this is myrtle beach on your screen right now. you can see what the tides are doing and rolling over the seawall. tide levels are more than 9 1/2 feet there in myrtle beach. winds and rain already damaging some areas there. in charleston, the city's airport is shut down. and tornado watches are in effect for parts of all -- both of the carolinas and virginia. of course, in florida, we now see more of the pure devastation, the death toll from ian there at least 25 people and that number will probably rise. we have all seen the videos of the homes and the businesses destroyed, like you're seeing on your screen right now. this is all along florida's west coast. and yet it is still hard to describe the full aftermath. all of lee county is still without running water at this hour. in fort myers beach, it is even hard to bike through the destruction. the messages from residents there, if you can send help, we need it. sanibel and cap teva islands cut off from the main land, only accessible by boat or air after, as you know, ian destroye

and to the north, near north myrtle beach, but i haven't heard of a lot of water damage yet in myrtle beach, so hopefully that will continue to be the case. >> it sounds like from our nick valencia, who was just reporting from myrtle beach, it sounds like you guys did basically dodge a bullet, although it's hard to see that as we look at the ocean right now, but it hit near georgetown, which is south of you, rather than myrtle beach taking a direct hit. but we have also heard from so many people that this is an historic storm, like nothing they've ever seen before. i mean, was myrtle beach able to be prepared for something as epic as that? >> we did do a lot to get repaired. and mainly, our staff were out this week, lowering the levels of our storm water retention ponds, which is so important. so that they could hold the capacity for the water that we were expecting. cleaning out our ditches and other storm water ponds. so taking precautions like that will help. we have a great drainage system here in the city. we've invested a lot of money in it. and typically, when we see storms, an

>> myrtle beach is lucking out. they will get storm surge there, but we are waiting on the landfall. i drew a circle here to kind of estimate where i think the circulation, it's hard to tell with the storm disorganizing itself, but the landfall when the center of the circle, more or less, comes ashore, and you can see how close it is. >> john: bryan -- >> seems like the storm has stalled. >> john: hang on just for a second, here is the president. >> hours away from hitting south carolina. some parts have hit. update you on what we have done since i last spoke to you on this 24 hours ago. i directed that every possible action be taken to save lives and get help to survivors. because every single minute counts. it's not just the crisis for florida, it's an american crisis. we are all in this together and i have spoken to governor desantis on multiple occasions, as well as this morning, as well as mayors and county officials both republican and democrat from places most affected and i spoke with governor mcmaster of so

up in myrtle beach, that as well. but more so a lot of storm surge that has made its way past the dunes. we could see four to seven feet of storm surge, as the storm moves further inland, that becomes less of a concern and then we start to talk more about the rainmaker. here is a look at some stats. ranking on september 30, 2022, at 4.2 feet. still coming in under other hurricanes like matthew, but we are ranking pretty high with this, above four feet. and here's the rain i was talking about. so this storm is going to be widespread. it took over florida. and now, we're looking at it through the carolinas, with flash flood advisories for parts of the delmarva peninsula. we can see that as well. very heavy rainfall. seven plus inches of rain in some hot spots and finally the severe weather threat. that's an issue. we are looking for the threat for tornadoes possible from wilmington, through jacksonville, right on up to virginia beach, as we head through this afternoon and this evening. so we're not done with ian yet. an

and 53 miles per hour at north myrtle beach. the strongest winds will occur into this evening across the northern charleston tricounty area, up through the p.d. with areas along the coast near where ian makes landfall potentially seeing wind gusts up to 80 to # 0 miles per hour -- 90 miles per hour and 50 to 70 miles per hour further inland along the track. tropical storm force winds will extend west through the midlands. these winds have already downed trees and power lines across parts of the state and these reports should become more widespread as ian shifts inland and the destructive winds develop. storm surge flooding is already ongoing as well across much of the south carolina coast with respects of inuntkaeugs in many coastal communities, especially along the central and northern portions of the coast. peak surge values of four to seven feet are expected north of palms, with lower values south of there. up to two to four feet. storm surge flooding will be most problematic during the afternoon. but could linger through the

high tide in myrtle beach was at about 12:30 and so we know the water is hi there. the winds are high and as i said before a lot of water has been trapped inland and can't get out because of the winds and because of the currents. but right now when the storm seems to be receding in certain parts of the state and is moving on to others at hurricane speeds this is when people normally get careless, get hurt and, unfortunately, often lose their lives so don't forget that human error is the deadliest thing that we have, misjudgments, miscalculations, carelessness. so be careful and be smart to i spoke to president biden this morning. he was fully aware of our situation. he promised whatever help we needed, and you would like to know of course he's been here before. he says south carolina is a beautiful place and, of course, i agreed 100% with that. so that is our situation so far and we have a number of people to speak and provide details and we'll start with general jeffrey jones. >> thank you, governor. major general jeff jones, deputy adjutant general. right now the

