One devastating hurricane in more than 100 lives lost in the US.

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Hello and welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper and we begin this hour with the rising

death toll from Hurricane Ian.

Officials say at least 104 people have now died in the US as a result of the monster storm

and it's aftermath.

The vast majority of them in Florida, 54 more than half of Florida's total dead were all

in Heart Hit Lee County on the western part of the peninsula, the damage in parts of

the county, such as in Fort Myers and in Sanibel Island, is simply put breathtaking.

Floridians who evacuated have started returning only to find their homes and communities unrecognizable

in a daunting cleanup ahead, boats flung to the middle of streets, even into people's yards.

Who do you even call to get a boat out of your yard?

The additional deaths have been discovered as search and rescue efforts remain underway

five full days after the hurricane.

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