to evacuate to a hotel and come back here so we worked hard to get people out of here and do a lot of things but the storm surge was unique. during irma as people might remember a lot of meteorologists were suggesting 12, 15 foot of storm surge when here on marco we got about 4, 5 or 6 feet a lot of the meteorologists sort of took of, got a little this storm didn't do that the wiggles and the wobbles exacerbated the storm surge so a lot of people were focused on fort myers and where it's gone next. i can tell you, we are left with a war zone down here, a serious, serious flooding and unbelievable storm surge that cam

following hurricane irma in 2017, we installed entire stored generators. that way if this happens again like irma, we were out of power for nine days. so we were sitting there unable to help our customers and community. we weren't able to supply them with the resources that they needed. hopefully we'll have buildings standing and be able to give people propane and batteries and everything else to keep safe during the storm. >> martha: i understand you put full store generators in your storms so you could be up and running and helping people. what are you seeing outside your windows? what is your sense from your neighbors, your family? what is everybody going through right now? >> it's definitely a weird feeling. the anticipation over the last week. people are acting like you'd never expect them to act. the way -- the sense in this community, it's strong but definitely worrisome. i can tell you i'm with my family and my two cats and we're hunkered down. thankfully we have hurricane-proof windows and a generator and we're out of power. we're out of internet.

irma was totally different. i'll tell you, even after irma, a lot of people incorrectly said, oh, they forecasted 15 feet of storm surge and i had 5. they always overestimate. i think that storm surge would have been close had that storm not turned, jogged. it actually went up the state over land a bit more, didn't come out sort of perpendicular, and lots of other things. i will tell you marco island, where i am right now, i'm looking out the window at a horrific scene in my front yard and my back yard, not unlike everybody else. we did a great job i think evacuating. ali could have helped me. as a retired military guy, ali is on my team. i would recruit him. we did a really good job, we have an incredible emergency manager who has gone through an innumerable amount of storms. we have an emergency operations center that senator scott visited the other day, the governor was here locally prior to the storm. we get a lot of attention. as you learn in the military and even in government, you can only do so much to i

we had to use them during irma.m flood events. >> what about power outages? there's been so much work done preplanning on having linemen around the state to deal with. what's the situation with power around your city? >> power outages started last night. they have been going up and down this morning. they are not significant at this point, however, if you're one of those people without power, it's significant to you. we are in full coordination with our electric authority to make sure people are restored as quickly as possible. i would also like to express to the folks the tragic, heartbreaking pictures i have seen from other parts of the state. we have enough personnel on our rescue teams to handle what we could expect in jacksonville. we're also deploying people to other parts of the state to try to be of help. >> extraordinary work. thank you very much for being with us. >>> i want to show you some pictures that just are heartbreaking. coast guard crews still looking for 20 cuban migrants missing after their smal

irma was st. john's river downtown and neighborhoods in low lying areas.had to get ahead of this . this storm could be a combination of those two. a nor'easter that came in. we could have flooding from the river and beach. we got ahead of this days ago. >> harris: i want to let our viewers know st. augustine florida has seen it many times before. the water was ferocious that we just saw on the screen. mayor, in terms of the timeline of this what are you being told? >> it's intensifying and coming through today. we're seeing the weather effects now. significant rain and wind. it will go through the night and into the morning. what we're watching is high tides. we have more high tides we'll experience. that really is where combined with the nor'easter where you could have a significant flood event. when we were in irma we woke up to significant flooding in people's homes and had to send out search and rescue teams. people hanging white flags or towels on their front door so we knew they needed to be rescued. we were hoping that doesn't happen again. we have

jacksonville area, in communities like atlantic beach, where i am, there are memories of hurricane irmaich struck in 2017. the hurricane itself deltonly a glancing blow, let charge portions of the city of jacksonville and other low lying areas, the barrier islands had heavy flooding, the mayor of jacksonville warning people who experienced flooding during irma to take precautions. >> your reporting is terrific, we appreciate you, we want you to be safe. but, what is really striking is talking tornado watches, tornado watches in orlando you know down through daytona to west palm beach. you can talk to us about that? we may be losing the feed. jonathan we'll come back to you in a bit. on breaking news this hour, bring in florida attorney general ashley mood we florida congressman brian mass. to you general moody, thank you for joining us, these are traumatic images, with houses flooded and underwater in fort myers and the area, attorney general what do you hear? first responders like firehouses, are underwater. they are needed. is the pentagon sending trucks and helicopters, what do you h

