st. augustine. i've been on that strip so many times i can't even count but the rain pushing that water, wind and water onshore on the other side of the state with a little bit of surge there. now, here we go. there's just been so much rain. 15 inches easy in some spots. all of these purple gauges, rivers at major flood stage and in some spots record highs and it's still going to be raining for much of the day with that wind coming onshore on the east and then coming onshore in the west from the direction of the wind. finally, though, finally fort myers surge is down to almost where you should be at tide level. but here is the problem we have, what do i have right there? that is the sanibel causeway. and here's the video of what it looks like now. i do know that there are people on sanibel and captiva and they decided not to leave and now they cannot by car or any vehicle because that is the video of bridge a. now, last time i went over that it was a drawbridge. that's been a long time ago. i know i

st. augustine, i know the public officials know this is my home. coming back home, this is not the way i'd like to come home on the weekends. i'm here to help not just the state of florida but also my hometown. so we're out here walking the streets. myself, administrator, the regional administrator, we're sitting here talking about, you know, different aspects of this particular neighborhood, other areas around st. johns county to potentially get them into the declaration for individual assistance. i think one of the things we have in this particular community that i want to just talk about because we don't get an awful lot of time to talk about is just down the road here a house being raised with fema funding as part of the flood mitigation assistance grant program. there's a similar program called the hazard mitigation grant program that will be coming as a part of this particular storm disaster. i know they're complicated and complex grants to work through. they take a little bit of time. but at the same time if you're in a situation where you c

st. augustine, the roads have been knocked out. one of the two bridges are down. st. is the oldest city in the country. 1565, colonized by the spanish. the historic downtown is under water. so this is -- right now it's about rescue. in addition to the national guard's men and women that jennifer mentioned, 1,200 just got back from an overseas mission. they barely said hello to their families and they're out doing this rescue again. the bases keep operating. cape canaveral, the air force base in jacksonville, but their families are having to do without loved ones while they evacuate and deal with the flooding. it's a double whammy on our military. we can't appreciate them enough. >> martha: a great point. in moments like this, you have to do what you can for your family but turn your attention towards your job and your pledge to protect people out there who need your help. it's an extraordinary effort. it is inspiring to all americans to see the effort, to see people being carried out of these situations. what is your sense of how many people in your area might still b

st. augustine. and that's where we find cbs's meg oliver tonight. good evening, meg. >> reporter: norah, hurricane ian is pounding st. augustine right now as high winds, steady rain and severe flooding. and it's only expected to get worse during the next high tide. residents of central florida woke to high winds and catastrophic flooding. forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. in hard-hit kissimmee first responders used air boats to rescue those trapped. >> we were deep in water in the house. >> reporter: in some cases people were carried to safety, like this woman, crying with relief to escape the flood waters. >> we're going to bring them out to higher ground, and then we're going to be settling them to shelters. >> reporter: rescue crews raced to evacuate residents of this orlando nursing home threatened by rising waters. this woman and her 72-year-old mother were forlsed to swim out a window to reach safety. >> you have to like either swim or drown. >> reporter: dramatic rescues played out across the region. these two people were plucke

st. augustine. and that is where we find cbs's meg oliver tonight.evening, meg. >> reporter: norah, hurricane ian is pounding st. augustine right now with high winds, steady rain and severe flooding. and it's only expected to get worse during the next high tide. residents of central florida woke to high winds and catastrophic flooding, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. in hard-hit kissimmee, first responders used air boats to rescue those trapped. >> we were deep in water in the house. >> reporter: in some cases, people were carried to safety, like this woman, crying with relief to escape the flood waters. >> we're going to bring them up to higher ground, and then shuttling them to shelters. >> reporter: rescue crews raced to evacuate residents of this orlando nursing home threatened by rising waters. this woman and her 72-year-old mother were forced to swim out a window to reach safety. >> you have to, like, either swim or drown. >> reporter: dramatic rescues played out across the region. these two people were plucked from their sailbo

st. augustine florida. this comes after the powerful category 4 hurricane left a trail of devastation, spanning from fort meyers in southwest florida through the orlando area and onto the atlantic. officials evacuated thousands from hospitals and nursing homes, because well, they no longer have drinkable water. >>> rescue crews are still trying to get to the remote area and survey the area, and people in the orlando area had to be rescued by high flood waters. >>> in the meantime, the florida governor says this is the biggest flood event the state's southwest region has ever seen. >> reporter: with many streets in kissimmee, florida underwater, first responders are helping flood victims reach higher ground. >> i feel a lot better. >> reporter: hundreds of people who decided to ride out the storm are believed to be trapped in their homes, waiting for assistance. >> those who are in need of life support right now, help is on the way. >> reporter: hurricane ian slammed the shore wednesday afternoon, along flor

