it s now too late. hello, everyone. this is outnumbered. i m kayleigh mcenany here with my cohosts, emily compagno and harris faulkner. also joining us, fox news meteorologist amy freeze, and todd piro. we are tracking hurricane speed 11 to make them x11 paid its tracking winds with a just shy of a category 510 hurricane, making it one of the most powerful storms to hit this country. it s expected to make landfall in the next few hours and forecasters are warning a life threatening storm surge, devastating wind damage, and massive flooding. there are more than a quarter of a million now in florida without power. the international airport has stopped passenger frights. let s go to nicole valdes, the hurricane headquarters. nicole? good afternoon. winds are strengthening. we are seeing more rainfall. you mentioned this, conditions are quickly deteriorating across the tampa bay area. i want to show you a quick image as we look over the bay. you will see the ripples in the wa
lights. cables lying across the road. this is the kind of devastation. this community has experienced this in 2004 and they now brace for this. harris: i want everyone to pay attention to the screen now. these are the live pictures coming in from charlotte county florida, where this beast is projected to have a direct hit. recall earlier that i had interviewed congressman byron donalds in his district, encompassing some of those areas that are in direct line from hurricane ian, not the least of which we are looking at right now. but cape coral and fort myers and those areas, it s coming in now, so we want to pay attention as this new video comes in, and we thank the photographer for wiping the screen live, because it lets us really see how different this look even 45 minutes ago. you re right, todd, things are changing pretty quickly now. the projected landfall for hurricane ian has moved forward just a bit. it was between noon and 2:00, then 1:00 and 2:00, and now
in naples, at the major flood stage. but it s forecasted to double that or worse. so we are looking at water levels that we have not only not seen in modern history but that have never been recorded before. there s an enormous amount of water because this storm is so powerful. it has a long duration to grow in size. the other interesting thing scientifically about hurricane ian is that the eye wall has been expanded. the center is about 35 miles wide. normally a storm would be about 20 miles wide, or a strong hurricane, in the center. this enlargement is going to allow the hurricane to scoop up huge amounts of water out of the gulf. that s why it s going to be pushed along the shoreline for persistent duration because of the size of the storm. the longer it stays out in the open waters, the stronger the hurricane came get. a great point was made that so many new people have moved to florida in the last year and half because of covid. 500,000 population increase for
way, the water is rising here. it s come up almost two feet in the past hour here on the bay, and we hope that it does not come to fruition, 12 feet or more. serious conditions here and you can see all of the trees that have fallen apart, trees are down, and these boats not in good condition. let s hope that they actually stay hooked in as the bands continue to come in. hurricane ian, a tough one certainly here for this part of florida and the entire peninsula moving forward in the coming days. back to you. robert, please stay safe, find some cover there away from those projectiles, thank you very much for your reporting. seeing that inside look, amy, he s in a hurricane right now. we are hours from the eye hitting, it was projected 2 to 4:00 p.m., so we are right there. robert is in the eyewall right now and experienced reporter for being in hurricanes. what he s standing in is difficult to stand in for a
good indication about 50 miles of shoreline, from fort myers to charlotte will never look the same again. after 2004, $3.2 billion, with a b, in damage. 11,000 homes leveled, and think of the insurance claims and rebuilding process what that takes for a community who experience this, not too long ago. all right, we are awaiting an update on hurricane ian. florida governor ron desantis set to brief us minutes from now at 1:00 p.m. eastern. meantime, the eyewall of this monster storm just shy of a category 5 has already started coming on shore. landfall is not expected for another few hours. amy, so, you mentioned we are in the eyewall. now, the eye is this place of complete calmness, but not to be deceived because you still have the other side of the storm that comes after the eye. exactly. and a way to visualize it for someone, it s kind of a simple