we are not new to a storm, we went through hurricane irma, we flooded five feet, we knew what to expect, it is a storm, it catches you off guard, it caught us off guard, we elevated our mopeds. that was our neighbor's car submerged to the windows in water, i am shocked it didn't float it away. he was not in town. we had water come up higher than it ever has since i lived here and i worked the tampa bay area, i'm a luxury -- there, irma reminds me of this hurricane in a lot of ways. we are safe, the community came together, our power is restored right now, we're thankful for, we were out a little over 24 hours. governor ron desantis has done tremendous job, just no way to predict which way these things are going to go, we did the best we can, we did lose the moped and golf cart, we are safe and that matters. >> carley: that is what matters, key west was first to get hit, tuesday night was worst for you. key west, one way in and one way out, does that make recovery more difficult? >> it does, it takes three to four days to evacuate the island when leaving on a one-lane highway, ahead of t

irma was really big. after katrina, rita was really big. it does matter. when we talk about 155-mile-an-hour winds, that's not the entire size of the storm getting that. those are the winds that are closest to the center of the storm. the stronger or bigger a storm, the winds extend farther out from the center. you have more people getting the stronger winds. but as far as actual size, this happens frequently, that we get some very large storms. i think the reason we're comparing it to charley is because charley hit the exact same area as a cat four storm, but a small one. a larger storm is going to have bigger impacts for a lot more people. >> rick, i had a question about, governor desantis is due to give another press conference at 5:30. when he does that, what's something that you'll be wanting to learn more about? >> yeah. i mean, he'll have updated numbers for us, i would imagine, which, you know, we know we're over a million people without power, without power going into the overnight hours. obviously it's really warm. you don't have worries about co

i'm guessing it's going to be that long because this is a lot worse than charlie and irma and both ofen days without power, but we did have water. not having water is a difficult thing. >> carley: do you have enough supplies to get through it and you have a 90-year-old neighbor. how is she doing? >> she is doing well. she has been a great trooper. i stay in touch with her and she is receiving phone calls from all of her family in new york, trying to stay calm because they are not near her. i have been trying to stay in contact with them, you know, keep them relaxing. but she is doing well. >> todd: that has to be a helpless feeling all the way up here and worried about your relatives down there. have you been able to make contact with your friends in hard-hit areas of florida? and if so, what are they telling you question what >> we have been text messaging with some of my coworkers and some of that. i know someone that works in my building. it sounds like she lost her h home. there is most everybody that i have been in contact with are doing okay. some have water in their houses, but

this is worse than charley and irma and both storms i went seven days without power, but we did have difficult thing. >> robert: it sure is, i can tell you, you are here and see people going through this and we're right after the aftermath going into the weekend. we don't have a number as far as when this will be restored at this point. this is a densely populated part of florida here from naples up to where i'm at fort myers, even north of where i'm standing and these folks are reeling right now under this destruction, there are search and rescue going on and they will throughout the weekend, hundreds of people rescued from scenario where the surge took over homes, swept away vehicles. i will give you a piece of information here, down in naples, which is where i spent the night last night and one of the highrises there, that is you would think would be okay, a fortress, the surge was so intense it came over the mangrove to basements, flooding eight feet, destroying vehicles, knocking out power, this is an epic storm, historic, that has caused incredible damage and people here, many

irma. 77 deaths caused in the aftermath for downed powerlines or misusing generators. that's going to be a major disaster. in terms of the structural damage, i think it's too soon. we're getting intermittent reports, but it's really going to have to pass. we'll have people out there at the local and state level assessing the damage. but my sense is, i think it's going to be one of the biggest flood events we've ever had. what remains to be seen, how much damage the wind did. obviously it's very significant. as you know, tucker, in that part of florida, you know a lot of those buildings that are built are built specifically to withstand a category 5 hurricane. so we'll see florida building codes, how did they hold up? hopefully they held up okay. >> tucker: when a natural disaster like this strikes the state, it is common, i think it's always the case, that the state receives federal aid. given how politicized things are at the moment, are you confident you're going to get the federal support florida needs? >> so i actually spoke with the president. he said he wants to