high tide in myrtle beach was about 12:30 p.m. so we know the law is high and the winds are high water is trapped in this and you can't get out because of the winds and currents. right now when the storms seem to be receding in the state and moving on to others at hurricane speeds, this is when people normally get careless, hurt and often lose their lives so don't get human error is the deadliest thing we have, misjudgment, regulations, carelessness so be careful and be smart. i spoke to president biden this morning, he's fully aware of our situation. he promised whatever help we needed and of course he's been here before and says south carolina is a beautiful place and of course i agreed one 100% of the. that is the situation so far we have a number of people to speak and provide details, general jeff jones. >> thank you, the deputy general, right now south carolina military department comprises army guardsmen, air guardsmen and state guardsmen and civilian employees, they are poised to continue to respond to state and local part

cnn's nick valencia is on the scene in myrtle beach. in myrtle beach, nick, good evening to you.ere you are tonight? >> hey don, good evening. it is soggy here, but the brunt of the heavy rain is expected to come in the overnight hours. and peak in the early afternoon. so far, we're just in a wait and see mode. you can see it's windy, but the rain has stopped in the last few minutes. we were at myrtle state beach park earlier which i believe we have video of, we can see these waves starting to come in a little bit more aggressive. there are rough waves out there, some gusts of wind about 25 miles per hour, and residents trying to see the conditions there are about to go through. but here further inland, you're not really feeling the effects of those conditions just quite yet. hurry county, which encompasses myrtle beach, this area that we're in, is under a local state of emergency. i did speak to the emergency management during the midday, they said that at that point they had yet to operate their emergency center, it was only a matter of time. it just wait and see mode right her

i started to say myrtle beach caught a break because of the weather, but nearby myrtle beach they are getting very, very bad weather right now. a quick check of the wider view of the radar and you can see how far north this, anything that is yellow or red, and especially red, that's really bad, and up in north carolina as well, and one more thing on the storm surge, it's starting to come down a bit. it was over five feet at myrtle beach. the storm is still pushing the water in but the tide is coming out. so i think the storm has about peaked, pushing the water in. now the tide coming out is going to allow that to slowly, slowly come down because the tides are quite radical up there. about a 4, 5 foot swing in the tide as it heads to low tide. so, you know, mother nature, or the gravity of the sun and the moon are pulling the tide out as the storm is trying to push the tide in. so i think they have reached their peak there along the coast, although there is significant flooding, there is coastal damage that we have seen in pictures so far. john. >> gillian: what do you make, so this fo

as of right now, there are no bridges or roads closed here in myrtle beach, but some around myrtle beach are closed because of the severe weather, and the landfall of the storm is imminent, and in the next few hours we will be getting hammered. i say that as we get another gust of wind, and e would like to get you a picture of the waves, but you ku see the gusts there, and the weather is slowly hour by hour creeping closer to the build wreg standing at. we are told that 7,000 people are without power throughout the county, and they are preparing for the worse tot come in the coming hours. ana. >> do stay safe, because in myrtle beach, the water and tide has been rising an hour or one foot per hour since 6:00 a.m., and so that storm surge is a huge concern along with the winds that nick is talking about, and you can see him experiencing. i want to get right to cnn weather meteorologist jennifer gray who is tracking the latest timing and all of that, and jennifer what is concerning you most about the storm right now? >> i think that it is what nick is hinting at which is the storm surge, a

in north myrtle beach is water has been rising and is past mailboxes. nick valencia is in myrtle beach. already seeing signs that things are going to get better? >> reporter: yeah, they're getting some reprieve, jake, and some welcome reprieve, for the first time all day the sun is out and it seems as though the worst of hurricane ian has come and gone. it made landfall a couple of hours ago just south of us in georgetown but it did bring significant damage to myrtle beach. thousands are without power still at last check with the emergency management, 13,000 were without power. portions of the pier have been broken off into the atlantic and there was localized flooding with roads inundated with water. as it stands right now, though, we do not know of any reports of injuries. we've been checking with the local emergency management here. so far it's just significant damage to the piers. there was cause for concern a short time ago, about an hour ago, as we were reporting, a shrimp boat appeared along the atlantic ocean, just really out of nowhere, getting

