RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS ... WE'RE TRACKING HURRICANE IAN ... PUMMELING GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA'S COAST. WE'RE TRACKING THE STORM'S PATH RIGHT NOW .. AND HOW IT'LL IMPACT OUR AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. "KEEP HER HEAD ABOVE WATER. I GOT TWO IN THE VEHICLE." FLOODING ... FIRES... AND DESTRUCTION .. LEFT IN THE STORM'S WAKE. MORE THAN A DOZEN DEATHS REPORTED. HUNDREDS RESCUED. AND CREWS WORKING TO RESTORE POWER.. FOR MILLIONS. RIGHT NOW ... WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ... SPANNING OUR AREA ... WITH *LIVE UPDATES FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND ... AND TYBEE ISLAND. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. AND I'M EMMA HAMILTON. METEOROLOGISTS MELISSA HALL AND JONATHAN MYERS ARE JOINING US NOW ... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... ...STORM SURGE WARNING IN EFFECT HURRICANE IAN WILL APPROACH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, AND MAKE LANDFALL ON FRIDAY. THE RISK FOR IMPACTS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY WITH LIFE-THREATENING STORM HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... ...STORM SURGE WARNING IN EFFECT HURRICANE IAN WILL APPROACH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, AND MAKE LANDFALL ON FRIDAY. THE RISK FOR IMPACTS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY WITH LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE INUNDATION, FLOODING RAINS, AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS LIKELY AS THE STORM APPROACHES THE AREA. WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, MAINLY ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND CHARLESTON HARBOR, LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF LIFE- THREATENING STORM SURGE INUNDATION AND HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF CONSIDERABLE URBAN AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION, DANGEROUS MARINE AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH SIGNIFICANT BEACH AND LAKESHORE EROSION BECOMING MORE LIKELY AT THE BEACHES AND AROUND LAKE MOULTRIE. RIGHT NOW ... WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ... TRACKING IAN ... AND ITS IMPACTS ALL ACROSS OUR AREA ... FROM TYBEE ISLAND ... TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND. FIRST WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH OUR OLIVIA WILE ... ON COLIGNY BEACH. OLIVIA ... THE RAIN'S BEEN GETTING WORSE EVERY TIME WE SEE YOU .. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW? ALRIGHT ... OLIVIA WILE ... LIVE ON HILTON HEAD FOR US. THANKS SO MUCH. WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH OUR CREW ON TYBEE ISLAND NOW ... NIKIYA CARRERO JOINING US LIVE. NIKIYA ... WHAT'RE YOU SEEING OUT THERE? ALRIGHT ... NIKIYA CARRERO LIVE ON TYBEE ISLAND FOR US. THANK YOU. POWER OUTAGES ACROSS OUR AREA. RIGHT NOW ... DOMINION ENERGY IS REPORTING MORE THAN TWO *THOUSAND OUTAGES ACROSS OUR AREA. AND GEORGIA POWER SAYS AROUND 400 PEOPLE DON'T HAVE POWER. AN IMPORTANT REMINDER ... OFFICIALS IN BOTH OUR STATES ARE REMINDING PEOPLE ... DO NOT CALL 9-1- 1 TO TELL THEM YOUR POWER IS OUT. AND BE PATIENT ... POWER CREWS WILL COME OUT ONCE RAINS AND WINDS CALM DOWN. THIS MORNING ... MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN FLORIDA ... ARE RECOVERING FROM THE DEVASTATION BROUGHT ON BY HURRICANE IAN. YOU'RE LOOKING AT DRONE VIDEO ... SHOWING HOMES IN FORT MYERS ... *SHREDDED. THE POWERFUL WINDS THERE ... DESTROYED HOMES ... AND PICKED BOATS UP OUT OF THE WATER ... AND DROPPED THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF STREETS. "WATER BURSTS OPEN DOOR" THIS HEARTPOUNDING VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT STORM SURGE *BURST THROUGH THE DOOR OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN NAPLES. THE MAN WHO SHOT THE VIDEO.. SAYS THE WATER BROKE DOWN THE DOOR.. ROSE ABOVE HIS HEAD.. AND CARRIED HIM UP THE STAIRS. "I LOST MY SHOES, I GOT COMPLETELY SUBMERGED UNDERWATER, ALL ABOVE MY HEAD AND I RAN UP THE STAIRS BAREFOOT AFTER THAT." --BUTTED-- "IT LOOKS LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF HERE TO BE HONEST. IT'S BEYOND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CAPABLE OF HAPPENING." HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW THIS MORNING. FLORIDA OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING NEARLY 20 DEATHS RELATED TO THE STORM. MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING. GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAYS ... SO FAR ... CREWS HAVE RESCUED AROUND *SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE. "IT'S 4 INCHES OF DIRTY WATER POURING INTO THE DOOR AND UNDERNEATH THE WINDOWS." AN UNBELIEVABLE SITUATION AT THIS APRATMENT COMPLEX IN THE ORLANDO AREA ... EVERY PERSON WHO LIVES THERE ... HAD TO EVACUATE BECAUSE OF FLOODING. AS TREASURE ROBERTS REPORTS... THEY'RE NOW TURNING TO LOVED ONES FOR HELP. EMERGENCY ALARMS -- BLARING THURSDAY EVENING -- AS RESIDENTS AT ARDEN VILLAS APARTMENTS - TRIED TO ESCAPE THEIR FLOODED UNITS. TREVOR BABB -- A UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT LEFT THE COMPLEX... CARRYING AS MANY OF HIS BELONGINGS AS HE COULD. HE SAYS HE WAS STARTLED -- WHEN WATER BREACHED HIS APARTMENT. TREVOR BABB/UCF STUDENT'S APARTMENT FLOODS: "IT'S 4 INCHES OF DIRTY WATER POURING INTO THE DOOR AND UNDERNEATH THE WINDOWS." THE RUSHING WATERS.. EVEN SURROUNDED HIS CAR. LIKE BABB -- HUNDREDS AT THE COMPLEX -- WERE IN DISTRESS. THE HIGH WATER -- LEFT MANY OF THEM TRAPPED. REPORTER: "HOW HIGH IS THAT WATER?" TRICIA SMITH/HELPED FRIEND'S DAUGHTER ESCAPE: "IT'S LIKE UP TO HERE." REPORTER: "UP TO YOUR CHEST?" "YES." A FRIEND IN FORT LAUDERDALE ASKED TRICIA SMITH TO HELP HER DAUGHTER AND HER TWO PETS...STUCK INSIDE THEY GOT OUT... BUT HAD TO LEAVE MANY IMPORTANT THINGS BEHIND. "THOSE THINGS ARE ALL GONE AND DAMAGED." UNTIL RESCUE HELP ARRIVED -- RESIDENTS GOT CREATIVE.. . TO GET OUT... USING KAYAK'S, SURF BOARDS... AND EVEN AIR MATTRESSES. THAT WAS TERESA JERNIGAN'S PLAN... REPORTER: "HOW IS SHE GOING TO GET OUT?" TERESA JERNIGAN: "I DON'T KNOW; THEY NEED BOATS BACK THERE." SHE DROVE AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM PALM COAST... AFTER HER DAUGHTER TOLD HER SHE WAS STUCK BECAUSE HER BUILDING FLOODED. "NOW THEY'RE UPSTAIRS ON THE THIRD FLOOR." JERNIGAN WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HER DAUGHTER AT THE TIME. NATS "YEAH SHE'S ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW" "WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES" "YEAH THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES" "THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE 10 PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENT TOGETHER." JERNIGAN AND FAMILY JUMPED INTO ACTION...COMING TO HER RESCUE. NATS "I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY SCARY FOR YOU" AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING