without power now. the winds are extremely high. and the water is rising. you can see forces of trees just clinging to i just don t know what they are they been flying through the streets. it s a center block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. no word on the back and now, and the great eye wall is coming through. we ve had some of the strongest winds here so far. good morning, i m philip mena. good to be with you at this hour, i m frances rivera. it s 3 am in the east, midnight out west. thank you for joining us for a special edition of early today as we track the devastating path of hurricane ian. here s what we know at this hour. the strong wind of even already impacting daytona beach along the western coach, as it slowly moves towards orlando. the storm has been downgraded to a category 1, but it still packing a powerful punch. ian made landfall in south must florida, in the fort myers area, where the storm surge submerged buildings. it