nick valencia reporting for us from myrtle beach. from myrtle beach. let's head back to pauley's island right now. we're joined now by the mayor of pauley's island, ryan henry. he's joining us on the phone. mayor henry, thank you very much for joining us. part of your island's pier, as we just showed our viewers, has been wiped away. how badly as ian hit your community? >> well, wolf, thanks for having me on. and pauley's island is a place that i love and so many generations of people that have been coming here love. and the pier just symbolic of the damage that we have. we have not been able to fully assess the damage on the island, because the water is just beginning to recede to a point where we can go on to the island and assess the full damage. you know, it was a category 1 hurricane, and we are between myrtle beach and georgetown. and georgetown was where the landfall was. and being on the dirty side of this hurricane brought tremendous storm surge to the island. so we took a pretty good gut punch today. and we're trying to recover from it. and w

beach and into myrtle beach. we will see an outflow through charleston. high tide, this may work in the favor of myrtle beach. high tide is occurring at 11:31 p.m., later than the storm is making landfall. this is still a hurricane. we are still looking at substantial storm surge possible in areas like myrtle beach. >> four to seven feet of storm surge is awfully dangerous. thanks so much. we will check back with you. >>> joining me now is charleston's mayor. thank you for being with us. charleston looks like it may be spared the direct track of the hurricane. you are seeing the rain, the wind. it's already looking pretty fierce from our correspondent just there. >> thank you, andrea. yes, i think south carolina is seeing the worst of what's left of ian right now. that convergence of heavy rain and the high tide that's really happening right now along with the storm surge is just a dangerous combination. although we didn't have an evacuation order, we have asked everyone to please stay in place. our public safety

we talked to the mayor a moment ago in myrtle beach.ing onshore hundreds of miles to the south and west. we were told earlier today the official numbers at the moment, they have one confirmed fatality in polk county, florida. 12 unconfirmed fatalities in charlotte county south of there and another eight unconfirmed in collier county and trying to sort through the numbers. >> dana: the medical examiner needs to get there but they have some reports but they don't have the equipment yet to be able to get in and to do more investigation. that's happening right now. and kevin guthrie is the head of the emergency management in florida who joined the governor at 9:00 a.m. with an incredible briefing with lots of information. we carried it live here and we'll continue to update you throughout the day on all of our fox news platforms. >> they've rescued 700 so far. the effort continues. we'll say a prayer today and into the weekend for the folks in florida. >> dana: "the faulkner focus" is up next. here she is. >> harris: fox weather alert we're

we're looking at these pictures of myrtle beach. myrtle beach is taking the brunt of it there. it is about the wind and the circulation, that dirty side of the storm, which is the right side of the storm. i remember years ago a meteorologist saying it's like a right-handed batter. a right-handed batter and the most powerful part of the swing is there. as the bat goes around, it gets weaker. those winds are hitting there in that power point. this could be a problem the next several hours. >> yeah, yeah, for sure. i believe so. you're correct. you know, during these storms, the biggest priority for us is the safety of our guys. we get them prepped several days in advance and try to get the team out for their safety. not sure what the next couple hours will hold. like i said, we're hunkering down here in polly's island. it's kind of calm right now. it's coming and going. again, highest priority is safety and we're continuing to track this storm to figure out what the best moves are. >> martha: i have to go. polly's island, the pier there took quite a beating, krcramer. is that a f

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look at this, this was myrtle beach earlier today. this peaked as the third highest storm surge on record passing, now it's coming down. you can see back into minor flood stage. that's the good news, we have the outgoing tide also helping the storm surge go down, and so we have already peaked and things are improving in that category. tornado watch in all of these areas until 10:00 tonight. tornado, brief spin ups a definitely common. we have tropical systems because of all of the rotation. this storm is going to be on the move throughout the rest of today and the weekend, we are going to have a rainy period for all of virginia, including d.c., west virginia, we're going to see some showers even pulling into portions of the northeast. so while this is pulling away from the southeast and conditions improved there, all of this rain will be soaking portions of the mid atlantic and the ohio river valley as we go through the weekend. so additional rainfall looks to be anywhere from say 2 to 4 inches. could see isolated amounts up to 6 and

cnn's nick valencia is in myrtle beach, south carolina.led this report. >> here in myrtle beach, residents are bracing for that impact from hurricane ian. right now where at myrtle beach de park where the waves are starting to look more rough than it usually is. in fact, there is a double red flag warning in effect. meaning the local officials here want no one in the water. it's surprising you don't see anyone in the water. usually you see one or two surfers trying to test their limits. there is a hurricane warning in effect, some gusts of winds. probably around some 20 to 25 miles per hour. it is a factor wind to this point. there's only a light drizzle. major hurricane expected to come in the early night and morning hours. shortly ago, i did speak to emergency management. they tell me that they are in wait and see mode. knowing that they are soon gonna see the impacts of the hurricane. i'm just getting hit by another gust of wind here. we know that there is going to be a potential for major flooding. especially along the coast. right now

left side of your screen, that's what it looks like right now in myrtle beach as the storm starts to move onshore. you've got the wind blowing nearly 100 miles an hour in some spots. the hurricane, dropping nearly a foot of rain so far. storm surges as high as seven feet. we have our team live on the ground in south carolina. and there in florida, too, where we are only just starting to really get a grip on the extent of ian's destruction. look at the pictures in front of you. this is what it looks like, including in lee county, where rescue crews, this is a live look now, a live look at that location, rescue crews are trying to get to people, with millions of floridians without power and water. we're going to take you live to the hardest-hit areas including lee county, which you're looking at now, for what is expected to be obviously a years-long recovery. i'm halle jackson in washington. let's get to shaq brewster live for us in charleston, south carolina, nbc news meteorologist janice is with us today. shaq ian has made landfall in the last 40 minutes. tell us what you're seeing.