i mean we went through irma. we learned a lot.were facing down what fort myers and southwest florida is going through right now. we're thankful for what we have. and we were prepared. our city employees, our county employees, were prepared, so i've got no complaints there. and i think all, with everybody's focused, besides getting electricity here, and you know, getting the streets cleaned and lights back on and all of those things, is to provide that help for our neighbors and friends in southwest florida. we know they would be here to help us, and now it is time to focus on them. >> mayor, thank you very much for being with us. i know a lot of people around the state and the country are listening to what you have to say. much appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, staying on top of this destruction in florida, with millions of people picking up the pieces, so what else can the government do on this topic? i will ask our homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> first, a woman got stranded in the eye of the hurric

after irma knocked out electricity, leaving the facility sweltering without a felt like 100 and 1015 degrees in there. could you see the suffering? i did? yes i did . state officials say all nursing homes and assisted living facilities now have backup power generators and fuel meeting state requirements. 100% of operating long term care facilities do have a generator on site and we're happy about that. this kind of storm really could bring all of those types of impacts to us. so we're going to be very vigilant. monitor the damages and be ready to evacuate. in response to that evacuating patients is not only tough logistically, it can also be hard on many patients who can suffer transfer trauma, especially those with dementia or alzheimer's. canon andrew thanks to andrea fuji, er coverage of hurricane ian continues in just a few moments with the closer look at the storm surge that's expected and why it's so treacherous. but this morning, a 14 year old football player is dead. four of his teammates are injured after a shooting outside of a philadelphia high school police say two people

maria: are there new things that need to be placed for the future, what happened after irma in termsuction and then the storms that followed? >> i'm so glad that you asked because we -- the entire state let's face it, anyone will tell you, even the governor, who by the way is from dunedin, we are in his hometown, everybody will tell you that we learned a lot from irma and the biggest thing that we learned was, i think, flooding is an issue which we didn't even get with irma but we anticipated. but to be able to live without electricity, setting that up. what does no electricity do to your water system, how do we stage local, we don't own the electricity, it's duke energy whewhere we are. how do we work with them to have a better response during the next storm and so today we have a new emergency operation center in our city which we've been using certainly during this storm. we have our sheriff's department and our duke energy representative embedded in that emergency operation center which is new. our whole system and process changed and i think everybody in florida did. maria: for

i think back to hurricane irma and generators not working.f older people in nursing homes died because of that. at time dealing with triple digit temperatures that we are not dealing with right now but it's still very dangerous thing and something for this making sure it doesn't happen this time around. listen to this. >> we coordinated with our licensed health care facilities and evacuating more than 7,000 patience and residents from 150 facilities. 100% of our operating long-term care facilities have generators on site. >> trace, we are under a flash flood right now and of course with the hurricane being the main thing everyone has an ion, we are under a tornado watch. certainly an issue but the rain is the big thing here with over 40 inches expected and the orange county sheriff's office describing it as a potentially catastrophic amount to flooding. that is something we will be monitoring and will be here tomorrow. >> trace: will get back to you throughout the night and tomorrow. who live on scene and we should know before the rain came i

it's been five years since irma. they might be getting rusty dealing with this. how is that going? >> well, i don't think so. the people who are new to this state probably heed the warnings more so than individuals that are my age. i've been here 62 years. i've been through a lot of hurricanes. so it's that apathy that we don't want to settle in. when you talk about 10 to 15 foot surges, that should get everyone's attention. no one is safe from that. and we really feel that that is resonated. look at the last couple years. the increased intensity in these hurricanes. i think we have people's attention and they're getting out while they can. >> neil: mayor, you have a lot of work on your hands. you've done a great job protecting your folks. wish you well. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> neil: meantime, i want to update you on a couple things. you hear about the tampa international airport that will close in about 50 minutes from now. also port tampa bay, that is expected to close as well. all attractions in the state will not entirely close and will be pushed back. for example

