soon. thank you so much. kevin: more buses rolling into the port authority bus terminal in new york city monday as the big apple continues to struggle and try to figure out along the way how to house new illegal immigrants arriving in the city. the city s mayor comparing the impact of it to the covid-19 pandemic. correspondent bryan llenas has that story. gooding. mayor eric adams compared the influx of migrants being bused to new york city to the height of the covid-19 pandemic. texas officials accuse the mayor of hypocrisy. what s amazing, you look at the numbers. this morning six more buses carrying migrants arrived in new york city adding to the nearly 14,000 migrants sent to the big apple from texas and arizona since august. more than 10,000 of whom are now in the city s homeless shelters. you have 3,200 school-aged
pools are shut down and later today the last plane will take off until the storm passes. we have fox team coverage senior meteorologist janice dean standing by. we start with fox weather correspondent nicole valdez live in tampa. nicole? brian, ainsley, good morning. we are talking about hundreds of thousands of people in at least six counties along florida s gulf coast are now being told it is time to get out of your homes, especially if you live anywhere near the water. really, the main concern when it comes to hurricane ian, of course, we re going to see those hurricane strength winds. we are going to see the rain. but it is the storm surge that has been the focus of emergency officials warning people this is not a storm to take lightly. we heard the hillsborough county sheriff jack cornster really begging people to evacuate no matter how long you have lived in the state of florida and no matter how many storms have you lived in your lifetime here.
people are starting to panic. it is crazy now. people are crazy, all the flights are insane. there is no flights. i would hope that everyone would think about evacuating if you do not have a place that s safe. we know it can turn at any second and take a different direction. not really where it s hit. it s more the storm surge. dana: we have our resources covering all angles of the storm. we begin the team fox hurricane coverage. bill: janice dean is on the storm path. a public information officer and let s start with fox weather correspondent live in tampa where the attention is now. good morning. good morning, bill and dana. florida attorney general ashley moody calling this the storm we all have feared focusing in on the threat of that storm surge. you mentioned 5 to 10.
some counties have begun issuing evacuation orders or voluntary evacuations. people need to know the zone you re in. the florida national guard has activated 5,000 florida guardsmen and 2,000 additional from tennessee, georgia and north carolina activated to help. harris: governor ron desantis speaking moments ago giving us regular updates on all of this and we ll show you the highlights of all of those as they happen. as you know he has already declared a state of emergency for the entire state of florida. hurricane ian right now is still on track to make landfall on the gulf side of florida. fore casters are predicting it will get stronger before it hits florida s gulf coast. fox weather correspondent is in tampa now with the hurricane watch put into effect late last
i want to experience as much as i can. you always want to take caution. if it is severe enough, i will head inland. florida governor ron desantis has called on national guard troops to be prepared for when this storm does make landfall. working with electric and gas company so they can restore power if the lights do go out. fox weather correspondent live in fort myers florida. thank you. tropical storm watches are in effect for some parts of the florida keys. charles watson is their lives. he is in islamorada. this forecast has ian shifting west away from the keys. a lot of folks wondering how much time they should spend preparing for the storm. we spoke to a gentleman earlier today, he runs boat tours along