it is not expected to make landfall near myrtle beach in the coming hours.ady killed at least 19 people in florida. the vessel is rising. fort myers beach, the official -- there's nothing to come back to. indians of people across the state still have no electricity. the community, devastated by high winds and flooding brought by ian. he takes us through some of the damage left by the storm surge. >> we are just on the edge of legacy harbor. we are not in a boat yard. this is not ever a boat yard. these boats are now on dry land. here is one, for example. these were now in the storm, but they ended up here. the high winds that came along with hurricane ian. i just want to show you. you can see you back here, from this size, there are about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 boats. they are right next to each other. they weren't in the water. they are not where they are supposed to be. they're still supposed to be in the water, but they are on dry land. this is a huge piece of the dock. this is also in the water. the water is well on the other side of where we are area this giant

myrtle beach going to see 39 miles per hour this hour. but as it gets closer and turns direction, that will be the problem for ore county, for waccamaw river, that's the possible flooding there. we have the hurricane warnings in effect right now. here's what the winds are going to look like. likely hurricane strength, making landfall, somewhere between maybe 2:00 to 4:00. but the winds will get there before the center of circulation does. so we have to consider that, too. winds will begin to pick up and there'll be nothing you can do after about 10:00 this morning. a lot of rainfall coming down, too, john. could be 4 to 6 inches of rain in places that don't need it. >> yeah, they don't need it one bit. chad myers, it's hard to believe that ian is not done yet after everything. it's done here in florida. thank you, chad. >> so back here in florida, i want to bring in brian todd, who's south of me, in maples. >> right, john! we've come across scenes like this, throughout the city of naples and throughout this whole region of florida. take a

hurricane myrtle beach and charleston remain in ian's path . and last night, south carolina's governor urging people to prepare doesn't make much difference whether this comes in and hurricane strength or below its storm strength or somewhere on the line because this could be blowing strong winds as google be all over the state at different levels. high tide in charleston is at noon, so we know there's gonna be water a lot of water in charleston at noon. president biden is already approved south carolina's emergency declaration clearing the way for federal assistance. now let's get ian's latest track from accuweather's melissa constand's er. and good morning. ian is on the move and expected to make its second u. s landfall here in south carolina . as we head through the day it's going to be late friday morning into the middle of the day here, and it's going to be about charleston to myrtle beach somewhere around the georgetown area with it. we do have the risk for tornadoes and some very strong winds. then on top of that, these winds of more th

we have about over a four-foot surge in myrtle beach. we have reports of that coming in at the moment. it seems as though it's gotten past the dunes in myrtle beach. that's being pushed in there. that's going to go on record for the third highest storm surge they have seen there historically. we're still clocking in at 85 miles per hour as far as the wind gust is concerned. it's definitely picked up speed moving to the north at 14 miles per hour. the heaviest rain bands are whipping well into south carolina at the moment and all the way up the coast into north carolina in parts of virginia there. as we continue to look at the winds, we did get a 92-mile-per-hour wind gust that clocked in in charleston harbor not too long ago. we're looking at some of the stronger winds near charleston and myrtle baef. the big concern as we head through the remainder of the day is going to be this flooding. it will begin to weaken, but that's when we'll see a lot of the effects being far felt and far reaching farther inland. we already have flash flooding

and another thing to show you, earth cam from myrtle beach. earlier, the tide is way out here, and now with the high tide and the surge right up to the marsh and i have been looking at the pictures coming in from surf side, and coming in from garden city, the water in the streets right now, over the top of the dunes, because the dunes down there in the lower part of the low country of the grand strand a lot lower down there, and the water is over the top of some of those dunes. >> chad, a little perspective, and let me ask you, when it hit southwestern florida, and we have all of the heavy damage of sanibel, and you have the different coast, the jagged coast of the atlantic, and now on the other side, and it has crossed the florida peninsula, but you have morris island to the south, and the island of palms going up, and the inlets and the rivers and how does it complicate things? does that area help to protect the coast or does the water resupply potentially damaging to the coast? >> due to the fact that people build along the intercoastal, wa

