FORECAST INCLUDING CHANGES INTO THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST IN TERMS OF THE HUMIDITY TOO, ANDREW,
COMING UP.
>> Andrew: AND WE’RE GETTING A
VIEW OF THE RESCUES HAPPENING
TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
THESE ARE MEMBERS OF THE YOU ARE
BEEN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.
MANY FROM S. THEY TELL US THEY
MADE CONTACT WITH CLOSE TO 1000
RESIDENTS AND RESPONDED TO MORE
THAN 60 MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
THESE TEAMS CONTINUE THE RESCUE
OPERATIONS.
RIGHT NOW THE DEATH TOLL STANDS
AT 72.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM
GROUND ZERO.
>> Alex: LOCAL 10 TRENT KELLY
AND JENISE FERNANDEZ ARE BOTH
LIFE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
TRENT WILL BEGIN IN LEE COUNTY
TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT HE IS
SNEEG THAT AREA THIS MORNING.
MORNING TRENT.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING ALEX
AND ANDREW IN ONE WORD,
UNBELIEVABLE.
EVERY WHERE YOU LOOK OUT HERE
THE SIGNS OF DESTRUCTION ARE
EVIDENT.
LET ME TELL YOU WHERE WE’RE AT
RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO FORT
MEYERS BEACH CHANCES ARE YOU’VE
BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD.
THIS IS SAN CARLOS BOULEVARD.
THE MAIN ROAD LEADING TO THE
BEACH AND IT WAS ONE OF THE
AREAS HARDEST HIT BY HURRICANE
IAN.
EVEN THOUGH WE’RE NOT ON THE
BEACH WHICH RECEIVED FEET OF
STORM SURGE, THIS AREA WHERE
WE’RE AT IS STILL INUNDATED WITH
FEAST WATER, RUSHING WATER AT.
THAT TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE
IT LEFT BEHIND.
AS I SAID, SEEING THIS UP CLOSE
AND TERMINAL IS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE AND IN MANY WAYS
VERY TOUGH TO PUT INTO WORDS.
RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE WE HAVE A
VERY LARGE SAIL BOAT THAT HAS
BEEN PUSHED FROM THE WATER ON TO
LAND BY THAT POWER FULL STORM
SURGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
THAT, WE’VE GOT A PILE OF
DEBRIS.
NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE WOOD AND
STUFF RIGHT THERE BUT LOOK THAT
THE METAL, SHEET METAL THAT IS
NOW TWISTED JUST LIKE A PIECE OF
PAPER JUST THE POWER OF THESE
WINDS AND WATER WAS
UNBELIEVABLE.
RIGHT ON THE GROUND HERE RIGHT
BEHIND WHERE I’M STANDING WE’VE
GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL HERE BUT
YOU’VE GOT WHAT LOOKS LIKE PARTS
OF A DOWNED POWER LINE OR A POLE
OF SOME SORT NOW JUST LITTERING
THE PAVEMENT OUT HERE.
ALL OF THIS WE SHOULD MENTION
GOING ON WHILE THAT SEARCH AND
RESCUE PROCESS CONTINUES JUST A
SHORT DISTANCE WAY FROM HERE ON
FORT MEYERS BEACH.
PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED THE STORM
LOSING EVERYTHING.
MANY OF THEM STILL WAITING TO
HEAR FROM SOME OF THEIR LOVED
ONES.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL
MISSING.
FOUR DAYS AFTER IAN MADE
LANDFALL AND THE SEARCH FOR THE
MISSING CONTINUES.
FLORIDA TASK FORCE 2 MADE UP OF
FIRST RESPONDERS FROM MIAMI
STILL LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS WHO
MAYBE A LIVED TRAPPED BELOW THE
RUBBLE ON FORT MEYERS BEACH.
BUT EVEN THOUGH KNOW TIME IS
RUNG OUT.
>> WE KNOW IN THE FIRST 48
HOURS, THAT IS YOUR GREATEST
OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE ALIVE.
SOME NOW LIVING IN THIS PARKING
LOT AFTER LOSING EVERYTHING.
>> WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SLEEPING?
>> I’VE BEEN SLEEPING MANY ANY
CAR.
>> Reporter: OTHERS STILL
WAITING TO HEAR FROM FRIENDS.
>> WHAT’S YOUR FRIENDS NAME.
DIANE DIKE.
>> Reporter: YOU HAVE NOT
HEARD FROM HER?
>> I HAVE NOT AT ALL.
NO TELLING WHERE SHE S. WHETHER
SHE GOT SWEPT UP BIT CURRENT
ORMAN AJED TO STAY IN THE HOUSE
SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW.
>> Reporter: AWAY FROM THE
WATER, THE CLEAN UP CONTINUES,
WATER LOG BELONGINGS NOW LINING
NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
IT’S BEEN NONSTOP FOR THE PAST
72 HOURS.
I HAD FRIENDS HERE BRING US FOOD
EVERY DAY.
>> SO WE’LL MAKE IT.
IT’S OKAY.
EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
>> Reporter: SOME DRIVING FROM
THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA JUST
TO HELP OUT.
MANY PEOPLE ARE FROM MIAMI
AREAS.
MY CHAT GROUPS RESPONDED AND
WITHIN A FEW HOURS WE HAD
TRUCKLOADS OF ALL GOODS.
>> Reporter: A FOR THE LOG
SYNAGOGUE NOW TURNED INTO A FOOD
PANTRY.
