hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicating rescue and recovery efforts. let s go back to boris sanchez anchoring from ft. myers, florida, for us. reporter: hey, fred. as you reported just a moment ago, the tragic news that the death toll has again climbed earlier today. it was sitting at 45 fatalities. now cnn has confirmed from state officials that it has reached 64 people killed as a result of hurricane ian. and those devastating, nearly category 5, storm force winds. obviously, this is a difficult time for so many across the stat
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Lantern this morning. A jackolantern. Orange you glad we both wore this color today . We are seeing max defender 8 scanning the skies this morning. You are going to be just fine no matter what time you go out this halloween. This bright red color here, thats dry air all the way up through the atmosphere. So no rain expected for and zephyrhills, youre in 59. Boar toe, youre warmer at 66. Halloween forecast still above average. 86 degrees. A few passing clouds. At 4 38 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i have the eightday temperature trend and we trend cooler. And leslee has some issues on the roadways. Yeah, out in the pasco county area, lets look at the maps, folks and you can see what im talking about. Here. We did have some lanes blocked. Looks like everything is off to the shoulder now. And lets go to the ground. And you can see that crunched up vehicle. And everything is off to the side. So down the embankment a little bit, and this is northbound, old lakeland highway right at to t
Today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. A lot of mum mys getting wrapped mummies getting wrapped up today. A thin layer of gauze. Max defender 8, one thing you will notice, its dry as a bone and thats going to continue all day long on this halloween. Temperatures are warmer than average. Bartow, auburndale, youre 66. Lakeland, 63. Cooler in brooksville and zephyrhills, you are now at 59 degrees. But heres the sky cast through the day. Look at by the afternoon, a steady breeze and a high of 86 degrees. Look how clear overnight, comfortable, a low of 67 degrees. And tomorrow, same thing. This quiet, dry weather continues, 86 again tomorrow. At 5 08, i take you hourby hour through your halloween including your trickortreat times. And leslee has the commute. Thats right. We had an accident that was wrapping up. Lets look at the maps again on right at ottis allen road. Lets go to meliek on the street. They are out there. Looks like the tow truck driver is hooking everything up and the