ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with Maj. Gen. James O. Eifert, who oversees the Florida National Guard, about Hurricane Ian rescue and recovery efforts.
A member of the Florida National Guard helps stack emergency supplies that arrived by boat during flooding along the Peace River in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Arcadia, Fla., Oct. 3, 2022.slammed Florida, search-and-rescue efforts are still underway and the death toll continues to rise.
MAJ. GEN. JAMES O. EIFERT: Well, they're making great progress. We have about 17 urban search-and-rescue teams scattered throughout. Now they're kind of focused on the primary counties of Charlotte and Lee County.
ABC NEWS LIVE: And the National Guard is doing everything from helping search for survivors to clearing debris and roads and also serving food and water. What are the biggest challenges that residents and business owners are facing? EIFERT : I was born and raised in Florida, actually. And I've I think, you know, this equates pretty closely to Hurricane Michael that we saw up in the Panhandle back in 2018. And the difference with this, though, is Michael was focused on a very small area. It was such an intense5 storm that it just laid total waste and devastation to Mexico Beach and up around the Panama City area. But it was very focused in a small, about a 30-mile wide devastation field.
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