i hesitate when this happened gets to myrtle beach. thank you. ten people are dead and 200 residents in the dark after carving a destructive path through the state. >> carley: extensive recovery after cat 4 laura naples south f fort myers. what is the damage you are seeing? we see a little bit of it behind you right now. is the town yet in recovery mode? >> all right. we have a little bit of an audio issue so if you could repeat what you said, that would be great. >> sure, carley, todd, what we see is a ton of debris on the roads. this storm toppled trees and flung toys like you can see behind me onto land and knocked out power. thankfully they have been able to restore some of the power. more than 2 million people in florida are without. and i want to show you something, take a look at this. it shows you what it looks like fort myers before and after. it gives you an idea what kind of a monster of a storm ripped through and wednesday. as you mentioned the search and rescue mission to find people stuck in homes and areas is a mess of one pier at

there's the myrtle beach high tide, 11:18. high tide at 11:41.the time we get through this evening, it's already inland. this is not hitting at worst-case scenario high tide, but we're still keeping an eye on it. it rightfully scares everyone. >> we're looking at 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., eastern standard time landfall around georgetown, right, obviously the storm surge not expected to be what it was in florida. we were looking at a cat four, teetering on a cat five. now it's a cat one. if you look at the catastrophe that we're seeing now, the aftermath in florida, what expectations do you have now with this storm making landfall in georgetown north to myrtle beach with the storm surge of what we're going to see there? >> i think it will be something similar to 2017 when hurricane matthew came through this area. we saw damage to myrtle beach pier a portion of it got destroyed. we didn't see the water going over the dunes and into houses with wave action and stuff like that. we will see some damage on the immediate coastal areas right to the right of

myrtle beach is the fastest growing area in the nation. we have so many new residents that have never experienced anything like this so i hope that and just encourage them to be aware and stay inside. this is not a time to be out looking to see what's taking place and not just the safety of ores don'ts but the first responders -- residents but first responders. neil: mayor, i asked this to some florida mayors in beautiful locals like your own and florida and lower taxes and lower crimes and this gives that pause. they sometimes get nasty storms like this and do you worry that that put as crimp in things. >> the storms are few and far between and i think the good outweighs the bad and thankfully we have so much support from our governor and our state, and we just have a great atmosphere here and you mentioned it and the low taxes, the weather, our government, we have much more people that move here that are positive than we do negatives. neil: i think you're right about that. mayor, hang in there and my best to your constituents and fellow

again, cnn -- 's in myrtle beach, south carolina.rtle beach, residents are bracing for the impacts from hurricanes and. right now, we are at myrtle beach state park where the waves are already starting to look rough, you can see behind me, that's a lot more rough than it usually is. and, fact a double red flag warning in effect meaning that the local officials here want no one in that water. it's actually as a part to not see everybody in the water. you see one or two surfers trying to test their limits. there is a hurricane warning in effect some gust of winds around 20 to 25 miles per hour. it is a factor winds at this point. there's only a light drizzle, major impact of the hurricane expected to come into the overnight and early morning hours. short time ago, i did speak to the horry county management. they are in a wait and see mode, knowing that they are soon going to feel the impacts of the hurricane as i'm just getting hit by another gust of wind here. we know that there is a potential for major flooding, especially around the

will it make landfall in charleston, myrtle beach?ht now computer models are saying maybe somewhere in between. one suggested georgetown. still 170 miles to the south, southeast of charleston. it is northeast, 10 miles per hour. a category 1. it does show a little bit of organization finally taking place here. entire state of success under a state of emergency. top of the hour, the latest updates arrive. >> thanks karen, appreciate it. and hurricane ian carving a path of destruction in cape coral, tearing off roofs, ripping up trees, houses, businesses. many residents are now returning to homes affected by coastal flooding. >> i told pat, there is no way i am walking in that filthy water. there are snakes, fire ants, alligators and alligators. >> but this is still florida. >> they are here now. it is absolutely amazing what that water will do. >> my goodness . >> this is disgusting. i would say it's done. what do you think? >> i think so, i hate to say. i know that you were so hopeful. >> i guess there are people worse off than us. >>

for the time being that seems to be the indignity of myrtle beach. south carolina's mayor says our city is as ready as it can never be. now with this is the vice admiral of the us coast guard deputy commander for operations. thank you for taking the time. how do things look from your perspective? >> thank you, neil. i've been watching the energy you have been showing on fox business. needless to say, just heartbreaking some of the things we are seeing but i can assure you coast guard rescue teams, coast guard field operators have been working around the clock since landfall against our primary purpose to save lives. in the past 24 hours since the storm made landfall the coast guard has saved 117 people and the pets that come with the families we rescued and we suspect that number will go up as we continue rescue operations. it is tightly synchronized response between federal responders with fema and others and the state of florida and the state of south carolina, north carolina and georgia and the localities doing these rescues, they will continue as

