authorities have been urging peoples to stay inside and stay off of those roads, we are talking about some of the vehicles that are out there and still attempting to lead. they asked people to hunker down and get to that high ground. they have made city parking garage is available for people to park their ground cars on higher grounds until the storm passes. a lot of those are full, they were absolutely packed to the gables last night. sandbags have been handed out. at this point in time, the city has done what they could to prepare and it is these next couple of hours that they have asked people to really stay put, stay safe, and then let the first responders, do it they are work and to not get in the way. that is the big goal, it is the next couple of hours, the high tide, the surge, the water that is coming down that it is an greatest. kayleigh. kayleigh: the last time south carolina sought make landfall was 2016 with hurricane matthew. what a resident saying with that i
it is just shy of that now. we won t get ahead of the news on this. we are expecting an official storm update at any moment. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. hurricane ian is now carrying sustained kinds of 155 miles per hour. if they gain to 157 it s a category 5. the biggest threats facing floridians are massive storm surge, raging winds, inland flooding, tornadoes, experts already using words like catastrophic to describe hurricane ian s potential. 21/2 million people are under evacuation orders. for those people in the storm s path directly, that swath that i just told you to the south, cape coral and to the north sarasota. it s too late to evacuate if you re still there according to the governor. governor desantis also saying it is time just to hunker down for you. he spoke last hour. this amount of storm surge. it will have very ferocious winds and it will be life threatening. people are taking a risk with their health, safety and lives by bein
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
they re great people, beautiful state. you know about their football team? bill: a little bit. dana: governor desantis will give a update any moment now and bring it live. florida is bracing for what could be a once in a century storm. bill: the current storm track shows landfall sometime on thursday, maybe in tampa. if that were a direct hit, it would be the first major storm to hit tampa in more than 100 years. dana: forecasters are predicting storm sturge. people are boarding up homes and businesses. the amount of water may simply be too much to overcome. bill: here is what we know. governor desantis declared a state of emergency. tampa s international airport will shut down at 5:00 east coast time. dana: evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of people. folks there say supplies are running low. shelves are totally empty. people are starting to panic. it is crazy now. people are crazy, all the flights are insane. there is no flights. i would ho
hour. there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. if you are in tampa bay and counties north and south of that it could be something that happens. if you re under an evacuation order. evacuate to higher ground that will be safe from the type of surge and flooding. bill: our fox weather team coverage considers. adam klotz standing by to tell us the latest. dana: first we ll go to phil keating. he is in a beach community a half hour southwest of tampa. sounds like a good place. it is. it is old, classic florida. the time to get out of town is now. no joking around at this point. most of the people in this town have evacuated already leaving it a ghost town. there is hardly any humans within the eye can see. the brass monkey over here, a famous restaurant bar and grill boarded up yesterday and sandbags on the ground. across tampa bay mandatory evacuations began yesterday for all neighborhoods along the coast. the real issue is the bay itself and