‘There's No Beach Left In Naples’: Naples Hit By Major Storm Surge As Hurricane Ian Bears Down

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi joins Andrea Mitchell from Naples, Florida to report on the catastrophic storm surge the city is experiencing. “There's debris all over the place. It's entirely flooded,” says Velshi. “There’s no beach left in Naples.” He warns the city is "not even close to the worst of it yet." 

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‘There's No Beach Left In Naples’: Naples Hit By Major Storm Surge As Hurricane Ian Bears Down

[ricaketlhaotswe]

May God see you through nation of America one love from Botswana 🇧🇼🇧🇼

[elizabethcameron]

You can hear the energy in Ali's voice. He's doing a great job. Stay safe, Ali. Angels all around.
And to the people of Florida.

[michelehansen]

I am very worried about the Homeless, hope someone helped them, this is a sad mess for everyone, stay safe everyone

[tanyatroxler]

I’m So Sorry for all that are affected by Ian. My heart is with you all! We went through Ida last year, so I understand what y’all are going through. ❤❤❤

[kimb]

Oh my Goodness this is unreal!!! Praying for all🙏. Love Naples and all along the West coast. I'm a survivor of Hurricane Michael, Cat 5 our sweet little are was devastated!! with lots of love for each other we pulled through 💕 People from all over will be coming to help stay strong💛🕊️

[nelsonvega]

And all that water is salt water the damage from that water is going to be incalculable….and then tornadoes….wow ….I have family and friends in Florida …and I’m praying for them ….and for all in Florida …

[las]

I worry about their safety if the building gives way. Stay safe Ali and crew.

[jamesm.]

I was in a storm with 80 mph winds. It was scary as heck. I can’t imagine 160 +

[ForestSageStyles]

Praying for ya’ll Florida!! Stay safe. Sending love from California.

[dancingqueen]

The joys of living in Florida. Stay safe everyone. I pray help is there asap. God Bless x

[packersto]

We dodged another Bullet here in Pensacola Florida. Best of luck to those in the path. Stay safe

[gilbertdarisse]

You've got to be a crazy person to take this kind of job. Hope they stay safe

[LisaCSwain]

Thanks for reporting, Ali. Sending you good wishes for safety as you keep everyone informed!

[michaeleasler]

Ali, this was the most impactful reporting that I saw during the hurricane. Kudos to you and your team!

[aprilbatzle]

I hope Ali and the film crew stay safe 🙏

[kryptonarie]

It's too bad some of the rain can't be sent to the western states with terrible drought conditions—just wishful thinking! Stay safe Floridians! ♥︎

[georgehachey]

Oh my God, hours away from the worst, Wow! 😯

[sunflwr]

This man held it together like a champion. His camera man too. THey had to be low key panicking seeing how quickly that water was rising and how the ocean kept surging in relentlessly. Glad they are ok. Prayers to all Florida's residents and visitors through this massive storm.

[dianamadero]

I survived Katrina with my kids also a tornado and believe me my respects for Mother Nature nothing you can do, just wait and pray, we had one week without power, imagine, everything will be fine people, I admire the help you can get with this type of situations, everything will be fine, first your life. God bless you all.

[Scriabin_fan]

I'm in Naples Florida right now I live about 40 minutes away from where this is being filmed. I'm shocked the storm surge is this bad, usually we don't get that bad of storm surge (at least as far as I know).
Edit: Before any more people say anything about climate change, just know that I'm not a climate change denier.
Also before anyone else starts berating me for "not listening" and "not being ready", I'm surprised simply because storm surge numbers (as far as I recall) are usually not very accurate for our area and so I'm surprised at the accuracy of the stats this year. I was listening to the news and i prepared for the storm and I'm doing fine. In fact the forecasts showed that it wasn't gonna hit Naples as bad as it is now, it wasn't until Monday that they realized the path had changed.