and shut down the island access now, despite the damage, some locals here tell me pawleys island, myrtle beach and charleston dodged a bullet there were no evacuation orders but there are a number of road closures, some downed power lines and flooded streets. charleston, another low-lying area affected by the storm their downtown seeing flooding as well. we're told there are nearly 200,000 households without power in the state but officials say they expect it to be restored quickly. now, for the most part the people here say they are ready to clean up and move on and, shep, the mayor of charleston said as soon as the storm is passing he's sending rescue teams to help those in fort myers. he says his community is praying for southwest florida. >> all in this together. shomari stone, thanks. adam, that storm surge, wow. and just relentless, this ian. >> yeah, it's because winds were able to strengthen back up as the center of circulation was over the atlantic waters but now that it's inland, we are going to see this storm meet its demise thankfully but still very large. the widespread stea

. >> reporter: ebony was 12 the last time she saw her mom, myrtle brown. >> she was going to new york to get away. >> reporter: myrtle's brother robert was living in california. >> they had always been close >> i had a message on my answering machine all she wade is i'm trying to get a hold of you. >> reporter: that's it >> yeah, back in those days she didn't have a cellphone, so i was not able to call her. >> she had called my grandmother to let her know someone stole her purse, her money and it included medication because she was epileptic. sh so she talked about going to the hospital so she could get a refill then that was the last moment, you know, we ever heard from her. >> reporter: the family checked the hospitals, called the police, but nothing. weeks and months with no answers turned into years and decades. >> it was very hard. you know, when you have your prom and just, you know, becoming a young woman, it's hard. >> reporter: she wasn't there for it? >> no. >> reporter: and you thought that if you didn't have an answer, maybe she didn't want to be there? >> right >> reporte

myrtle beach now experiencing some of its highest water levels ever recorded. hundreds of thousands in south and north carolina without power now and that is the case for almost two million people in florida. about a quarter of them in hard hit lee county. the sheriff of that county joins us in moments. and senator lindsey graham is as south carolina now feels ian's wrath. we begin with our chief

we begin with nick valencia on the next front in myrtle beach, south carolina. the wind is blowing and what do you see right now and what do you expect in the coming hour? >> reporter: good morning. it is soggy and cold and the winds here, you could feel the tropical storm force winds. we're getting blown around every now and then. a few hours -- a gust of wind just came. it is getting bad here. the conditions are only expected to deteriorate throughout the day which is concerning the county emergency management. high tide is at 11:15 until about noon. that will add six feet of water to the equation which is a mess for the low-lying areas. i spoke with thomas bell with emergency management and he said there is already 2500 people without power mostly due to downed trees as the winds come ashore and the rain bands hit us. you talk to residents here, you don't get the sense of much panic or fear. they've been through this before. and the building we're in could can stand winds of a category 4 storm. this morning some businesses we spoke to say they're planning on

it is between myrtle beach and charleston. that is the area that will see the greatest amount of surge moving into the estuaries. it is called low country for a reason. these are very low marshes through across parts of south carolina. and we're seeing that spin on the radar, not that far from charleston right now. going to slide to the north. but there has been a tremendous amount of tropical rain this morning. somewhere between 4 and 6 inches of rain prompting flash flood warnings even for charleston, charleston, you're probably about 7.5 in the harbor and that is not the nine that we talked about an hour ago. because this storm is going to slide to the east of charleston and pnot put it on the bad side or the dirty side of the eye. 50 to 60 mile per hour gusts along the beaches and water is coming up. we're going to see this water into the poly island area, into georgetown and myrtle inlet and surfside and all the way as far north as myrtle beach and farther into cherry grove. that is where the water is going now. and i'm e

cbs' mark strassmann is in myrtle beach, where rescues are under way. >> reporter: that's the atlantic ocean right there, spilling here into the streets. >> o'donnell: the death toll in florida rises, and the miles and miles of devastation as people return to what's left of their homes. our team of correspondents is on the ground as florida begins its long recovery. cbs' meg oliver is in orlando, where sheriff's deputies formed a human chain to pull a woman to safety. vladimir putin defiantly claims ukrainian territory in a bizarre ceremony to rally the russian people. cbs' charlie d'agata reports from ukraine tonight on the new threats and america's response. and "on the road." cbs' steve hartman has the story of a 91-year-old super fan with a record to be proud of. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. and as we come on the ear, ian is now a post-tropical cyclone but it is still bringing dangerous conditions to most much of the east coast. ian slammed

