wind gusts at landfall. one hundred and fifty miles per hour. and this is just the concern that we do have all of this wind pushing that water onshore storm surge, a big component. the forecast leading to immense flooding in naples and downtown fort myers. and these wind gusts to is what caused lots of damage to homes, to structures, to power lines that went down and has continued to knock out power for nearly two million people. more than two million people across the state of florida. we take a look at orlando, florida, because that s where we are seeing the conditions really continue to deteriorate as ian moves up through central florida, where you can see here is at least over the last five hours, we ve been pretty steady with wind gusts between, say, 50 and 60 miles per hour. a few gusts now beginning to pick up in that 70 mile per hour range as we go into these early overnight hours. that center tracks a bit closer to orlando just along that i4 corridor.
of florida. we ve seen the damage and destruction. and again, it is the same exact system that s going to work into parts of the southeast. so as you mentioned before, we are not letting our guard whatsoever check out your television set. naples on the left of marco island. on the right, the streets look like rivers, right? you can see it. they re flooded, at least up to like knee high in spots for sure. and again, unfortunately, all of that water in the water and really the storm surge element on all of this is really what i think is perhaps one of the most destructive parts of it. and that will certainly be remembered not only for years to come, but perhaps even for decades to come in places like fort myers, florida, unfortunately. let s talk a little bit more about the rainfall, because over the past 24 hours, it s truly been remarkable. now, these are estimated rainfall totals that we ve seen . i want to focus in on a
those things, especially during, like high tide, when you have those king tides, astronomical tides. and unfortunately, that s kind of coincide with one will see that the peak storm surge. and so it s just adding insult to injury. and so you really need to make sure that are remaining hyper vigilant if you re anywhere close to the coastline, check out your television set. look at this video. this was from the florida. again, this is in and around the fort myers area. and it was hard to see a couple of car lengths in front of you . let s listen in this. this was towards naples, florida, obviously numerous water rescues underway. you can see the emergency responders helping that individual to get to a safe spot above water. here s another imagery from cape coral, florida, as again,
0 with first cause of this surge right now. reporting in fort myers, robert ray fox. whether. all right. thank you so much for sticking with us. right here on fox weather. a hurricane in a water log in southwest florida. streets and buildings completely flooded, as you can see here. power knocked out to two million people. and one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the united states . the hurricane making landfall wednesday afternoon near jocasta. a protected barrier island just west of fort myers in the hours since landfall in have moved inland, hurricane force winds likely to be felt well into central florida. yeah, thanks again for sticking with us right here on fox. whether i m local customer. and i m jim enah. thank you for joining us and a special welcome to those watching on fox news channel. well, the 2:00 a.m. advisory is in mike lindell, still a category one hurricane. so no major changes there, although and continues to shift and land continues to weaken just a
is that the risk of heavy rainfall and flash flooding along the i-4 corridor or points along and north of the track tonight and tomorrow is very high. what parts of florida do you suspect, jamie, are going to get the worst of hurricane ian? first of all, from wind perspective the parts right here, sarasota, port charlotte, fort myers getting heavy, heavy wind as we speak. still category 4 force winds, 130 miles per hour at the peak. the areas to the south already experienced, are experiencing significant catastrophic storm surge that wetize inside our product. you saw the images in naples. very sad situation. and then places along and north where it tracks across florida, the i-4 corridor, will experience significant rainfall overnight and the potential for flash flooding. the next 24 hours in florida