. >> brittanee was very excited to go to myrtle beach. to get out of rochester. she's like, a bunch of us are going. i want to go on the beach. i want to have fun in the sun. >> it was that new group of friends, that older crowd who had invited brittanee to come down to myrtle beach. >> it was kind of like they asked her to go and she agreed. >> she wanted to get away as my parents were separating, and she wasn't having a good relationship with john lately. >> then she tells you she wants to go down to spring break with some new friends. >> i believe that these people were acquaintances of hers, but she asked to go down there. and i said, brittanee, you're not going to myrtle beach. she got really upset about that, and she called me probably every name in the book. she goes, mom, why won't you let me go to myrtle beach? i said, because i don't know the people you're going with. i said, there's no parental supervision, and i said, something is going to happen to you. >> she then proceeded to ask my mom, okay, can i go to a friend's house w

if you were to drive to myrtle beach, south carolina, that's along the north coast, and then a few blocks further that's this cherry grove beach. and you can see just everywhere you look, just volumes and volumes of rain and water. but the good news is is that you can see that bottom level, that's actually where people park their cars and keep various house supplies there. so when we were kids we would say you had your house built-up on stilts. i'm sure there's a more sophisticated way of saying that now, but actually the living spaces, that middle space you see. so with all that wet weather you were spared a little bit. i know it doesn't look like it, but in fact that's the situation. all right, post'-tropical ian still his broad shield of wet weather, and wind, heavy rainfall and heavy surf. sounds like i'm describing what would happen if we still had a hurricane. well, in fact there are still lots of -- there is still a lot of energy associated with this. and from the tidewater area of virginia extending on over towards western areas of virginia and into north carolina. we could see th

nick valencia, cnn, myrtle beach, south carolina. >> for more let's bring in the myrtle beach emergency management director. and thanks for joining us on what has been i'm sure an incredi incredibly busy day. i mean, bring us up to speed here. is the worst over, and what have been the lasting effects so far? >> so right before i came on-air with you, i just received the initial damage assessment reports that our city personnel have been out doing, and, you know, it seems like we fared out pretty well. there's obviously some damages to properties alongside our beach side community. the closer you get to the ocean, the more severe the damage is. inland we were able to escape the majority of the problems. there were some power issues, utility issues. but for the most part the majority of myrtle beach survived pretty well, i thought. >> yeah, and it's incredible you say that when we, you know, just showed pictures of homes that are on stilts but still they have been inundated with water. what was the main issue today? was it the flooding? was it power? is it still power? how's the water sit

nate in myrtle beach. the myrtle beach, south carolina mayor kind enough to join us now. mayor, how are things looking in your community, particularly with those still without power? >> well, good morning, neil. thank you. it's actually a beautiful day here today. i have been out since early this morning with crews on the beach and we literally rode from one end to myrtle beach to the other and a lot to be done, a lot of cleanup that needs to be done, but, boy, we sure did get spared from the worst of it. neil: it helped that it was low tide when ian came ashore. it could have been very different, we learn, when it's high tide as we certainly saw in florida. so that made it a little less of a catastrophe here, but there's a lot of rebuilding that's going to have to go on. what are you looking at? >> mainly beach erosion, the eregulars of our sand dunes, we had built up our sand dunes the last few years, and i credit the way that the sand dunes were, that saved a lot of our beach front parties from any more damage. the sand dunes did their job and the problem they are all,

and gone here in myrtle beach. though hurricane ian made landfall just south of us it brought significant damage here in and around the area. particularly in north myrtle beach to the cherry grove pier which was wrecked by the heavy rain and significant wind that came with hurricane ian. portions of the pier floating into the atlantic. now, there were concerns here for localized flooding especially along the coast. the some residents did get water inside the homes and there was at least one rescue in the county. here along the coast where we were standing hours ago was under water. all of that water has receded back into the ocean. but the wind here continues to be a factor. a dramatic scene we saw on friday there was a shrimp boat that seemingly appeared out of nowhere on the atlantic just getting hammered by the choppy waves. initially, wasn't clear whether or not there was anybody upon boat, we did talk to the horry county sheriff's office it was said that yesterday the crew was evacuated by the coast guard and

but miguel marquez is live in myrtle beach.iguel, the storm just passing through they're not long ago. what does it look like right now? what conditions are you in right now? >> reporter: it is always a shock to go through those storms and to see such devastation and how horrendous they can be. and how fearful they are. and then the sun comes out the next day and it's a perfectly gorgeous day like we're seeing here in myrtle beach. but this is a lot of stuff that they're dealing with here. the beach erosion is really bad along the south carolina coast. still a lot of people without power here. there are a lot of trees down. the rain, the water. not only coming from the sky in the form of rain but also the tide and that storm surge all at the same time is what they were most concerned with here. the mayor of north myrtle beach here, sort of explained, why the storm, even though it was a only a category 1, why this storm was just so difficult. >> i don't think that we expecting it to come in as close to the north myrtle beach are

