The hurricane, located 70 miles south of Orlando as of 11 p.m. ET, was losing strength as it makes its way across Florida. It was carrying maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.
0 and i just want to send a quick thank you to our first responders. i mean, you see these images of them cutting down trees, trying to remove the debris so that we can get our days back to normal. but we still have quite some time to get through. and we re going to do, you know, it is the firefighters, it s the police officers. it is just everyone working behind the scenes. and hurricane ian water in parts of southwest florida, streets and buildings completely flooded, power knocked out at one point over two million people. and one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the united states . the hurricane making landfall wednesday afternoon near costa protected barrier island, just west of fort myers. the hours since landfall and has moved inland. but hurricane force winds are likely to be felt well into central florida. thank you so much for sticking with us right here on fox weather three a.m. on the east coast of mcalester. and i m jim and i thank so much for joining u