st. augustine, parts of downtown are completely under water. a bridge in and out of that city because of the flooding there. like clockwork, some kayakers take to the streets to explore the flood zone. let's get to the weather center where jennifer gray is standing by. is this storm going to become hurricane again? >> i think so. we're very close, alisyn. 70-mile-per-hour storm right now. if we increase to 74, that makes it a hurricane. it's trying to become a little bit more organized across the open water. you see the center of the storm there in those last few frames. it was hard to see the center before, but we're already feeling tropical-storm-force winds all along the coast, across south carolina, even georgia. already feeling the impacts even though the store is offshore. less than 10 miles per hour, but still expected to be a hurricane within the next couple of hours most likely. and then making landfall as a hurricane along the south carolina coast. this is also an area that's very vulnerable to storm surge, very vulnerable to flooding

st. augustine, bringing into beach st. simons island, tybee island there along the coastline of georgia. three to five feet of storm surge is expected as we go through the on thursday into friday. now, michael, these are very low lying areas. i lived in georgia for quite some time in any thunderstorm that comes through brings in some flooding, especially for charleston. you all know all too well king st. james island takes on that water very quickly. not only do we have rain in the forecast for the coastlines of georgia and south carolina, but bringing that added risk for storm surge, flooding is going to be a very key component. and you really need to heed the warnings, prepare as much as you can, especially opening up your eyes tomorrow morning. >> yeah, you know, it is one of those things, especially during, like high tide, when you have those king tides, astronomical tides. >> and unfortunately, that's kind of coincide with one will see that the peak storm surge. and so it's just adding insult to injury. >> and so you

st. augustine, this suv submerged. the boat behind it rocking in the waves. and that father tonight, grateful they left their home to seek safer shelter, now knowing what so many now face. i'm sure you're feeling pretty blessed you were here? >> for sure, yeah. yep, god kept us safe. i know a lot of people weren't so fortunate. >> that decision to stay with their pastor instead made all the difference. tonight, the coast guard conducting search and rescue operations while we're on the air. they have been working since the very early morning hours. i spoke with rear admiral brendan mcpherson just before we came on the air tonight. admiral mcpherson, thank you for joining us here tonight. just incredible work by the coast guard and really all of the agencies performing these rescues here in florida. how many rescues have you performed, what are you still facing tonight? >> yeah, thank you, david. obviously these are very difficult circumstances for everybody and our hearts go out to everybody impacted by this. our air crews were up in the air very early this mo

st. augustine, are pretty used to flooding. they do say that this storm in particular stands out because the last time they had storm surge of this size, actually, this storm surge exceeded the last time they had it during hurricane matthew in 2016. so noticeable for people who live here, and that's why you're seeing so many people come check out what the water looks like, at times checking out what the flooding looks like, at times getting stuck in that flooding -- [laughter] and some of them are having fun right now, but i'm sure they won't be out later when the water is flooding these streets. jackie: that storm surge can be absolutely terrifying to watch. katie, thank you so much. thanks for that report. we're going to have much more on hurricane ian including its effect on the supply chain crisis and gas prices. plus, are we heading for another government shutdown? the house has until midnight friday to pass a temporary budget, but are they just kicking the can down the road? i'll ask virginia republican congressman ben kl

st. augustine. before jackson entered the picture, catalina own slaved in st. augustine in that area. catalina's children began to emigrate to the night states. they moved to charleston, south carolina. there was an enslaved man owned by the sitar's family that goes to charleston to live in john who is the son of catalina. fernando despises his life in charleston. it is for all the reasons. enslavement, he does not want to be enslaved. he finds an opportunity to escape. he does so. he goes back to florida. instead of going back to sitorous, he ends up, fernando ends up falling into this band of british provocateurs. nancy referenced earlier -- these protests agents that work across the florida frontier. they are essentially provoking the people of the region. it is a lot of guerrilla activity that is happening. fernando falls in with this. he was involved in a destruction of property. there is murderers and physical silence that are caused. it is unclear whether fernando himself is a murderer. nevertheless, he's an associate of this group of men. when jackson coming to st. mark's flor