this so your favorite area in north myrtle beach. tell me about this pier and what it means to the community. >> it means a lot. you see a lot of people. it's always, always packed, people fishing or walking around, viewing the ocean from out there. it means a lot to people, all of our piers to. >> reporter: i spoke to someone this morning who said it's silly to be sad about an inanimate object when people in florida lost so much more. this means a lot to the community, right? >> all of our piers do. we lost a couple other piers. >> reporter: four in all but this is the most significant? >> yeah. looks like it has the most damage. >> reporter: tell us about your experience through the storm. your home is okay? are you all right? >> lost power for a little over an hour. everything is okay. there was a couple of trees down across the roads, but everything was fine where i'm at. >> reporter: you have to feel lucky, right? >> yes. >> reporter: your first hurricane? you are from ohio? >> not my first hurricane here. i didn't have any hurr

now, rescues were made here earlier, and these are images of myrtle beach fire crews rescuing four people trapped on the second floor of this building. about 20 miles south of here, a pier at pawly's island collapsed and a number of private docks destroyed, many residents unable to reach their homes after roads flooded over now, despite the damage, some locals here tell me pauly's island and myrtle beach. some downed power lines, and flooded streets. charleston, another low-lying area affected by this storm, they're 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. the people here say they are ready to clean up and move on. and the mayor of charleston said today, as soon as the storm passes here, he's sending his rescue teams to help those in fort myers he says his community is praying for southwest florida. >> all in this one together. that seven-foot storm surge a surprise to one and all. adam is the senior meteorologist. adam, that storm surge, wow, just relentless, this

this is actually in north myrtle beach not far from where we are producing a residential area completelyater. we spoke with the city official who says if not for the dunes here on these beaches the flooding would've been a whole lot worse, listen to this. >> so overall this is a standard category one. the storm surge was a little greater than we are expecting i think. the dunes did their job that's our first line of defense. >> is dunes are damaged now so they could be a little more susceptible here in myrtle beach to another storm if one were to come soon. take a look at this video firefighters here in myrtle beach had to rescue for people with a cherry picker after an electrical box blue at a nearby apartment complex for this was a couple miles down the road from where we are now. all four people are safe or they could not walk in the water after the electoral box blue, obsolete debbie too dangerous. take a look at the last video the cherry grove. you see of it just falling apart in the rough terrain in the ocean. four appears on the south carolina coast line destroyed during hurricane

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

of 85 miles an hour in georgetown, south carolina it's a historic waterfront community between myrtle beach and charleston this was the scene on pawleys island right near landfill firefighters using a high water truck to rescue stranded residents after quick rising waters swamped the streets we'll take you to south carolina in a moment. >>> but in southwest florida, they're still digging out and coming to grips with the catastrophic widespread devastation. this is fort myers beach today the scale of destruction is staggering a popular beach town turned into a wasteland. homes and buildings gone at least 21 people now confirmed dead as of late today across the state. that number expected to rise more than 1.5 million floridians still have no power. this is video of people stepping up and helping firefighters pull a man out of a collapsed home in fort myers beach the area known as times square was a fixture on that beach. the before on the left here, a place that was home to live music, shops and restaurants, the after on the right wiped off the face of the earth. the fort myers beach pier ob

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. cbs' omar villafranca got a tour of the damage. >> reporter: hurricane-force winds were so powerful, it washed out the bridge. >> o'donnell: 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. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joi

coming up, hurricane ian slams south carolina turning beach towns like myrtle beach into swamps. south carolina congresswoman nancy mace is next with an update. pete: collier county reporting that their 911 services are down. tragically 30 people have been confirmed dead, 27 in florida. more than 1 million people in florida are still without power, but that's -- compare that to yesterday, that's an improving number. ian making third and final landfall in south carolina yesterday battering the east from the atlantic side as a hurricane before surging inland as a post-tropical cyclone. several piers including this one on pawley's island collapsing due to the storm surge. let's now check in with chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for the fox weather forecast. hey, rick. >> pretty crazy. some of the storm surge in south carolina and north carolina were third and fourth highest ever and pretty amazing and even the impacts from the category 1 storm coming on shore yesterday and the weather map in florida. this is your recovery forecast and temps throughout the day today into the low to

