to take a direct hit from the eye of the storm, officials are still warning about the potential for deadly flooding and storm surge. reporter: that s exactly right. we are that does not mean we are out of the danger zone. we are about 45 minutes to the west of tampa bay. and it s pretty desolate here. the beach behind me is empty, and that s how officials want it. this is a mandatory evacvags zone. and the reason for that is because the danger here is the storm surge. what bill was just talking about, as that hurricane moves towards the coast, over the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico, the concern is that the storm will continue to gather more and more strength and storm
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to the south. because we ve been on the northern edge of this storm, the winds actually push the water out of tampa bay it was surreal not seeing water in there. people have been walking along the bay. that s not advised. but the water many return to the bay. you know, we re going to see storm surge, a very intense storm surge, kick up in the next few hours as this hurricane moves northward. that s a big concern. we could be seeing several feet of storm surge after that negative 6-foot storm surge in the bay. so we re going to be keeping tabs on this storm, as well as the very heavy rainfall expected over the next few hours, all right here on fox news, always the fox weather app. i can t hear you. i lost my ifb, but back to you in the studio. max, stay safe there.
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
compete with degree-covered roads. we had a lot of calls for rescues. reporter: what do you tell them? i can t save you if i can t save myself first. reporter: ida leaving nothing untouched. even a power plant specially built to withstand a category 4 hurricane no match for the storm, knocking out houma s power. at the medical center, a delicate but urgent race against time. when ida tore off part of its roof, staff scrambled to protect icu patients. i could actually feel the building sway. reporter: today ambulances stretched around the building, rushing one patient after another to clinics and hospitals that still had room. and tonight despite the damage, there is some good news the hospital telling me they were able to move every single patient that needed care the focus now making critical repairs here before another potential hurricane moves in tom? that is a bit of good news about those patients there morgan, thank you. and there is growing desperation tonight in gr
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