that's many fewer than hurricane irma in 2017.real evacuation catastrophe with people stranded on the highway for 20, 24 hours, gas shortages. it was really -- seeing those kind of jams on the highway this time. >> did you get the sense -- i'm going through my list of the hurricanes going back to 1992, the mother of all hurricanes, category 5 hurricane andrew, which really changed the face and politics of florida, particularly of south florida. you had hurricane charlie in '04, wilma in 2005, irma in 2017 and michael in 2018. was there any indication the desantis administration was prepared for something as catastrophic as this? >> well, i think everyone noticed that the governor was a little quiet in the days before the storm, but that has certainly changed. just on my drive down here, i saw a convoy of 15 to 20 utility trucks from pennsylvania and missouri making their way down here. there are not widespread gas shortages like last time. the highways have been clear. it seems like florida was better peoples homes destroyed, real

meanwhile, hurricane irma is also set to cause major rain and mudslides as it move on to the -- as itonto the dominican republictop for more, we are joined by two guests. carmen yulÍn cruz is the former mayor of san juan, puerto rico, and joins us now from massachusetts where she is a weissman fellow at mount holyoke college. and in san juan, puerto rico, we are joined by juan carlos dÁvila, a filmmaker and democracy now! correspondent. we welcome you both to democracy now! juan carlos, can you describe where you are, how you even have power when the whole island is out? hello, amy. thank you for having me on the show. the little power that i have this because i have been preparing for this kind of situation. my journalistic work, i have a system that i connected the car so i can plug in the essential electronics to do my work. it is for just a couple of hours and go back and charged again. like myself, many people have found different ways to cope with the situation because we knowe cannot rely on the national electric grid that is now pritized and people will find many ways to come

i've another list we can go back. 2017 is irma. then andrew night 56 billion in 1992.noticed how many of these are more common? there's two factors here. one, we have developed the coastlines of the population of this country more now than ever. so there's more things for the hurricanes to hit. so that does add up the numbers. then we have to factor in with the warming up climate, and the gulf as warmer, so that means it these hurricanes when they do form, they can get a little extra juice and be a little stronger. stronger hurricanes do more damage. >> we have seen this, the heat of the water is a huge indicator right for how powerful the storm is going to get. part of the energy is coming from the right? >> correct. we have a hurricane, we know there is a threshold. we like to see usually it's 80 degrees. so we have hurricanes over 90 -degree water, it can really blossom fast. there are other factors but, the engine for these storms is the heat from the ocean. that's all that hurricanes are, they are big engines. they take the heat from the tropics and they re-distri

hurricane irma, we saw 18 feet. you can use generalizations like that to think about the damage that can occur. tiny changes in the storm, bigger, smaller, left, right, faster, slower, these subtle changes can make a huge difference on what huh see on the ground. really what we say is think about those impacts. what does 20 inches of rain look like? we try to paint that picture. that's an incredible amount. we say two feet type of thing to think about that. storm surge. i'm 6'5". you think about this storm surge forecast. you start getting 15, 16, 17, 18 feet, that's a lot of me type of thing. we try to paint that picture to really key on those impacts. the last comment is, that's why the whole noaa team comes together, from the satellites, the radar. you look at the hurricane hunters, the air force, noaa, it takes those teams to keep up with the impacts, not just the impact but the storm prediction center. looking where the tornadoes will be. talk to the emergency managers constantly. i mean, literally in those sit

the irma she was referring to hurricane irma back in 2017, the last substantial hurricane to hit floridafolks, even those who have been there, florida residents for quite sometime, all this seems a little new because it has been a while. meanwhile updating you on selloff on corner of wall and broad. down 189. it had been up 400 points. we got stronger than expected data which has some thinking that the federal reserve will keep tightening. add to that the cboe volatility index, known as the vix is three month highs. some look at measure like that when fear hits a new high. that is sort of a moment where the reverse is true. if the fear is that pronounced maybe we're through the worst of it. then again maybe we're not. stay with us. ♪ (lighthearted music) - "best thing i've ever done." that's what freddie told me. - a person like me needed to get a reverse mortgage to change my life. it was the best thing i've ever done. - really? - yes, without doubt! - [tom selleck] joanne said just about the same thing. - it absolutely is the best thing i ever did. - jack put it a different way. to him