cnn's bill is in fort myers, and nick is in myrtle beach, south carolina.fort myers, it's been unimaginable to see. what are you seeing on the ground? >> reporter: well, we're seeing the obvious stuff everywhere here. this is the fort myers yacht base in which a big huge boats just came loose and pin balled around here, shoved them up against the bridge, so there's those symbols, and then as you walk around through the debris, you get reminders that these represent human lives. there are families that lost everything in some cases. so it makes you wonder who did this belong to? was this a grand parent who lived on one of these boats, so it's really something. we went out this morning, we tried to get out to fort myers beach which we heard had been wiped out, 90% of that community we heard reports that it was gone. they still hadn't opened it up. the sheriff's department was sort of turning everybody away. just where we were standing between here and there, here's a little sample of what you see just driving down the road after hur cain ian. these are shore

you went to north myrtle beach and drove a few blocks, there it is. lots of water. a lot of these areas had 4- 8 inches of water and the storm surge came post high tide in the georgetown, south carolina area and split myrtle beach and charleston. you would be in the georgetown area. this video shows how powerful that rain is as it moves on shore. but now we have post tropical ian. what does that mean? it doesn't have a center of circulation and a whole core. in hurricane it gets heat off of the water. but now the areas in west virginia and kentucky and north carolina, the tide water area and del margo peninsula, they expect 3- 6 inches of rainfall. so not out of the clear, but nothing like the grim aspect of ian just a couple of days ago. just around charlotte, that is about the position in the winston- salem area. we had a center of circulation, that would be where it would be. that is transitioning north. i think the worst aspects of this is over. but going into saturday, it is going to be problematic but decreasing as the day continues. >> thank you so much, kare

efforts here, but the front side heading north, it's bad news all the way. 40 miles northwest of myrtle beach, south carolina, heading into north carolina. most of the action north of the ce we got the tornado watch up from the carolina border through virginia beach. and the northwest quadrant of this storm continues to be a very strong one. big cities like charlotte, like columbia, raleigh durham, roanoke, richmond, all getting heavy rain. more power outages will be happening as elwyn said. d.c., baltimore, and then on the coastline, atlantic city, wind gusts up and over 40, 50 miles an hour. early morning hours into new york city and up the i-95 corridor will release heavy rain here. 3 to 6 inches of rain along the i-95 corridor, down through philly and york. that's enough to flood urbanwise. it's not going to be as bad as ida last year, but certainly everybody on the east coast getting a piece of ian. >> rob, thanks to you and your crew, please. you guys have just done tremendous work for us. thank you. >>> in the meantime, as we mentioned off the top, the death toll rising dramatically to

the two piers here near myrtle beach, one here in north myrtle beach, one near pawleys island, they'reishing piers, beloved by the community. people would go out there for years and decades and fish and keep records of all the fish that are caught on those piers. so those residents we spoke to say they're already going to rebuild those. we spoke to one person who was right near where that hurricane came ashore, where the eye came ashore. here's what he said about conditions. >> during the worst of it, like you could not see outside. rain sidewayings, really loud. in fact, the house that we're in, there were a couple of leaks every now and then, especially around the sliding doors. >> reporter: now, despite the fact that this was only a category 1, people paid attention to the warnings because florida was so hard hit. it was a shock to see it. from here, it was on everyone's mind that we spoke to here. the preparations and the seriousness with which they took the officials telling people to stay home, there were no evacuation orders in south carolina, but people really paid attention to

in myrtle beach firefighters rescued apartment residents trapped by floodwater. >> it gotad ride it outappened? >> that generator started smoking. >> and the water started rise. >> the flooding damaged neighborhoods up and down the state and crews are working to restore power to tens of thousands of homes, but the good news, the governor says it appears no lives were lost. >> there's damage. there's some heartbreak. there's work to be done, but all in all it is a good story, another good story for south carolina, and we are open for business. >> and north carolina was also hit hard by ian. today the president approved emergency federal funding for the state. errol? >> all right, ■michael eorge, thank you. >>> here now with a look at what's left of ian and where it's headed next is jennifer carfagno from our partners at the weather channel. >> we no longer have hurricane ian or tropical storm ian, but we do have post-tropical ian and that's been causing rain over west virginia and western pennsylvania remains a story through this evening and even into your sunday watching for rain shower

that's the atlantic ocean right there, spilling here into the streets of myrtle beach. storm surge flooding this state's low country region, but no deaths state wide and a general feeling of relief. >> a lot of prayers have been answered, but i would ask people, don'tfl i for m meli fo causeway, sanibel island is now isolated from the mainland. returning evacuees feel disruption at every turn. >> we go now to florida republic senator rick scott, who joins us from naples. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. it's really tough down here. the unbelievable loss of life. we still have people that they hope are alive they're trying to rescue. please pray for each and every one of those. >> we will. i know when you were governor of florida, there were four hurricanes on your watch. governor desantis has said what is happening now is biblical. how would you describe the impact? >> well, the storm surge was unbelievable. you know, the worst storm surge we had with irma was down in the keys, and it was 9 foot. it sucks everything in and out of a one-story house. as we h

