hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john vause, at the cnn center in atlanta. as we head into the midnight hour on the u.s. east coast, almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stressing 500 miles across. which earlier made landfall on cuba, blocking out the eyelids electricity grid and causing a nationwide blackout. 11 million people right now are in the dark, waiting for morning to assess the damage. as of, now there are no reports of fatalities. since leaving cuba, ian has grown in strength, fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, as it heads towards florida, now category 3, with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and strong powerful winds. all they, long tuesday, residents across the state braced for the hurricane to make landfall. now expected the first forecast, and further south.
just after 3:00 p.m. east coast, the eye crossed over a barrier island near ft. myers, florida. this is a live look at the satellite right now. you can see the immense size and strength mof the hurricane. the winds are 150 miles an hour. that s just shy of making this a monstrous category 5. this was the scene just ahead of landfall captured by a storm chaser in pine island, florida. these conditions are expected to worsen in the coming hours, believe it or not. more than 850,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. another major concern today is the storm surge. the storm surge is the abnormal rise of ocean water that s generated by the storm. the lee county sheriff expects that to be, quote, life changing today. that area includes ft. myers and the city of cape coral where the emergency management manager tells cnn, hurricane ian will likely be one of the worst the region has ever seen. we are covering the storm as only cnn can with our team of journalis
. will: welcome to the fox & friends. that is the united states air force brass quintet performing live on fox square because it is the 75 anniversary of the united states air force. we were sitting here on the couch trying to do math. figuring out exactly when that date, the united states air force, which isness 1947. how is that? think of air force playing a big role in world war ii. but in fact it was. pete: u.s. army air corps. the army had planes they decided it should be its own service. correct me if i m wrong. that was in the moment. rachel, you should know. rachel: i should know as a air force brat but i don t. maybe we ask chief master sgt. miguel campos, my dad coming on to the show at the end of the show. at least he has time to google. four hours. will: happy birthday to the united states air force. we re celebrating it all morning long. send your photos to friends at foxnews.com. we do that at the morning edition of the american national anthem. pete: best on
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