dark. the governor clown ron desantis is set to speak at 8:45 this morning after this chilling assessment of ian s wrath. it s going to rank as one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the florida peninsula. pete: flash flood warnings are in effect. we re live across the state with a firsthand look at the devastation. senior meteorologist janice dean is standing by. fox team weather starts with robert ray in fort myers right where the hurricane hit. robert? good morning guys. look at the devastation on the streets of fort myers. this was completely under water yesterday evening as the surge came in you could see some of that video will remnants of what was published in and around downtown here. there is just debris everywhere. the window field here yesterday was just tremendous we could barely stand by. this vehicle coming through. it s an active scene here this morning as believe it or not, there is some power that has come back at least in this part of fort myers, s
is up. we see contrast from before and after pictures. for example, fort myers, where the hurricane first hit last. 2.5 million people are without power. i can tell you specifically for florida power and light, we have just over 1.1 million customers across the state at the moment, that said, we ve been out and about throughout the storm, it s been safe to do so restoring power to our customers and we ve already restored power to 500,000 customers, but majority of lines are still above the ground and that will take time to assess. we ll use drones to figure out where biggest damage is and that will allow us to get power back on as quickly as possible. ainsley: ian is hitting central florida and we expect to hear from governor ron desantis 8:45 and will bring as it happens, meanwhile, live across the state. senior meteorologist janice dean is standing by and brandy campbell is back in orlando and fox weather correspondent robert ray is live. we are learning the sheriff in
Nasdaq trading at record highs. The nasdaq up for a ninth day in a row. Some bullish action for the major averages. The dow up the least, up. 2 . Near session highs. Some bullish action as earning season is getting underway. Stick to the tech heavy nasdaq and the nineday winning streak. Cap tech the month of july has been very kind for technology and for the nasdaq. That pullback has been erased. June being the first down month for the nasdaq in eight months has also been erased. The certainty and bullishness for the highflying sector back on. These are the big highfliers today. Microsoft, apple commandments on microsoft will be reporting tomorrow. Therest of these companies following week and the first week of august. Investors are migrating back to the true and tried technology names. That is according to paul sweeney. We all think of 2000 as the big tech boom. This is the s p 500 informationtechnology index, we see the big boom, the bust and now, recently, the s p 500 index for tech
Nasdaq trading at record highs. The nasdaq up for a ninth day in a row. Some bullish action for the major averages. The dow up the least, up. 2 . Near session highs. Some bullish action as earning season is getting underway. Stick to the tech heavy nasdaq and the nineday winning streak. Cap tech the month of july has been very kind for technology and for the nasdaq. That pullback has been erased. June being the first down month for the nasdaq in eight months has also been erased. The certainty and bullishness for the highflying sector back on. These are the big highfliers today. Microsoft, apple commandments on microsoft will be reporting tomorrow. Therest of these companies following week and the first week of august. Investors are migrating back to the true and tried technology names. That is according to paul sweeney. We all think of 2000 as the big tech boom. This is the s p 500 informationtechnology index, we see the big boom, the bust and now, recently, the s p 500 index for tech
Nasdaq trading at record highs. The nasdaq up for a ninth day in a row. Some bullish action for the major averages. The dow up the least, up. 2 . Near session highs. Some bullish action as earning season is getting underway. Stick to the tech heavy nasdaq and the nineday winning streak. Cap tech the month of july has been very kind for technology and for the nasdaq. That pullback has been erased. June being the first down month for the nasdaq in eight months has also been erased. The certainty and bullishness for the highflying sector back on. These are the big highfliers today. Microsoft, apple commandments on microsoft will be reporting tomorrow. Therest of these companies following week and the first week of august. Investors are migrating back to the true and tried technology names. That is according to paul sweeney. We all think of 2000 as the big tech boom. This is the s p 500 informationtechnology index, we see the big boom, the bust and now, recently, the s p 500 index for tech