THIS MAN DROVE FROM NORTH MIE
JUST TO BRING FUEL.
>> ONE OF MY FRIENDS WORKS FOR
TROPIC OIL AND DECIDED TO DONATE
ALL THE GAS.
>> Reporter: OTHERS COMING ALL
THE WAY FROM DELRAY BEACH.
IT’S REALLY SAD.
I WAS DRIVING A WHILE AGO AND
TEARS FLOWING FROM MY EYES.
IT’S REALLY HARD.
>> Reporter: FLORIDA GOVENOR
DESANTIS REASSURING RESIDENTS
WHO ARE STILL REELING.
>> THERE’S BEEN A GREAT
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND
RESILIENCY IN THIS COMMUNITY
WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO PICK
THEMSELVES UP AND GET THEIR
COMMUNITIES BACK ON THEIR FEET.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN APPROVING A MAJOR DISASTER
DECLARATION FREEG UP MORE
FEDERAL RESOURCES TO HELP WITH
RECOVERY.
>> WE’RE JUST BEGINNING TO SEAT
SCALE OF THAT DESTRUCTION.
>> IT’S LIKELY TO RANK AMONG THE
WORSE IN THE NATION’S HISTORY.
>> Reporter: AND ANOTHER LOOK
THAT THE DESTRUCTION HERE THIS
MORNING.
WE SHOULD MENTION ASIDE FROM THE
MANY CHARTER BUSINESS THAT’S
LINE THIS ROAD, THERE WERE ALSO
MANY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
AND SEVERAL HOMES AS WELL JUST
LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THEIR WATER
LOGGED ITEMS NOW JUST SITTING
OUTSIDE, ALL RUINED BY THIS
STORM SURGE.
THESE RESIDENCES YOU CAN SEE
ALSO STILL LEFT WITHOUT POWER.
MANY OF THEM SIMPLY COME JUST
TRYING TO COME OUTSIDE TO GET A
BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND COOL
DOWN A BIT.
THE DISASTER DECLARATION THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT FROM THE PRESIDENT,
THAT WILL FREE UP FEDERAL MONEY
FOR VARIOUS THINGS LIKE HOME
REPAIR AND TEMPORARY HOUSING.
THAT WILL NOW GO TO RESIDENTS
HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
AREA AND IN PARTICULAR RESIDENTS
IN LEE CHARLOTTE AND COLLIER
COUNTIES.
AND SPEAKING OF THE PRESIDENT BY
THE WAY, WE DID GET WORD LATE
YESTERDAY THAT PRESIDENT WIDEN
DOES PLAN TO VISIT THIS AREA
COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY.
LEB JOINED BY HIS WIFE FIRST
LADY DR. EXPWRIL JILL BIDEN AND
THEY WILL LIKELY TOUR MANY OF
THESE HARD HIT AREAS AS
RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO PICK UP
THE PIECES AND RECOVER SLOWLY
BUT SHURLY.
>> FOR NOW THAT’S THE LATEST
LIVE HERE FROM LEE COUNTY THIS
MORNING.
I’M TRENT KELLY.
LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> Alex: AND TRENT, YOU JUST
SAID THE CLEAN UP IS EXTENSIVE
AND MAY GO ON FOR SOME TIMES.
AND QUESTION IN TERMS OF AND YOU
PRETTY MUCH ADDRESSED IT HERE
BUT WHAT ARE YOU SEEING NOW IN
TERMS OF THE EFFORTS THIS
MORNING AND OF THE CLEAN UP AND
MAGNITUDE WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO
PICK UP THE PIECES?
>> Reporter: YEAH, THIS A
MAJOR, MAJOR CLEAN UP EFFORT T.
GOES WITHOUT SAYING AND WE’RE
STARTING TO SEE A FEW MORE SIGNS
TODAY OF PEOPLE DOING JUST.
THAT STARTING TO CLEAN UP AND
PICK UP THE PIECES OOMPLET IN
FACT JUST DOWN THE ROAD HERE WE
SAW A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT HAD
FRONT END LOADERS THAT WERE HERE
TRYING TO SIFT THROUGH SOME OF
THE DEBRIS FROM SOME OF THESE
TORN UP BUILDINGS LOOKING FOR
ANYTHING THEY CAN SALVAGE.
IN FACT EARLIER THIS MORNING I
SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHO USED TO
WORK FOR ONE OF THOSE CHARTER
FISHING COMPANIES HERE THAT WAS
BASED AT A COUPLE OF DOCKS HERE
JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM US.
SHE RETURNED HERE FOR ONE OF THE
FIRST, FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY
TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS
ANYTHING SHE COULD SALVAGE FROM
HER BUSINESS.
ON VEE S LOI THIS OBVIOUSLY THIS
A TOUCHY SITUATION HERE.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET PERSONAL
ITEMS LEFT BEHIND BUT THEY HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL WHILE DOING SO.
A LOT OF THIS CLEAN UP WILL HAVE
TO REQUIRE SOME HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
SO STEP ONE IS GETTING THAT
EQUIPMENT IN HERE, CLEARING THE
ROADS SO THEY CAN ACCESS SOME OF
THESE DAMAGED AREAS LIKE THIS AS
I MENTIONED.
WE’RE STARTING TO SEE MORE OF
THAT HAPPEN TODAY AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE SOME MORE HEAVY
EQUIPMENT, MORE CLEAN UP GOING
TO TAKE PLACE HERE AS THE DAYS