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st. augustine. they have experienced a ton of rain and flooding, and a bit of storm surge down there, and that could be on par with hurricane matthew from a few years back. here is a look at the flash flood risk. you can see st. augustine there in the most elevated with this, the high risk, and two-plus inches an hour. daytona beach, also experiencing some extreme flooding. so this is just, it is really uncanny. and we're going to be here all night tracking this. >> thank you. we will check back in with you later on this hour and check on the track and what is ahead, et cetera. >>> for now we will bring in the commissioner of collier county, which includes the city of naples. thank you so much for being on with us this afternoon. >> absolutely. thanks for having me. it's been a busy 24 hours and then some. >> i can only imagine. tell me what it's been like for you and help us understand the massive power of this storm. >> i just heard your last person talking, and others talking about what the storm

st. augustine seeing coastal flooding and strong winds. from our position here in naples, we can show you another angle. we got a drone up in the air on the stationary position gnat k -- not far away from me. you see the debris and damage down the street and the swath of where the storm came in as we've been reporting. at least 15 deaths as of now attributed to the storm here in florida. of course officials are saying that that number is expected to grow. as we've been reporting, ian is not done yet. it's targeting another state, believed to be ready to hit south carolina tomorrow, again, as a hurricane. >> thank you so much. >>> north to lee county, florida, where at least five people are reported to have been killed in the storm. cnn's randi kaye is live for us in ft. myers. you're learning more about water rescues around you. >> reporter: absolutely, jake. we've learned as of this morning about 500 people have been rescued here in lee county where ft. myers is and also in charlotte county where punta gorda is where we spent the day yest

st. augustine, i know some of the public officials know this is my home. i'm coming back home.this is not the way i like to come home on the weekends, but i'm here to help, not just the state of florida, but also my hometown. we're out here walking the streets, myself, the administrators, the regional administrators, we're sitting here talking about, you know, different aspects of this particular neighborhood, other areas around st. johns county to potentially get them into the declaration for individual assistance. i think one of the things we have in this particular community that i want to talk about because we don't get a lot of time to talk about this, just down the road we have a house that's being razed with fema funding as part of the grant program. there's a similar program called hazard mitigation grant program that will be coming as a part of this particular storm disaster. they're complex grants to work through, they take a little bit of time. but at the same time, if you're in a situation where you continually flood, then we can elevate your home. those are good id

st. augustine still has a gust of 49. savannah's got a gust of 49. tybee island and simon. this is a pretty good indication of what we're looking at for tomorrow afternoon. if this poses right and the track shifted just a little north of charleston it's going to carry these winds up through several states. we've got eight states right now where the river levels are at or above flood stage already. and that's part of the problem that we've been dealing with with all the water rescues from areas of acadia to orlando to winter park and of course kissimmee. the list goes on and on. it's just unbelievable what we've been witnessing. and so terribly sad. >> and it's going to get worse. tom sater in the cnn severe weather center. thank you so much for that update. a tragic update now. the death toll in florida from hurricane ian is now at least 17. today rescuers are doing what they can to reach people who are still trapped by the floodwaters. as far inland as orange county, home to orlando. but first listen to the lee county sheriff, home to fort myers, describing the situation h

st. augustine.the far -- not the far but the eastern shore of florida south of jacksonville. you can see the amount of disturbance this storm is kicking up already. the entire state now has been affected by the size of ian and the force of this storm that's moving through for a good ways to come still, dana. >> dana: let's bring in josh boatwright from the pinellas emergency operation center. what is your assessment this morning? >> here in pinellas county we lifted our evacuation orders an hour ago which affects a large portion of our population that lives in coastal areas. conditions have finally settled down in terms of the storm impact, the wind, the rain, and some limited storm surge that we experienced over the last 24 hours. we fortunately for our area received more tropical storm-force winds being on the north side of the storm but just a couple of days ago we were prepared for a direct hit just like our neighbors to the south. >> bill: josh, will you be able to take any of those assets and

st. augustine. daytona beach, back down through seminole county, this water problem. the flash flood watches, because we expect the storm going north, have been extended to raleigh and fayetteville. by the end of today, all of south carolina will also go under a flood watch. that's where the storm is headed. the new update from the 11:00 advisory from the hurricane center. it came offshore off cape canaveral. assume one category worse. right now, category 1 at landfall. if it was higher, i think we would be surprised. i wouldn't rule it out. this has been an overachiever ever since we started tracking this thing before it hit cuba. it's moving northeast at nine. here is the forecast path from the hurricane center. parallels the coast tonight. conditions shouldn't get that much worse from jacksonville north to georgia. savannah shouldn't have a ton of problems with rain. we get up here into charleston, georgetown, heading -- hilton head, these are areas that will have to consider if you want to stay in your house. listen to evacuation orders. often they don't evacuate

st. augustine heavy wind and storm surges pummeled the beach community. rescue crews brought a trap family to safety. >> somebody was standing on top of a dining room table holding a baby. ■ >> reporter: residence along georgia's coast are getting ready for ian. we are putting in pumps now. the governor says while the state will be affected it's not expected to be as bad as the destruction in florida. it's noticeably quiet and some of the communities not a lot of cleanup as they are just taking it interesting to find basic necessities to get by things like food and water for the next few days. in fort myers, florida kb x 5. >> the fema task for is on standby as they need to help american victims. they are ready to go if they get that call. we can still be sent out there depending on what the conditions are on the ground obviously we have support teams that go out first and they set out objectives for the area and depending on what happens after the hurricane makes landfall in the next 24 to 72 hours determines what the resources needed are. >> he's tracki

st. augustine, florida on the left as ian exits the florida peninsula and moves on towards its next ground 0, if you will, which looks like it could be charleston, kiowa island at this point. we will continue to monitor its track and tell you where it goes. we know these things move. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house, the president back from his briefing at fema headquarters. what's the white house saying about everything that's going on in florida. >> president biden painted a pretty bleak picture when we might learn in the coming days, referencing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life, he said he will go to florida as soon as conditions allow and said he's been coordinating closely with governor ron desantis, talked to him 4 or 5 times over the last few days and he was just asked moments ago about how their relationship is going. listen. >> he complimented me, thanked me for the immediate response we had, told me how much he appreciated it, extremely happy when what was going on. this is not about anything having to do with our disagreements politically. this is

st. augustine and st. e beach and putnam county issued evacuations for low lying areas and areas with a history of flooding and evacuations of mobile homes. those are places that are hundreds and hundreds of miles away from the initial impact in southwest florida and yet, they are having to evacuate folks that are living in vulnerable areas. we have over 1.1 million reported power outages. now, there are crews still working outside of southwest florida but just understand that number is going to grow. you're going to see more power outages as this storm moves through the center part of our state and before it exits into the atlantic coast. there are 100 portable cell phone towers ready to be deployed into southwest florida once it is safe to enter and should that be needed. we want to make sure people are staying out of the way of emergency crews and out of flood waters and away from all downed power lines. as soon as emergency crews can get in they are going to get in. as soon as it's safe to go and clear

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st. augustine, it led to water rescues in daytona beach.le finally ian is moving offshore, it's now gathering steam in the atlantic ocean. it has georgia and south carolina in its sights. we could be looking at another day of destruction tomorrow. byron? >> our thanks to trevor. >>> up next, "hocus pocus 2." >> lock up your children! yes, salem, we're back! >> the sequel nearly three decades in the making. i prep without pills. with apretude a prescription medicine used to reduce the risk of hiv without daily prep pills. with one shot every other month, just 6 times a year. in studies, apretude was proven superior to a daily prep pill in reducing the risk of hiv. you must be hiv negative to receive apretude and get tested before each injection. if you think you were exposed to hiv or have flu-like symptoms, tell your doctor right away. apretude does not prevent other sexually transmitted infections. practice safer sex to reduce your risk. don't take apretude if you're allergic to or taking certain medicines, as they may interact. tell your

this is a live look into st augustine here.each camera off of the nbc suites hotel right there. just on appear you can see just how strong those waves are crashing into the sea while here in st augustine, look at that big wave that just came up as we're talking about it right now. now, of course, these are only tropical storm force winds, but that can still create some problems all around the area here. problems like what we see in this video here, this dramatic rescue from nassau county, nassau county, essentially jacksonville. you see the man almost falling off his boat here. coast guard crews had to grab him by the waist and pull them inside. now, this is just one of several rescue missions happening right now in the state of florida. this is the orange county sheriff's office if you need to be evacuated your front door. these are search and rescue crews in orange county that's around the orlando area. governor rhonda santa says the coast guard and the national guard have been doing this since the dark and early hours of the