that is where we begin with nay boy live in myrtle beach. >> john, good evening.amage here certainly could have been worse. people feel very grateful there is a damage cruise up and out with the brie all day. you see a shrimping boat that washed ashore in myrtle beach at about 3:00 o'clock yesterday. this is not expected to be taken care of for about another day or so. essentially with the plan is going to be as more boats are going to come in. they're going to tie up to the back of this boat right here that you can see is from north carolina. the going to build a trench from the front side to try to shift this around until it back into the ocean. i want to show the moment this washed ashore yesterday as ian hit south carolina as a category one hurricane at 85-mile an hour winds. take a look as the rough waves just bring this boat in. if talking to along the crew, four of them were on it anchored down. they had mechanical problems and had to be evacuated before this video you are seeing as the boat washed ashore. again this should be taken care of in the next few

and the apartment complex from myrtle beach not far from where we are now.our people were rescued by firefighters from a cherry picker. an electrical box shorted and they could not walk in the water. and thankfully they're all safe. how bad the flooding got, storm surge over four and a half feet and these are streets just off the ocean and you can't tell the difference, the water rushing in a amusement park nearby and flooded out damages to businesses. a city official tells that things could have been a lot worse. listen to this. >> we're back in business for the most part and making the beach a priority and primarily that's where everybody is at this point. >> and people are out right now, jacqui. one concern they have is the dunes were badly damaged and they have to rebuild that, but a lot of people out on the beach and enjoying the weather and things could have been a lot worse. >> back to you. >> could be a long road to cleanup, but incredible images there. thanks so much, griff. >> jacqui, we'll take you back to florida for a live report from kissimmee

miguel marquez from myrtle beach. thank you so much. >> it's like a split screen.et's turn it over to meteorologist britley ritz. britley, i still see somewhat of a system behind you. when is ian going to move away from us? just go away. >> exactly. i wish we could say in the near future. thankfully as the system came onto shore, the forecast fell completely apart. the friction of the land deteriorated itself. like miguel was saying, as it came on shore, it was moving so slow. it was roughly 9 miles an hour. it's now picked up. forward motion at north-northwest, 12 miles an hour. still a heavy rainmaker. one of the biggest threats is the flooding concern. we have some of the heavy steady rain falling in southwest virginia and west virginia itself and then scattered showers around norfolk. back into the mid-atlantic and up into new england, heavy rain continues to fall, even a few rumbles of thunder. over the past few days, we've picked up several inches of rain. charleston, one of the heaviest rainmakers where we picked up 2 to 6 inches o of rain. wilmington, about

look at american dreams clip as well. >> north myrtle beach is a popular destination city in south carolinaand. that's a 60-mile string of atlantic beaches. generations of families have been coming here to enjoy quality time together. the real estate market is currently very competitive here. with families often finding themselves in bidding wars with, get, this investors. making some folks put offers on homes sight unseen. it. >> rachel: i love the real estate market. katrina, give us the last word on your show. >> i love the fact that we are both featuring beach homes. it's really exciting. i love my show because it's aspirational. entertainment value. people's guilty pleasure. people will approach you and tell you that? >> yeah. >> that's what america is about. we are not jealous of it. maybe we can aspire to that maybe get a new administration in to change things around and turn the markets around. >> manifest it. the land of opportunities,. >> going to be a little chilly in parts of the northeast so warm up on the beaches. >> rachel: i love it. i'm watching for sure. thank you both for

this is the cherry grove pier in north myrtle beach, one of two that partially collapsed today. and just as on the florida gulf coast and later in orlando ian caused significant flooding in the charleston and myrtle beach areas and knocked out power to about a third of a million customers in south and north carolina. so we've also just received some new video in of a high wave sweeping several people off a pier in miami. >> we have a big wave and about five people -- >> so that's in miami still from the high tide and the waves being kicked up by ian. six people were hurt in that. no one, thank goodness, was killed. state-wide, the death toll is now at least 42, and that is expected to rise. and the damage especially in places like fort meyers beach became even more apparent today. it is so severe that a coast guard commander told our wolf blitzer his chopper crews simply do not have monday landmarks left to help guide them. we are flying, he said, in areas that are unrecognizable. as we said portions of of two piers collapsed on the south carolina coast, one in north myrtle beac

