punta gorda. trees whipping, winds topping 130 miles an hour. across florida there are people trapped in their homes. entire homes being flooded out, people swimming inside. one city hit hard is bonita springs. part of that city are now completely underwater. the storm surge has knocked homes completely off their foundations as well. and to the south of there, the city of naples cat 4 winds there have completely demolished buildings. look at how high up that obviously you never know what s in these waters now. you ve got chemicals and everything in the middle of these towns. according to forecasters, the storm surge reached more than 6 feet, flooding cars and homes, even leaving rescue crews stranded. the water was so high that officials had to wade through it to rescue people who did not evacuate. and let us show you one astonishing image from just before ian came ashore. look at that. it s almost like a tsunami was coming. the winds and the storm actually sucked all the w
The fact of the matter is, i think the number is somewhere between one School Psychologist for every 15 to 1700 children. I dont want to set an exact number because the press will say biden is losing his mind, he didnt remember. Floridians this hour are hoping the forecast is wrong because if the forecast is right, Hurricane Dorian will bring a lot of rain and a lot of pain. President trump siengned an emergency disaster declaration minutes ago. Urgent storm preparations have been ongoing this morning and overnight. Florida Governor Ron Desantis is about to give an update right now on the storm. We will watch for that. Desantis already announced this morning he is calling up 2,000 plus National Guard troops and that the state is clearing roadways and stocking emergency fuel. Nearly a million gallons of bottled water and nearly 2 million meals are stashed in orlando at a distribution center. As of this moment, there are 79 counties across two states under states of emergency, and right
The bahamas right now and threatening florida next. The Prime Minister of the bahamas says the devastation is unprecedented. The Foreign Affairs minister there is urging people to stay inside. From all accounts, we have received catastrophic damage. It is not safe to go outdoors. Power lines are down. Lamp poles are down. Trees are across the street. Its very dangerous to be outdoors if you dont have to be outdoors. As soon as conditions permit First Responders will go to areas where we had reports individuals are in distress. Were holding strong. We ask you to continue to pray for us. And look at this video taken this morning in freeport where dorian was still a category 5 storm. The woman who took this video said there was 6 feet of water outside her house, 5 feet of water inside. She says everyone is hunkered down upstairs, safe for now, but she says the worst is yet to come. And dorian is inching closer to the southeastern coastline of the u. S. Where it threatens millions of peopl
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