st. augustine, st.al flooding and strong winds. >> we come across scenes like this with people tossing out their biggest possessions all over the city of naples, city officials telling reporters that they believe the property damage to the city itself could go as high as $20 million. the damage to personal property like this could be as high as $200 million. and one city official saying that is a conservative estimate. brian todd, cnn, naples, florida. >> meteorologist karen mcinnis is tracking in track. and karen joins us now, it's getting very close to where home is for you. where is it tracking now? >> yes, we got our update from the national hurricane center. and i want to give you that since we made such an impression that perhaps you should stay and see what happens from the national hurricane center as i'm information of 2 am. very little has changed. it still has winds of 85 miles an hour. sometimes we see kind of this lag. we did see it with the last update at 11 pm eastern time. most of the ha

st. augustine and jacksonville, because there would be strong onshore landfalls. >> that's just remarkablethe scope, the breadth of the threat of this storm. michael brennan, thank you so much for being with us, and helping us give people a sense of what they can expect starting basically now. let's try to go back to punta gorda, florida, now. randi kaye, if you can hear me, tell me what's happening? >> reporter: hey there, john, we have moved to actually to safer ground here, because we were a little concerned we were at the water's edge. we moved to higher ground to this parking garage. punta gorda looks pretty deserted. we have been experting much greater winds. our hotel is in the distance. we've had to move the cars, because they were expecting this 12 to 18-foot storm surge. we need that wouldn't be safe for us our for our vehicles. we moved up to this higher ground here. we know there were evacuation earlier. they were considering expanding those evacuations to zone c, almost about 200,000 people or so have evacuated ready, or already under orders. they don't go and check on those p

st. augustine and jacksonville and quite conceivably going out and coming back in to savannah as a cat 1 and possibly bad news with this storm. still 2.6 million people across florida are without power. it could be days, especially south of here in the very hard hit counties, lee county in particular where ft. meyers is. one good piece of news for this area, the tampa international airport just put out a statement saying they are going to begin operations begin tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.. so, neil, things, you know, at one point this area was right in the bull's eye and as we know it is unpredictable and that storm went further south and it's devastating there and overall sense of the neighborhoods here is one of relief frankly. neil. neil: ashley, incredible coverage of this yesterday against all sorts of odds. >> thank you. neil: ashley webster and i want to go to ken welch in st. petersburg, florida, with a direct hit yesterday. how are things looking today, mayor? >> thank you, neil, for having me on and our thoughts and prayers to neighbors in the south in the naples and ft. meyers area

st. augustine to jacksonville. we could see four to six feet of u inundation and we could see four to eight inches of rain across south carolina, places like charleston and then heavy rainfall into north carolina, especially western north carolina where we could see eight inches of rain. we could see widespread flash flooding up into this region, especially on saturday. >> i hope people are listening. it so important what you're saying. life threatening flash flooding still to come. possible ian regains strength to hurricane levels before it hits the coast again after had leaves florida. also potential life threatening storm surge again on the atlantic side. michael, i don't know if you've been able to assess the storm surge along the southwestern coast of florida. do you know how high it ended up being? >> well, certainly from the images that we've seen in the media, it looks like there was at least inundation up to the first story of some homes. still a very violent push of water. it could take weeks to months to

st. augustine florida has seen it many times before.as 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 asked people in those areas to leave. >> harris: i was just talking with our reporter, some areas don't have a mandatory evacuation and sometimes you will get missed. a storm will jump and move and people get a little complacent. are you rethinking areas now that are closer to some of yo

st. augustine, warning people about the probability of tornadoes.ase make take this seriously, watch the track of the storm and go somewhere without windows. once the hurricane gets close to you, there is a very serious storm. the recover affords will be massive. we have a record number of assets ready to respond, fleets of high water vehicles, 7 thousand national guardsmen ready to go, already helping, 42,000 line men. will be a true all hands on deck effort to make sure we can save as many lives as possible, respond to this storm. help people reclaim their lives. >> attorney general sit tight, we'll come back to you, congressman, to what attorney general said this looks like florida hurricane katrina, you are seeing gulf coast come in. the coast has never been hit by a storm of this magnitude back a hundred years, the gulf of mexico. the tropical storm warnings have been posted through the panhandle to georgia and south carolina. >> yes, when luke at look at this situation it plays out in washington d.c. funding for the country, but what is not in