they were going up against investors in north myrtle beach.ing out and buying homes. we're seeing in a lot of the markets they're buying up groups of homes. that's what mike and faith were up against and they found their dream home, a little bit over budget. that's my own of tease about tonight. my little hint. maria: that's a big deal. all the big investors taking out supply and then all the commentary about we don't have enough supply and that's why prices are still elevated, right. cheryl: yeah. prices now, this is after we filmed, we're now seeing prices fall with what we're seeing with mortgage rates and the economy is shifting, we talk about it every day on the program. there are a lot of great markets out there. i want to tease ahead to the whole season because we've got 20 episodes we're debuting, starting tonight with this two. we're going to missouri, alabama, louisiana, galveston, texas twice. i went-- of course i went to ha. maria: it's to. ctough.cheryl: i had to go bacy west. a lot of markets we were in, we found great deals and

this is the cherry grove pier in north myrtle beach, one of two that partially collapsed today. and just as on the florida gulf coast and later in orlando ian caused significant flooding in the charleston and myrtle beach areas and knocked out power to about a third of a million customers in south and north carolina. so we've also just received some new video in of a high wave sweeping several people off a pier in miami. >> we have a big wave and about five people -- >> so that's in miami still from the high tide and the waves being kicked up by ian. six people were hurt in that. no one, thank goodness, was killed. state-wide, the death toll is now at least 42, and that is expected to rise. and the damage especially in places like fort meyers beach became even more apparent today. it is so severe that a coast guard commander told our wolf blitzer his chopper crews simply do not have monday landmarks left to help guide them. we are flying, he said, in areas that are unrecognizable. as we said portions of of two piers collapsed on the south carolina coast, one in north myrtle beac

the damage certainly could have been worse, but there was significant damage here in myrtle beach.he cleanup happening rapidly this morning. you see some debris here that got washed ashore and in this business area from 85 mile-an-hour winds as the storm hit as a category one hurricane. you see multiple backhoes, crews out all morning clearing sand and debris from the roadway. but take a look, you can see, obviously, there's damage, but the water has receded back into the ocean. the ocean is just around this building here. i want to show you some video from yesterday afternoon where exactly where i'm standing right now was totally underwater. take a look. there's a nearby amusement park that was flooded out with these rushing waters, four and a half, a little bit over four and a half peat of storm surge in this area, a popular part of or myrr. you see strong waves during the peak of the storm yesterday afternoon. a shrimp boat had four people on it, police tell us two initially refused to leave but all four eventually evacuated. we're going to show you that shrimp boat coming up in

and then, all of myrtle beach was searching for her. heather elvis, a missing person. >> volunteers keep searching for the 20-year-old. >> heather's desperate parents called on everyone to scour the area. they printed out flyers. >> there wasn't a store front in myrtle beach that didn't have one, or two, flyers and it. and then they were in georgia, tennessee, and florida. >> they posted pleas online for information. they turned to the news media. local. >> is heather alive? >> my heart tells me that my daughter's alive. >> and national. including dateline's missing america series. the elvis'let us in the agonizing early days. >> it's just this hole that we all the feel--that the family just feels. >> and bearing silent witness to their anguish was another daughter, morgan. >> i can probably count on one hand how many times i've seen my dad cry. and to see something like that makes your whole world fall apart. >> police quickly turn their attention to heather's new guy. the man who had been with her on a day that night. his alibi, that

to the whole environment of free, elitists in power, people are afraid to speak the truth, you myrtle beachyour job, be cancelled, be trashed. too many people are warmongers surserve yabt yabt and put selfish issue or interest of donors first with no mooin for cost and consequence on the american people, this is what we're seeing with president biden and leaders in congress pushing us to brink of nuclear holocaust of which they may have bunkers and will be safe, we the american people have no shelter, no place to go and hide and face the consequences that could skroi all of humanity and the world as we know it. >> steve: there you have tulsi gabbard unloading on the democratic party and yesterday we told folks bernie sanders was saying we can't make it all about abortion, talk about economics and you had bill clinton talking about migrantss and only a certain number of people we should be letting into the country. the big question is four weeks from today, what will the u.s. senate look like? four weeks from today will be day after election and we should know the balance of power in d.c. >>

if you went to myrtle beach, which is along the north coast, and go a few blocks more. there's whiccherry grove. everywhere you look. it's water. these homes are situations where the lower level usually houses a car or a recreational vehicle, or perhaps boats or that sort of thing. so you minute maze the living situation damage, which is typically on that second level. but you can imagine just how devastating that is for a lot of people to see. so this broad range shield still has the element, the potential for flooding all the way from norfolk into hampton roads, to roanoke, raleigh and winston-salem, they're under flash flood warnings because the rainfall is really coming down across this region. it will really ease up as we go late in the day saturday and then into sunday. still some gusty winds hear. we've seen some wind gusts generally speaking in coastal south carolina, north carolina, and into virginia between about 25 and 50 miles per hour. and leila, it is good to have you hear on cnn. >> thank you. >>> russia is pushing ahead with its plan to annex nearly a fi