i mean, you know, irma hit here without anything quite like this.uch more than we expected. >> were you there for charlie? >> no, my parents were here for charlie. charlie was very bad. they were hunkered down in the shower forever. but irma was a cat 5 basically direct hit on this same house, and this is much -- was much, much worse. >> wow. thomas you take care of yourself. >> okay. >> cnn's brian todd in largo, florida, for us tonight. brian, what's the situation there? >> reporter: well, anderson, the danger still not past here. we're still getting pounded with wind and rain, but we have been able to fan out and come across some areas of real devastation. this town of largo just northwest of st. petersburg. this house completely burned out. this was a large fire that started in this house this afternoon when a power line snapped off of a transformer in the front, and our photo journalist is going to take you to peer into the windows here of what's left of this house. now, some of the structure is still standing, as you can see. but just about ev

in southwest florida, this is a lesson from irma. they have people that are calling leave behind teams. so when the storm passes, their job is to clear the runway asks make sure we can resume air operations as quickly as possible. there's going to be a need to bring in things like food and water via the aircraft. so you want to have the runways up and running. there's going to be things going into that and it's going make a big difference. we have 5,000 guardsmen. we have 2,000 from other states. they have been talking about search and rescue teams. there are five of them ready go. our florida fish and wildlife kobs vags commission placed their special operations group in broward county. that's high water vehicle, shallow draft boats and helicopters that are ready for immediate deployment once it is safe to do so. we now have total throughout the state we've got over 40,000 personnel line, linemen, and associated personnel that are involved with restoration of electrical services and power services that are stationed in the state of

irma's winds at the surface are moving northward. where they both converge from around the tampa st. pete area to lakeland toward orlando, that conversion causes the air to rise to squeeze out much, much more in the way of rainfall. take the landfall of ian out of the equation and we've got ourselves one to two feet of rain. rainfall rates at two to three inches an hour after hour after hour. no community can with stand that. considering how far away so many communities are at the north, we'll have 911 calls, numerous of them. you can start to see radar estimates right now over ten inches right now north of ft. myers. the worst surge is down to the south where you get to around naples. the surge we believe got as high as seven feet in naples until the monitoring equipment went dead. it's much higher than that. i fear the pictures from naples and st. myers. it will be a saddening scene tomorrow. this band 10 inches of rain will lift northward as the storm lifts and that's where the converging sets in, jake, and that's where the heavy

but irma made some shifts. ian made some significant shifts as well, but this time it made for some very aggressive storm surge. so the numbers there were predicting we -- saw every inch of it here on marco island and all that we've got some gusty winds and things like that, with high winds you lose a roof, wheelies a pool page, you have damage to your house and you have a few feet of water in your house and it makes it unlivable -- and we have a lot of real tragedy here in a beautiful community. in a short amount of time. before the storm moves further north. >> commissioner, to that point, earlier the sheriff's office was getting calls about people being trapped by water in their homes. what still latest you can tell us about people are stranded calling for help in your county? >> i think what happened is that people saw that the winds weren't going to be any horrific, people have lived through other her game, so when it looked like it was gonna be north of us -- but the folks that underestimated the storm su

when we did it with irma, we got the check within like a week. they came out, gave us a check and honestly, you know, it's not like losing a car only is like the worst thing in the world, we were fine, but you know what you have to do, you need to buy a new car, so i appreciate what jimmy is doing. i think it's important to get the carriers in to let people go, you know, make these claims and get these things processed as quickly as possible. thanks, everybody, appreciate it. >> john: florida governor ron desantis saying it's going to take a lot of love and care to rebuild this. we have learned of the first death associated with this storm, 72-year-old man who lives in deltona, florida, he was trying to drain some of the water out of his pool to allow for the rain water to come in and fill it back up. he had a hose, and he had run the hose down the embankment to a canal, apparently, because it was slippery and wet, he slipped and fell into the canal and drown there. a long, long way away from where ground 0 was when the hurricane hit. let's bring

the reality was, irma took a couple of laps and then it wiggled and changed.storm surge. it wasn't as catastrophic. this storm took wiggles and it made it worse. it came at us in a totally different angle. i think that every foot that was predicted of storm surge, i can tell you i saw every inch of it. we have got a really catastrophic situation here, marco, maples, i -- as you move up the west coast of florida north. this storm is still causing structural damage and whatnot, but you have some severe water damage. especially in southwest florida right now. a big part of the district, now it's time to do assessments in cleanup. >> commissioner, i'm sure your constituents really appreciate your decision to use your heirs force experience to help your community and oversee in effect what will be staggering amounts of damage over the next couple of days and weeks. there is a long recovery ahead. collier county commissioner, thank you so much for making time for us. up next, what happens next in hard-hit communities? just moments away, we will talk to former fema a