st. augustine authorities are urging people to avoid driving through floods so they don't create wakes thatle's homes and businesses. bill, crews are still busy cleaning away fallen trees and debris that this storm knocked into roadways. so they are urging people to avoid any non-essential travel because there are still some road hazards out there. bill, back to you. >> bill: keep us posted throughout the day. >> dana: moving southwest let's go to fox weather robert ray in hard-hit fort myers, florida. we talked to you last hour and now you are on one of the big boats that got pushed up onto land. >> indeed, dana. i just talked to the yacht broker who had just sold this boat for about $350,000, he said. the boat next to it was contingent for $650,000. it is a mess with the logistics and insurance and what will ensue with these deals and brokers that all these things that they have done here. you see the mess behind me. all these boats. they're on roadsides all the way down to the barrier island of fort myers beach where search and rescue is going on actively there right now devastated. as g

st. augustine, water rescues in daytona beach. >> the eastern shores of florida, georgia, and the carolinasare on high alert as ian moves north on track for a second landfall as a category one hurricane in south carolina. justin finch, abc news, st. petersburg. jobina:: bay area first responders are standing by for the call to the southeast. a look inside the training facility for the menlo park district urban search-and-rescue. the team is assembling rescue boats, generators, toolkits, and other safety equipment. >> the search person -- portion of our team has technical search and canine search. probably the biggest showstopper for everybody is when the dogs come out. jobina: the menlo park task force includes professionals from 16 bay area agencies. you can help people affected by hurricane ian by donating to the red cross. go to redcross.com\abc to donate. drew: hurricane ian is a category one storm with wind 85 miles per hour. the eye of the storm is here, 100 miles from charleston. it will make landfall later this afternoon as a category 1 storm with 85 mile per hour wind. when it move

st. augustine earlier before i let you go, there you have -- these are live images filling the streets.lt water gets into the foundation of buildings, what does it do? >> rest, that's one of the main things. whenever you look at a building structural failure and a look at the beams and want to know what chris is, iron rust overtime, but salt water at sedate. -- people know that about the carson buildings, but this does cause extra problems. usually a small house, it's not a big issue. in buildings, it becomes a bigger issue overtime. there will be a lot of people, everybody on the west coast of florida had their house but it. that is a fact. everybody who had a one storey, the bottom story is flooded. these pieces are all built above. their one story is higher, they're above a car port. a lot of people don't have to. a lot of people don't have a two storey home. there will be a lot of building inspectors out here looking at the damage is done. -- there will be some people whose homes are uninhabitable, we've been on for weeks but for months. >> it's also why insurance companies have suc

st. augustine, where the most stands this river over tops its banks where it flows into the atlantic. officials say that historical levels of river flooding could affect for communities inland, not just on the coast. it could affect them for weeks. now that ian is moved out into the atlantic, it is strengthened from a tropical storm back into a category one hurricane. the states north of florida are bracing for its impact as it turns back west toward the south carolina coast. right now, it is places like lee county on florida's southwest coast, that's cape coral, fort myers, sanibel, where the situation is most dire. even as rescuers search for those who need help, lee county's public hospital system announced that they are evacuating all of their patients, at least 800 people, out of that county because of the lack of power and running water. the storm may have moved on from southwest florida but the grappling with what it left behind is just beginning. joining us now from fort myers, florida, cnbc correspondent perry rossen. in perry, we spoke last night just after fort myers was de

st. augustine, which saw the height of the storm hit at high tide. with the reenergized ian picking up strength in the atlantic, south carolina's coastline is under hurricane warnings. residents there and in neighboring georgia making last-minute preparations. north carolina's governor urging his residents to be ready. >> i want to be very clear. the storm can still be dangerous and even deadly. >> ordinarily, the day after a big storm, we see families back at their houses, going through their belongings, trying to find what they can. we are not seeing that here yet. it is simply too hard for many people to move around the state. bret, back to you. >> bret: steve harrigan live in charlotte county florida. thank you. florida's east coast did not get the worst of ian but still experiencing heavy rain and flooding there. correspondent jonathan's area is in atlantic beach tonight. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, bret. we are experiencing heavy winds, the rain is picking up, and the big concern is what you see behind me, a lot of tourists coming