a little further up the coastline, those areas even harder hit, myrtle beach, that' what we got one of the peers in one of the hardest hit communities about them hour in half north of your. 4 miles long, this barrier island on the coast absolutely inundated with water into homes and into businesses. they lost their peer there as well. of very scary situation the fir department actually managing to bring people to safety. they will work on getting that island reopened tomorrow. there is a rainbow after the storm the police department tweeting out that picture to le everyone know that is how the situation ended. tomorrow we will get a better idea of how bad the damage was up and down the south carolina coast. molly, many thanks for the wors of the hurricane may be over bu the danger for some states and the southeast was not. research torres joins us now where post- tropical cyclone ia goes from here. good evening. >> we got the latest update fro the national hurricane center. we will look up at a big rainmaker heading to the mid atlantic and into the northeast rate to recap where the day

now to north myrtle beach. cnn's nick valencia is there.o far no deaths reported in that state but extensive damage, including the pier you're on, cherry grove pier. a chunk of it falling into the ocean. that is a historic part, a relic of that community. >> what a great characterization. it's the beloved part of this community, a relic indeed, boris. we are joined by the manager, edgar stevens. you saw this pier collapse, just a few hundred yards away >> correct. i was at the pier house. it buckled, flipped over sideways and down the beach. it was gone. . >> you said you're just now processing it. it appeals in comparison to loss of life, of course. this is a beloved part of this community. . >> it is. it definitely is. we have a tremendous following down the eastern seaboard. we are a destination, not just a fishing pier. families come every summer visiting us and fishing and enjoying them. >> what do you think? about 100 feet is missing of this pier? . >> about 100 feet that's gone, missing. we probably have another 100 feet that has to

also to north myrtle beach, south carolina.e next ten weeks, yes, we go to hawaii, i'm sorry i had to go to hawaii. >> something you have to do. >> but we go to georgia, we go to arkansas, colorado. we go to places we look in smaller markets where you can get more bang for your buck. a lot of people still work remote, neil, you and i don't, but a lot of people do. >> some of these are aspiring properties but are not all out of reach properties, right? you find that balance and all of that. >> it is still a dream home, they're still beautiful homes, still talking 2 and $3 million, but remember, we filmed when interest rates were a little lower, so things have changed a little bit for these families. again, it is the stories. tonight, the couple in north myrtle beach, south carolina, lost their home to foreclosure in florida back in 2008. they were young, met in church, have seven kids. >> seven kids. >> so when i say dream home, this is their dream home. they were finally, finally able to leave new jersey, apologies to those tha

host: >> 4.2 inches and 3.55 inches at north myrtle beach. no significant river flooding is expected anywhere in the state. for those focused on recovery efforts, the weather should cooperate, and high temperatures in the 60's and 70's. thank you. >> just a few points. we have a number of people here to answer questions, but i would like to do some thank youss. we know we have much cleaning up and rebuilding to do. those of you who have seen the pictures, particularly on the strand, we had a lot of water in the northwest corner of the state that did not experience the storm much at all, but the rest of us did, but we had no storm related deaths. we had no hospitals damaged. all water systems were ok. most of the electricity has been restored. and i need to add, in record pace. i don't think we've seen such organization and speedy service as we saw there. insurance adjusters are here. the requirement for permits has been lifted so those from out-of-state can help and speak to our people. so i want to thank two groups of people, and the first i

so far we've only had one rescue that was late yesterday as ian was coming ashore near myrtle beach, about five miles offshore. there was a commercial fishing boat that was disabled. a coast guard helicopter out of savanna lowered a rescue swimmer and safely hoisted four people and brought them to safety, and that storm came ashore. we're still responding to calls there. as for the ports, port charleston is open this morning, ports of savanna and brunswick and we're working on moore held city and wilmington in north carolina open later today. >> we're incredibly grateful for your work. we know there are logistical challenges with getting folks the resources they need to expedite the recovery process but also saving lives. it's so inspiring. i'm always in awe of the incredible work that the coast guard does across the water fronts of the united states. i'm wondering, though, as someone who has seen this kind of devastation before, perhaps not to this scale, how it makes you feel to see entire towns that appear to have just been washed away in southwest florida. >> well, boris, it's ha