anyway from myrtle beach to georgetown, likely probably where the storm will land.eorgetown plus or minus 25 miles one way or another is where the center of the storm will make landfall today. >> i have been around there when a storm hits. it floods so easily. we will check back in with you. thank you so much. as i mentioned i went up with the sheriff over fort myers beach in a helicopter to see how extensive the damage is. watch. all that debris is littered everywhere. this was a building right there? >> there were buildings, restaurants, what used to be the fort myers pier. >> how far back does it go? >> straight to the bay side. >> every spot you see there were homes. >> on this beach there used to it be homes? >> you are going to see the empty lots. those were homes and hotels. those were real property. five stories high, washed away. >> you look to the right side here, there are boats thrown into the mangroves, vehicles inside the water submerged. >> there is a car in a canal right there too. >> this is like mexico beach. >> i can see the foundation of where th

stretching all the way up north towards myrtle beach.ion where you are going to be feeling the effect particularly of that very heavy rainfall. here is the hurricane track as this storm lifts through the atlantic. been out there for at least 24 hours. picking a lot more moisture. making landfall somewhere between charleston. getting up towards myrtle beach as you get into the afternoon hours. and then it continues to lift its way up across south carolina and north carolina and areas where you will see incredibly heavy rainfall. winds currently at 35 miles per hour. those are only going to strengthen in the hours ahead as we continue to track this storm. >> pete: we will, adam. thank you very much. intense water rescues are underway across florida today. >> jacob. [winds] that video from bonita springs, florida showing an elderly man who nearly drowned after his car was submerged in water. luckily a group of good samaritans saved his life. they call themselves the collier county cowboys and two of them lemme and his cousin ben join us now

south of myrtle beach. myrtle beach itself seeing strong surges. so pretty touch situation out there as we look up and down the coast. neil? >> neil: we go back and forth showing new video coming in to our newsroom here from florida. so i apologize. we're confusing folks. we wanted to let you see the latest video we're getting. i also wanted a sense of north carolina took in some damage as well. we're told 77,000 are without power. do we the know much more about how north carolina fared? >> well, one of the big concerns about north carolina, as the storm moves up, it will dump water. it's western north carolina that might she a lot of that water. that's something to look out for as this storm continues to head -- as its heading inland. this isn't over yet. right now we're seeing less rain and wind here. the storm is still moving. ian isdropping a lot of water and went. remember super storm sandy that hit as well. that moved inland and did a ton of damage. we'll have to assess what ian does in the hours ahead. >> neil: and i remember sandy hung arou

it will not just be charleston to myrtle beach, will be tracking this inland that will take us all the way to virginia, north carolina, all these areas and may be even parts of georgia will see flooding from the range of, just the leftovers. >> kayleigh: it is extraordinary to watch as we pray for south carolina as we have been doing for florida this entire week. as we have been discussing hurricane ian's landfall in south carolina as now marion and we are tracking the deadly storm as we wait to hear from south carolina governor mcmaster and governor desantis gimmick to santa's moments from now. stay with us if you think you have dupuytren's contracture, there's a simple test you can take—from anywhere. try to lay your hand flat against a surface. if you can't, you may have dupuytren's contracture. talk to a hand specialist about your options, including nonsurgical treatments. mass general brigham -- when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine. this is a leading healthcare system with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers. in

we're towards georgetown and myrtle beach. but the max winds, 96 mile an hour wind gust is going to cause damage. there's a lot of beautiful trees in this area of the coastal plain here. we will see problems with trees down and it's raining so much now that loosens the soil up. that makes it easier for the trees to tip over. this is probably worse than if it was dry 96-mile-per-hour wind. so we'll see how that plays out even farther to the north, we'll have scattered power outages. even charlotte to raleigh towards the coastal areas. there's the 15 million people under the flood watches. and now we have new flood warnings starting to pop up here. as far as storm surge, you're watching the damage, that's all from storm surge. that's where all the water rushed in with the wave action on top of it. naples it was around 4 to 6 feet high. that's possible today. if you have seen the damage in naples, that was significant. so to the right of the center, so if we take the center on shore here to the right of that up around georgetown,

: ian's powerful storm surge sending a wave of trash cans and debris through the streets south of myrtleeach. in georgetown county, authorities using high-water vehicles to rescue families trapped, guiding people and their pets through water up to almost their waste, carefully assisting them as they climb inside. off pawleys island, debris from a pier ripped apart by the sea. in charleston, powerful winds tossing boats in the harbor. sheets of rain rushing into this garage as ian roars ashore, making landfall here in south carolina. south of here in falling beach -- >> it's rainy, windy, it's flooding. >> reporter: conor o'malley and his fiancee alyssa nejame sheltering in place. they're supposed to get married this weekend. ian now a monster storm, 1,000 miles across and still a force to be reckoned with. david, officials here are still assessing the damage. this is some of what they're finding, toppled trees cutting off streets like this one. tonight officials are warning people to stay off the roads. they say with the ground so saturated there's a possibility more trees could come cra