st. augustine, first settled village, port in america, and longest standing fort, predated the declaration of independence, big tourist attraction, seems to be the eye of the storm now as it works up toward jacksonville. >> this is naples, right next to fort myers. >> you see that shot with robert, cars going across the bridge on top and to me, when you hear the number from the lee county sheriff of hundreds of fatalities, it makes your mind think rush of storm surge in the middle of the night is so dangerous. >> look at that, are they rescuing the lady with the hat? >> that is naples, not the eye of the storm, although very, very close. >> ainsley: you saw the picture in the fire house, did they lose that fire truck? can your car sustain that much water? it was up to the past the tires. look at this. >> great question. >> that is our reporter out there covering the news on wednesday. >> makes landfall, mid-afternoon into the evening and the storm surge they are saying in double digits. >> look at that, holding on, hoping that one-way sign doesn't collapse. >> yeah. >> 11 after the hour, c

st. augustine, florida, 500 years ago. i'm doing a title search to see if i have any property there.e spending. so it is a celebration. >> and including a latino senator from new jersey. senator menendez, thank you so much for being with us. >>> a that wraps up the hour thank you for the privilege of your time. coming up, president biden set to deliver remarks about the tentative agreement reached with railway labor unions. chris jansing picks it up from london. >> good thursday morning. in london thousands of mourners are lining the streets here inching forward mile by mile to westminster hall just to catch a glimpse of the queen lying in state. a line that is now 4.2 miles long, takes about nine hoep hours to get to the front. this morning we're learning new details from buckingham palace about what to expect at the funeral monday. and we'll have all of that for you coming up in a very short time. >>> but we start with the breaking news at home, all indications are that the high stakes crisis has been averted. any moment now we will hear from president biden in the rose garden. the

st. augustine beach. putnam has issued evacuations for low-lying counties. and sumpter county is advising evacuating mobile homes. they're having to evacuate folks that are living in vulnerable areas. we have over 1.1 million reported power outages. now, there are crews that are still working outside of southwest florida, but just understand that number is going to grow. you're going to see more power outages as this storm moves through the center part of our state, and before it exits into the atlantic coast. there are a hundred portable cellphone towers ready to be deployed into southwest florida once it's safe to enter, should that be needed. we want to make sure people are staying out of the way of emergency crews, out of floodwaters, away from downed powerlines. as soon as emergency crews can get in, they are going to get in. as soon as it's safe to go and clear the roadways florida department of transportation is going to go in and clear the roadways. these are all on standby, ready to go. they understand the importance of a really, really quick respon

st. augustine. >> you going the ride it out? >> that's the plan. >> brad melvin spent the day piling sandbags and securing his home to ride out hurricane ian. why did you decide to stay? >> part of it was i had to work. i also wanted to protect my house. >> as the monster storm pummels the west coast, floridians in northeast sections are preparing for extreme flooding and high winds to arrive in the next 24 hours. >> this bridge we do anticipate closing several times because of flood water. on thursday, it will be very windy, very rainy, and there will be a significant amount of water covering most of the roadway. >> in 2017 during hurricane irma, almost 400 gallons of sewage leaked into the waters. the city has spent millions to prevent that from happening again. his wife and two young daughters are also getting ready. how do you feel about riding out the storm? >> a little nervous, but hopefully, everything will be fine. >> forecasters are predicting 15-plus inches of rain through friday. if the melvins are flooded out, they t

st. augustine on florida's east coast where the downtown streets at this hour are flooded.ou see there. footage from jacksonville. the waves and wind battling this pier and people still walking across the it. tropical storm ian would whip up into a hurricane again. it is expected to gain strength as it emerges into the atlantic ocean over on the east side. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray is in the cnn weather center with the latest forecast. where is it now and where is it headed? >> it's just off the coast of florida, the east coast. looks disorganized compared to yesterday because it is disorganized. it is trying to get its act together now that it's back over open water, and we are expecting this storm to become a hurricane once again today. so this will most likely make landfall along the south carolina coast tomorrow as a hurricane. we could be within that 24-hour window yet again of another landfall. right now it's got 70-mile-per-hour winds, gusts of 85. but remember, we already have tropical-storm-force winds being felt all up and down the georgia/south carolina coa

st. augustine, florida. katie?n on the east coast of florida where hurricane ian didn't make lands fall, that was on the west coast, but you'll see damage here, too. this is what a lot of neighborhoods look like. people are cleaning up their areas. their homes. this is someone's trampoline. a basketball hoop outside on their front line. this is brad's house. we're going to go talk to him and he's going to tell us what he's up to. brad, how are you doing right now? you're pretty busy? >> it's a lot going on. as you can see, looks clean here now. we've had an outpouring of love and support from our friends. they have come over and helped us clean everything up in the yard. we're just so stoked and so thankful for everybody helping us out. we have a lot to do. the house is flooded and we're trying to get it dry now. >> the water was two or three feet high because the storm surge happened at the same time as the high tide in this area. a lot of people that live here are now cleaning up. now back to you, trace. >> trace