ian was -- irma was no ian. and that's when you realize that no two hurricanes are ever the same and just how powerful and how seriously each one needs to be taken. willie? >> yeah. now making its way up the atlantic towards south carolina today. morgan chesky live from ft. myers beach, florida. thanks so much. mika? >>> as we mentioned last hour with an official from florida's largest utility company told us that power had been restored to about a million customer. that leaves more than a million still without electricity. bloomberg is reporting that parts of the state's electrical grid must be completely rebuilt with some residents facing days, even weeks without power. that is despite the state's four biggest utilities having spent an estimated $3 billion on storm protection in recent years. governor ron desantis yesterday said lee and charlotte counties are, quote, basically off the grid at this point. he's speaking right now, so let's listen in to governor ron desantis. >> -- have water at this point, and y

with irma especially. our county, our commissioners, our leadership team, county manager, they have always been proactive in laying out severe weather plan. i heard you talking earlier about shelters and things like that. our emergency operations director, dan summers has had 35 hurricanes under his belt. he's trained us. we have a prestorm training every year for the last 20 years. >> neil: it's working, dan. you're to be commanded. i'm leaving you because the governor is speaking right now, governor desantis. i don't know where he is. let's listen in. >> everywhere else north of here is good. tampa st. pete great. orlando good. you get on the path of the storm. polk is probably 40% out maybe. then some of the rural counties got hit. i think fort myers is now 80%. so they have 20% on, which is more than what we thought. charlotte is close behind them. i think collier is about 50% out. sarasota is 50. so you can see the path of the storm. they were in there first thing. so it's been helpful. we were just i

i can tell you, my wife, we lost a car in irma, and thank god we had usaid, because they cut us a check very quickly. so hopefully all of the auto insurance will be able to do that. but we literally were seeing cars washed away, cars totally submerged. so we understand that people are going to need to be able to get that claim. but when we did it with irma, we got the check within like a week, they came out, they did it, they gave us a check, and honestly, it is not like losing a car only is like the worst thing in the world, we were fine, but i mean to be able to have that, and you know what you have to do, you can buy a new car, so i appreciate what jimmy is doing, i think it is important to get the carriers in, and let people go and make these claims, and let's get these things processed as quickly as possible. thanks, everybody. appreciate it. >> governor desantis right there and other officials, closing up that press conference. he is stating what we all know, which is that it is very bad in florida. as for a victim count, there is still not one as of now. a lot of reporting out th

and that's what we did this time, just like all of the other times, just like charlie, just like irma course this time our area took it really, really bad. fort myers beach took it really, really bad. thankfully it was just buildings. like i said, we'll build it back. >> you know, i'm looking at this and thinking about it as a mother myself, and i cannot imagine having to do this and try to go through it. you have four children. you have your dog as well. some of them are very young. when was it like being there with your children. you must have had your own fears, your own concerns. but, you know, us mothers, we have to make sure that we're not always showing that and trying to comfort our children. what was that like in your home when that happened? >> well, we were very safe. that's what we do. we boarded up. we made sure that we were safe. and we are. we made sure that we are at the elevation that if waters rise up, we are safe. and that's exactly what we did. we made sure that the elevation levels of our home are on the level that even if we have a surge, we are safe. and it's ex

i am incredibly proud of how hard and well they worked together, whether it be hurricane michael, irma or the surfside building. they stand ready, government, thank you for your leadership. gov. desantis: we will be back very early tomorrow morning. [captions copy

after irma some generators failed and people at nursing homes died because of that. so florida officials are really working to make sure that doesn't happen. but as for the situation here on the ground right now, i can tell you that 20,000 people in orange county have lost power. we're approaching two million people in the entire state that have lost power. five counties in florida. nearly 100% of people in those five counties have lost power. so, again, you don't have to worry so much about the storm surge threat. a lot of people from fort myers when i was there would come to orlando to avoid that storm surge threat. but you can't escape the flash flooding. and as the storm slows down, that is going to be the key concern. people here have cleared debris from their yards so that they don't clog the storm drains. they've done what they can. they've seen the devastation. they've seen the strength of this storm. governor desantis calls it a top 5 storm to ever hit the state of florida. so people are scared, they're hoping for the best, and we'll certainly be here to cov

