0 maybe it knocks something else loose that had been hanging on. that s what we re encountering a lot here on the ground. neil: hang in there. just incredible. so the storm rages on, and will, we re told, for at least another 24 hours, as it continues to slowly, and i mean slowly make its way north. that will do it here. the five is now. hello, everyone. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. the worst case scenario is unfolding for millions of americans. hurricane ian making landfall about two hours ago in southwestern florida, with ferocious wind speeds clocking in at nearly 155 miles an hour, just shy of a category five. at least 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate. more than 1 million floridaians are sitting without power. that s going to grow every second. florida governor ron desantis will bring a storm update later in this hour. we will bring it to you when this happens. rick reichmuth is in florida. how you doing down there? we re feeling the winds st
sturdy lumber and special clips on the roofs. that will keep the roof from being lifted during high, strong winds. this house was built to withstand 150-mile-an-hour wind. wow reporter: bill and barbara patterson are about to move in they lost their home of 35 years. it was like a death in the family to me. when you lost it? yes when i pulled up in that driveway and for a couple of days i was in shock. reporter: money has poured into the region, 15 million in fema grants, 50 million in federal home loans, the state raised more than 50 million, but downtown mayfield hasn t been a priority yet cars barn barbecue is one of the few businesses rebuilt owner suzy flint isn t happ with the slow pace. why are the roads closed where is the traffic what s the problem? reporter: it s been in her family for 75 years. why was it important to re-open this place? i feel like the
events. i mean no house is going to be able to withstand, you know, 200-mile-an-hour winds, even 150-mile-an-hour winds unless you re building a concrete bunker with no windows. property damage is going to happen. now, they need a program for evacuation and alerting systems, but to minimize or reduce or eliminate property damage is going to be the biggest hurdle from tornados. it s fascinating and an important discussion as i said. and i know christchurch and i know the work that was done there. hopefully this might be an opportunity as well when the dust settles. forrest lanning with endapt consulting, appreciate your time. thank you. pleasure to be on here. now, in edwardsville in illinois, crews are sorting through debris at an amazon warehouse. six people died when the tornadoes tore into that building. thick concrete walls crumbled inward. the roof collapsed.
that something was headed their way and it was going to be as devastating as it was? there were reports earlier in the day that some severe weather might be coming, and there was a tornado chance, i know, the courier journal reported about it earlier in the day, and you know, there was it was known that a storm was coming in town, but i mean, you you look at these images. i don t think anybody expected it to be like this. i don t think anybody expected 150-mile-an-hour winds and so it obviously, it exceeded expectations. there was a bit of a warning, but this is worse than anything anybody could have imagined. yeah. might be the worst we ve seen in this nation s history and especially in that state s history. lucas, we appreciate you, and we appreciate you joining us on this. please stay in touch with us as the days progress, as the hours progress, really, if you hear from more folks in that area, definitely reach out to us, let us know.
eve ef-3, but we don t know how big that hit those town, and dawson springs hit very hard, and so many towns that were hit, because there are so many, and we don t have crews there yet, but there are certainly crews on the way to many, many place, and that storm on bowling green, and ef-3, somewhere around 150-mile-an-hour storms and some of them we are skipping, so maybe double counted and they will go down to pare that down, and we will see how many, and the chance of severe weather, but the ingredients here are not there for that type of weather. that is the good news, and yesterday, we had 80 degrees in memphis. 80 degrees on the december day, and then the cold front came slamming into it, and the air up, and the storms were rotating. today, we have a thunderstorm which is a squall line which makes wind, but not really big time rotation that it is taking to get that big of a storm. so from the south and georgia