st. augustine and pushing up to jacksonville beach.ter to move out over the atlantic ask then turn northward, expected to make another landfall tomorrow in south carolina. we do expect ian to restrengthen and expected to be at or near hurricane intensity as it reaches the coast. when you have the hurricane watch in effect from northeast florida all the way up to south carolina. >> we have seen the devastation continuing this morning as it hovers over central florida, as you say. looking ahead around the corner, what can coastal south carolina, coastal georgia expect as we move into friday and saturday? >> we're going to see winds move on shore into the coastal areas even as soon as later today and this evening. but the worst conditions are going to occur with the storm surge inundation. we have a storm surge warning for northeast florida up to past charleston, south carolina. we can see 4 to 6 feet above ground level. that's as tall as i am in places like charleston, savannah, up to northeast it'll. then we'll be dealing with the heavy

st. augustine's two cities. the earthly city, which is built by the love of self to the contempt of god, and the heavenly city which is built by the love of god to the contempt of self. he goes on to say, two beliefs have hitherto underlined the christian attitude toward the present crisis. the attitude of the ordinary secular level under post-christian rule. one of these is a broad palladian-ism. the belief that we are on the whole, well meaning people, doing our best. and we will somehow meddle through. the other approach is an optimistic belief that because we are well meaning and doing our best, people will tend to come out right. that what happens will be for the best anyway. this is a succession of questions and problems to be solved in immediate time. neither of these beliefs are christian, we are not well meaning people doing our best. we are miserable seniors living under judgment of the heritage of sin. we will not somehow muddle through. if we repent and cast ourselves upon god's mercy, we have a prom

st. augustine up to jacksonville. let me show you where we are. the current position.retty much show you everything you need to know. 215 miles south of charleston. almost everything you need to know is by looking at these watches and warnings. in red, from cape fear down through the coastline of south carolina and you get down to near the border with georgia. that's a tornado warning. it's still a warning down in florida, but it's offstore. we have, of course, tropical storm watches. we have tomorrow warnings. look how far inland they go. this is going to shock some people. even though it's very disorganized and of course the national hurricane center is showing us that we do still have a center and it's a warm core, which means it's still a hurricane. until we can better define where that center actually is -- we know where it is but it's kind of discombobulated where the track will be. here are the winds coming into the northeast. we have a little bit of a surge here. you can start to see the rainfall here picking up coastal c area of georgia into south and north ca

st. augustine still saw coastal flooding and strong winds. >> this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida's history. >> reporter: president biden saying that the federal government will be sending funds for florida's emergency response efforts and offering a message of unity. >> my message to the people of florida, to the country in times like this, america comes together. we're going to pull together as one team, as one america. >> reporter: ian has intensified once again into a category 1 hurricane and is predicted to make landfall in south carolina. >> we know that we can handle this if we use our heads and follow the rules. >> reporter: south carolinians taking precautions, filling sandbags in anticipation of the possibility of sturges and rising floodwaters. >> we'll see. might be a little wet. we're going to pray for dry, and that will be what we have. >> reporter: now, the damage assessments here are really just staggering. the city manager told us yesterday that as far as the damage to city-owned property, that could get to about $20 million. and as far as the damage to private prop

st. augustine that the storm surge in right now, along with the high tide is worse than hurricane matthew. one road has water completely covered. but it's still a problem up there on the coast. this is almost a hurricane again. they expect it to become a hurricane later on this evening. we're expecting landfall in south carolina as a hurricane. because it went down to a tropical storm, it's going to try to make a comeback because it's back over the ocean over some warm water. there's a shield of rain and that's my concern as we go throughout the next couple days. who is going to get the heavy rain. it's not like florida where it's the sandy soil. this is going to be heading into areas that are going to be prone to flooding. here's the forecast track from the hurricane center. become a hurricane tonight by 8:00 p.m. they take it pretty much north from there. as we go throughout tomorrow morning, this is 8:00 a.m. the category 1 storm. a lot of of the storm is going to be unbalanced. this isn't going to be your typical landfall. a lot of the heavy rain will be north. possibly here towards m