near north myrtle beach. they tossed an abandoned shrimp boat up on the sand. you can see it there. that boat had reportedly been anchored 12 miles offshore. here is a look at rescue crews evacuating four people trapped in the second floor of a motel, near an amusement park in the coastal resort city of myrtle beach. hundreds of thousands are without power in the carolinas right now. ian has now been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. the national hurricane center is still warning of threats from dangerous storm surge, high winds, and flash flooding. on the back end of the storm, in florida, the winds and rain have moved on. the destruction they caused is ongoing. in central florida, communities like orlando are still covered in floodwater. while on florida's southwest coast, where ian first made landfall a few days ago, the full picture of the devastation is still emerging. you are seeing santa bell, the barrier island cut off from the mainland from a partial collapse of its causeway. the coast guard released this video today of rescues they are conducting, or were conducting y

. >> reporter: hurricane ian destd ian destroyed this pier in myrtle beach, south carolina, s carolina, as the storm came ashore as a category 1 on friday. ian brought winds of 85 miles per hour and a powerful storm surge. governor henry mcmaster said it was not as bad as expected. >> i would ask people to not qut not quit yet. >> reporter: unfortunately it ws it was worse than expected here in florida where thousands of e of people had beloved possessions and homes damaged or destroyed. >> there's older homes that just just aren't as strong built. thy built. they got washed into the sea. >> reporter: governor ron desans said he was happy to see many stores reopening, so people could wait hours outside a home depot. >> everybody is tired and stres. >> reporter: matthew wood is tag is taking it one day at a time s he starts to reconstruct his world. >> we'll rebuild everything andg and everything will get back tot to somewhat normal. there will be a new normal again. >> reporter: rescue crews knockd crews knocked on more than 3,000 homes as they searched for survivors according to desan

also in myrtle beach. they are dealing with a lot of erosion on the shores. crews will be out here assessing the damage. the people we spoke to yesterday say they are grateful that situation did not get much worse. they are on high alert because of what they witnessed in florida. back to you. >> nbc's kathy park, thank you. let's go to the state of florida. we are in fort myers. steve, what is the latest there? >> katie, the damage here is almost indescribable. it is so widespread that it is essentially as far as the eye can see. homes are disintegrated. cinder blocks since -- they destroyed the marina where i am. adipose are normally in this harbor to my right. they are on the road. to my left, you can see johnson pleasurable. their fishing boats that are scattered along the side. jack knife into houses. >> we have a map that you can put on screen. it shows you our location what is maria used to look like. that blue dot that you can see, if it is onscreen, it would be me. the orange dot used to be structures in this area. this is one that is directly behind

here's a look at the powerful storm surge that pummeled myrtle beach on friday as ian it made landfallgain. you can see water surged over the beach and flooded the roadways. for the most dramatic images we have seen are across the state of florida. this is just a small glimpse of the damage on fort myers beach where their recovery will take years. in a moment will speak with fema administrator deeann criswell about this tall task had her agency and brian kemp with the impact on his state. first you have live coverage of molly line charleston, south carolina. the first week turned to phil keating in florida, phil. >> hi shannon. the massive search and rescue operation continues again day for in the hunt for survivors. and of course and grimly finding bodies a death camp that is supposed to go up day after day. the other big job of the day cleaning up all of this wreckage. the coastal counties in southwest florida all look similar to this. just wreckage and debris everywhere. plywood, aluminum siding for ripped open trailers. personal effects just all over the place. the storm surge also

south of myrtle beach ian's powerful storm surge sending a wave of trash cans and debris through the streets making landfall here in south carolina. meanwhile in southwest, florida, and now the deadliest storm to strike the stars cotua helur fmnce picturesque sanibel island now cut off from the mainland. it's causeway ripped apart by ian structure after structure house after house. it seems like everything here on sanibel island sustained some kind of damage the storm sparking a one in 1000 year flooding event since the storm made landfall. we've saved 117 lives new body camera video showing deputies desperately trying to say the woman trapped in raging flood waters forming a human chain and using a rope holding that woman to safety the water 10 feet deep. shall delivery friday more than 20 critically ill babies evacuated from a fort myers hospital forced to use backup generators and running out of potable water some of those preemies airlifted to the joe dimaggio children's hospital in hollywood, florida. we're here to support them and it's a privilege. we know that these families h