i am incredibly proud of how hard and well they worked together, whether it be hurricane michael, irma or the surfside building. they stand ready, government, thank you for your leadership. gov. desantis: we will be back very early tomorrow morning. [captions copyright >> happening today, female administrator gives an -- fema administrator gives an update on how they are preparing for hurricane ian as it moves close to florida and streaming live on the freak c-span now video app at 10 a.m. eastern, and at the same time, a hearing on the effectiveness of sanctions against russia. at noon, the house returns for general speeches and legislative work starts at 2 p.m. there are several bills on the agenda including one that calls for the sanctioning of chinese government officials who have been involved with persecuting christians or other religious minorities. on c-span2, the senate is back at 10 a.m. to continue debate on a short-term spending bill funding the government through december 16. at 10:00 a.m. on

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remember 2017, after irma made landfall, orlando was in the dark in some spots for days and same with jacksonville. so, this is so widespread. the entire peninsula getting it, and we could even see cities up to the north in georgia, like atlanta, savanah, you name it. they are not going to see conditions like this, but you know, the topography not conducive to any kind of wind gusts like this or rain that comes in. so, we have a long journey ahead and it is only wednesday, guys. >> sandra: remarkable images there in punta gorda, florida, you see the wind so powerfully blowing, you can see the top of the palm tree there, but the boats are not moving up or down or back or forth, you have t assume they are tied down so tightly bow to stern but also the wind is moving one direction this moment. power outages, they are now reporting 624,000 to john's point and growing, almost 625,000 after ron desantis at the top of the 1:00 hour reported 200,000 confirmed to give you an idea of just how exponentially the number of power outages is growing in this moment. also news update from the white ho

we hadder eder irma recently.ly strong winds. that will do a lot of wind damage. but you also have the storm is so massive, and people are kind of comparing this to the track that charlie took in 2004, because charlie was expected to hit tampa bay, turned, hitting southwest florida. ch charlie was strong, but a fraction of the size of what we're dealing with here with hurricane ian. so the effects of this will be broad. and we appreciate the biden administration's consideration for the people of florida during this time of need. when i was in lake city, you had massive numbers of linemen, but you have those staged all over the state. there is now over 42,000 linemen and other personnel ready to restore power in 30 different areas across the state. and those linemen and other associated personnel hail from of course many from florida, but from 27 different states. of course our department of transportation does have 1200 personnel on standby to perform cut and toss operations understanding how important it is to ge

hurricane irma we had significant flooding in the neighborhoods. since that time we have been working to try to mitigate a lot of those problems and again, just feeling fortunate this morning because we have not had near the rain, just went down to our waterfront park, we are right at high tide now and there was concerns about tide coming over the seawall and flooding some surrounding area. but right now, knock on wood, looks like we are going to survive without significant flag. >> gillian: what about the power situation? what are you seeing in terms of businesses and homes now that are completely without, do you have a numbers estimate for your jurisdiction? >> yeah, we have had a number of power outages before sun-up this morning and give credit to dominion and their contractors, as thing go out they are jumping on them, linemen are in the trees getting the power restored to folks. i checked in a little while ago, a few small cases of power outage, but hoping to kind of keep up with it as they go out. so, no widespread power outages right now. a

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i am incredibly proud of how hard and well they worked together, whether it be hurricane michael, irma or the surfside building. they stand ready, government, thank you for your leadership. gov. desantis: we will be >> hapa administrator gives an update on how the agency is preparing for hurricane ian as it moves to florida. that is trimming on the free c-span video app. on c-span, the hearing on the effectiveness of sanctions on russia for its invasion of ukraine. at noon the house returns for general speeches. legislative work starts at 2:00 p.m. several bills on the agenda, including one for sanctioning chinese government officials persecuting christians or other religious minorities. on c-span2, the senate is back to continue debate at 10:00 a.m. on a short-term spending bill funding the government through december 16. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, the senate judiciary committee looks at ways to hold those responsibly for war crimes accountable. that is followed by a hearing on the reauthorization of federal aviation programs at 2:15 p.m. eastern. everything is available to watch on th

