counties. that s along the gulf of mexico, southwest corner we pointed out a moment ago. you have 40,000 linemen on the ground. they will need them in order to restore power. dana: they have restored power to a significant portion already. it is impressive the work they ve done. there is a long way to go. 14,000 people in shelters. also a call for everybody to make sure they are being very smart in using their generators in order to protect people from any problems there and from electrocution and also from carbon monoxide. follow those instructions very, very carefully. bill: we are tracking ian and get back to that in a moment. we listened to governor desantis. pine island, sanibel, those are going to be rebuild efforts. the sanibel bridge had breaks in multiple parts of it. it was not where the water and pylons were. those held up well. it is where you had it on the sandbar and it got washed out. dana: the scale of the wreckage is southwest florida is staggering. m
we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. that s where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. it s turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between those two kinds of storms. the rain field will stretch out. we ll see the wind field stretch out as well across a lot of areas. in general, a weakening wind trend now that we have the storm over land. the winds gusting 46 miles an hour. that s an offshore wind. that is pushing water, not allowing storm surge there to be coming on. we have rain here. some of the storms out across east earn north carolina will have a tornado thread there. there s one tornado warning out there to inside of the outer
ground north of myrtle beach watching the pier 14 restaurant, dana. a moment ago you couldn t see past the pier itself. we can see the bands start whipping around. we talked to the mayor a moment ago in myrtle beach. a lot of folks stayed there despite the strength of ian coming onshore hundreds of miles to the south and west. we were told earlier today the official numbers at the moment, they have one confirmed fatality in polk county, florida. 12 unconfirmed fatalities in charlotte county south of there and another eight unconfirmed in collier county and trying to sort through the numbers. dana: the medical examiner needs to get there but they have some reports but they don t have the equipment yet to be able to get in and to do more investigation. that s happening right now. and kevin guthrie is the head of
hurricane relief efforts including ian and fiona. we re with other fox employees in the area and everyone affected by storm. thank you to all our fox weather, fox news channel and teams across the country covering this disaster. you are appreciated. bill: amen to that. meanwhile we move up the coast. myrtle beach, south carolina, category 1 storm lurking off shore. the pier 14 restaurant is a white-out in the distance. we ll let you know how ian goes. this storm is still alive and kicking in a significant way. back here in a moment as our back here in a moment as our coverage continues . back here in a moment as our covit s called the newday 100 because it lets veterans borrow up to 100% of their home s value. not just 80% like some typical loans. that extra cash can make a huge difference in these times of skyrocketing prices. here s more good news: home values have skyrocketed too. that means even more cash!