south of myrtle beach ian's powerful storm surge sending a wave of trash cans and debris through the streets. sure making landfall here in south carolina me while in southwest florida and now the deadliest storm to strike the state in 60 years coast guard helicopter scooping up survivors from once picturesque sanibel island now cut off from the mainland. it's causeway ripped apart by ian structure after structure house after house. it seems like everything here on sanibel island sustained some kind of damage the storm sparking a one in 1000 year flooding event since the storm made landfall. we've saved 117 lives new body camera video showing deputies desperately trying to say the woman trapped in raging flood waters forming a human chain and using a rope holding that woman to safety the water 10 feet deep a special delivery friday more than 20 critically ill babies evacuated from a fort myers hospital forced to use backup generators and running out of potable water some of those free. airlifted to the joe dimaggio children's hospital in hollywood, florida. we're here to support them

nick valencia, thank you for bringing us color from north myrtle beach, south carolina. we want to get you an update on that potential levee that was compromised in sarasota county. so let's bring in scott titus, the north point fire chief. scott, thank you so much for sharing part of your day with us. we know it's a busy time for you. what is going on right now with this levee and what kind of threat does it present? >> thank you, boris. the levee that went last night was in sarasota county. so northport fire chief, they had an issue. they evacuated that. the levee that had an issue, actually, that water went into a bowl. so fortunately it affected a number of homes in that area, but it doesn't go any further on that that. they need to, when that began to happen, they need to get the residents out quickly. they coordinated those efforts and did that in the nighttime hours last night. >> it sounds like it was a smooth operation. folks were able to get out without much physical damage, without anybody getting hurt? >> yes. our understanding is that everything went well. i

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. cbs' omar villafranca got a tour of the damage. >> reporter: hurricane-force

for a 2nd time on friday, in myrtle beach shows, strong winds have caused a surge of sea water. it has now been downgraded to a post tropical cyclone as it heads to virginia's. meanwhile, mop up operations continue in florida where at least 23 people have died. ah, services out there, these are the top stories and russia says troops had withdrawn from the strategically important city of early man. internet's. it served as of the just sticks and transport hub from moscow, connecting east new crane to the north where he challenges more now from cave. this is considered here to be a key town, the key town because it was a fairly major russian garrison. thousands of russian troops base there in recent weeks. we don't know how many of those have been killed. we don't know how many of those have been taken. prison at that potentially a significant number. it was also important for the russians, because the man, he's a rail hub. so russia's military relies very heavily on rail transportation to move troops to move weaponry, to move supplies around the front lines. losing the man is goi

fishing fairs across the south carolina coast, including this one that you see near north myrtle beach. now, tens of thousands of south carolina residents still remain without power this with a post-tropical cyclone, and is pushing north the national hurricane center warns that record flooding will continue through next week in florida. now, that state is on its third day of recovery from eons destruction. homes have been leveled with entire neighborhoods wiped out. here are some of the residents explaining the nightmare that they have been through. >> i watched my house disappear. right before my eyes, we will see where we can go from here because there is no moving back in, this is all we had. >> this is everything i worked for. >> i think i have lost everything i own,, my family and i are safe and we will worry about all that other stuff later. >> according to nbc they have claimed vilest 34 laps in for the admirable are still unaccounted for, first responders are busy trying to reach those left stranded, stranded by the coast guard on santa belle island, cut off from the mainland.

the second landfall now on this one coming just south of myrtle beach near georgetown into south carolina and north of charleston. you see coming on shore earlier today and now it's falling apart, but they're still a lot of damage. this system can do all that moisture. now a leftover. and so that's got to go somewhere. and they're starting to see more heavy bands of rain moving on shore. you see that right now circling around that. we've had some reports, some places over 3, maybe 5 inches of rain in some of that path. and of course, because of that, they're talking about some flash flooding. that seems to be the issue right now. taking the focus a little further north into fayetteville. yeah. under flash flood warning right now. you've got more stormy weather toward the east near kitty hawk is we're going to see the chance of some tornadoes developing as you've got a lot of that wrap around moisture, some instability that continues to head in that direction. and you continue to see a storm surge along the coastline. so the storm system, yes, come on shore, but it's not done. a sustained

this is charleston, its historic buildings flooded and myrtle beach, overwhelmed by what officials dreaded trying to recover from the storm. housing community full of rvs and wooden homes. mother nature and god was helping me out that night. look at it. i get the chills now just thinking about it. i keep getting, my body going through these tremors, because i still feel like i'm rocking and rolling in that. like a roller—coaster, in my bathtub. we sat here, my neighbour and i don't... i then met herbert, whose roof was blown off when he rode out the storm as he was sitting on his couch. this is what he filmed after the hurricane made landfall. that was the window over there? yes, there was a window here, and a stick came through and broke about this much. i came here about a day after the storm hit, they have been told that a government agency will come and potentially offer them some help, but they have also been told that it could tell them that this entire area is uninhabitable. search and rescue missions continue, with flooding but, although the number of lives saved is growing, counti