then two weeks after hurricane irma, five years ago today, hurricane maria made landfall. for hours that stretched into the early morning another category 5 hurricane rocked destruction across parts of the island that had not been shredded by irma. the compounded impact of two category 5 hurricanes is unfathomable. virgin islanders undeterred by the dramatic scale of devastation rallied in the face of tragedy and proceeded to rebuild their lives and our community. virgin islanders banded together to deliver food and medical supplies, organize cleanup initiatives, and volunteered to transport people and goods between the multiple islands and puerto rico. the response of this body, the house of representatives, from leadership chairs, rank and file members was extraordinary. ultimately the dialogues and relentless advocacy were crucial to securing extraordinary funding and a significant change to the stafford act for the virgin islanders and puerto rico to not only provide the necessary funding to rebuild but to rebuild with with resiliency. to rebuild not as things were, bu

missed in irma we are prepared to not make same mistakes. . >> now wind, passes right behind me, it is expected to at least be a category three or high end category four, maria. maria: brandy thanks very much, thick of things this morning in naples, florida, for the very latest on hurricane ian we insuregoing to foxweathercom come down the app to track ian as it happens president biden making more false claims pushes oil and gas prices to bring down prices encourage biscuit off lending to fossil fuel watch this. >> -- made certain, made certain promise, with the person -- for -- >> yeah, there are five states with cheapest gas prices until the country according to trimel anot one below dollar 3 a gallon there is no state in the two dollar a gallon frame president falsely said. gasoline prices higher families bracing for higher heating oil bills this summer, and going into the winter, rather the national energy assistance sectors says afternoon cost to heat will increase 7.2%, tiana,ing who hogan. >> we know this president made a career out of misinformation to the american people th

they remember 2017 with irma and situation really good and we spent the afternoon taking the pulse of residents here and how they're preparing. >> many people call this florida's friendliest hometown and villages of 55+ and over master plan community is preparing for hurricane ian. >> people are just scared. >> you know, really cause you just don't know. >> we brought everything in from outside this morning because of the wind and it'll be a long, rainy day. >> they're expecting anywhere between 8 to 12 inches of rain and so many people here are out and about to get activities in before the storms come ashore. >> the rain, water, all over the place and putting up the protection and waiting it out. >> being safe, i think we haven't done any major but we always have batteries and flashlights and candles. gee in 2017, hurricane irma showed its wrath in central florida. >> if it's as bad as 2017, it was the worst one. >> i lived on the gulf coast of texas for eight years before this. i know a storm will do what it will do. >> emergency officials here are planning for heavy amounts of rain

looking at hurricane irma, this is last time a storm of this magnitude affected this region and that was back in 2017, we also had matthew, a destructive category five storm that went up toward the panhandle, when we look at storms in this region, it is been years, so a lot of new folks live across the west coast of florida and have never experienced a major hurricane, that is concerning. we look back historically, hurricane irma, we were thinking it was going to be a tampa storm, it made landfall on marco island, landfall near the keys, so historically, the storm was supposed to affect tampa and made landfall south of the area, that is why i tell you, you need to be prepared south and north of tampa because we still have considerable honing in on the forecast. power outage forecast. we will certainly see power outages widespread for the area with tracking we have now, likely in and around west coast of florida perhaps for days. so people need to be prepared for power outages, not just for a day issue but days and that is why people are being urged to get your plans done today becaus

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we had wind gusts but nothing like hurricane irma back in 2017 which the winds were 140 miles an hourre more gusts but the ferocity with which the water came in just caused such intense flooding and damage. we did a great job, i think, evacuating people. so we've got a lot of folks now that maybe are -- have serious damage and are without power. they just don't know it yet because they're not back here. so, you know, i decided to stay here. i'm a retired air force colonel. i've been through these things before and i worked closer with the first responders than the average official so i wasn't going to bug out of town. we've got a lot of utility problems here because -- not just because of wind and downed poles, but you have some things that have been submerged and record-setting depths of water that are going to take a lot to replace, not just repair. >> colonel, very quickly, and i do have to let you go. are you getting any reports of people trapped? everyone okay that stayed as far as you can tell? >> well, obviously -- >> all right. tough connection with colonel rick rolocastro. we