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a little bit to the north, as you can moving in toward myrtle beach, maybe just south of myrtle beach. that's actually a better place for it to come on shore. it's more sparsely populated in that area. but myrtle beach certainly get hammered by that storm as it moves on shore with the models. well, here's a because spaghetti forecast its numerous models trying to forecast where it's going to go. watch. it happens. you see all the lines here. those represent all different kinds of models. they've all began to move in that general direction, taken a further north of charleston. so we'll keep our eyes on that. still an extremely dangerous hurricane. of course, not coming on as a category before, but a category one can do plenty of damage to guys. back to you. thank you, lawrence. here in the bay area, urban search and rescue team is standing by to >> head to florida any moment today, the battalion chief of menlo park fire protection district showed us all the kinds of equipment that they have prepared for the aftermath of hurricane ian. all of these members are members of the california

along the coastline near myrtle beach, near surfside, near the island. near models and let's.hat region. even a public shaded area here that suggest possible up to 20 inches of rainfall. now some of the rainfall totals that we have seen in the south florida, that is turned deadly now. probably those fatality numbers will be going up. we had about 16 pace tally so far in puerto rico. but now the third landfall, this sometime along midday,, all that central or northern coast of south carolina. that looks to be a given. it is not a classic looking hurricane. it is a category one hurricane. but in the last few hours,, we have seen some of these deep convection that seems to be organizing a little bit more. but it's still so close to land we are not gonna see a whole lot of organization here. but it is still pretty warm water. right now, 85 per mile winds and before i go, i want to say, if you are watching me, stay until the top of the hour at least. so we can tell you what the national hurricane center is telling us. the new update. does it increase intensity? it is there more of

nick valenencia in myrtle beach south carolina. ththanks so much.ing up, we're going to talk with the mayor of onone of the hardest-hit cities in flororida fort myers. after touring the damage the county sheriff there said there were no words to describe what he saw. stick around. who create your new bath, it just fits. bath fitter. visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation. kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30. >>> the death toll from hurricane ian is now at least 17. and that number tragically could rise as we learn more about the damage and devastation. you're looking right now at aerials from the fort my

a live look at myrtle beach, south carolina. up to virginia. states of emergency have been declared. this is not over yet as we haven't even begun to assess the damage in southwest florida. we'll be continuing to follow that throughout the show this morning. it's time now for a look at the morning papers. in missouri, the fulton sun reports that six republican-led states are suing the biden administration in an effort to halt its plan to forgive student loan debt. according to court documents, the republican states argue the administration's plan is not tailored to address the effects of the pandemic on student loan borrowers. it is at least the second legal challenge this week to the proposal laid out by biden last month. in massachusetts, "the boston globe" leads with the fda's decision to approve an experimental treatment drug for als or lou gehrig's disease. the newly approved therapy is designed to slow the disease by protecting nerve cells in the brain. and spinal cord. the fda's decision was based on a single clinical tri

we have 56 still in myrtle beach. a lot in the 40 range.be minor power outages, minder tree damage with winds like this. the highest we had was 92 miles per hour in charleston and that's significant. then, of course, flash flooding. once the winds come down, this will be the story tonight into tomorrow. who gets the heavy rain today? charlotte, raleigh? your area possible? there will be significant area tonight. even in virginia. it has been so dry, we don't expect a lot of flooding but you will wake up to soaking rain tomorrow, even in areas like new york city. >> bill, have you had a second to reflect back? florida, they're still digging out. we are still seeing what this storm did to people's lives, to their livelihoods, to their homes and businesses. we are still getting news of rescues. is there anything in terms of your knowledge on what you saw on the models and what happened in the state that surprises you? >> as far as surprises, unfortunately, not. we've been through so many of these in the last five, six years that, you know, whe

myrtle beach, charleston, pretty much the entire state of south carolina. into the mountains, that's going to be a big issue. we're at least estimating 4 to 8 inches locally a foot of rain is possible wherever the storm comes inland. all of our friends in south carolina, the message to you is, listen to your emergency managers and do exactly what they're saying. even those barrier islands, they could be asking some people to leave and evacuate. >> bill karins and shaquille brewster, thank you so much. >>> as of this morning, about 200,000 people in polk county, florida, did not have power. the video of a store in the city -- the city of lakeland shows just how bad the wind damage is there. emergency crews are out trying to clear down trees and power lines off the roads. i want to bring in shawn sherrouse, city manager of lakeland, florida. thank you for being with me this morning. now that you've had a little bit of time to reassess and assess the extent of the damage, what are you seeing? >> yeah, good morning. we've started our damage assessment early thi