guys are pushing out of the bay. see if it can catch on fire, it s on fire and we didn t want the station to go down. of trace: water kills, whether it s flooding, whether it s driving into it. whether it s storm surge, that s what kills you. one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the florida peninsula, but the fact is there s going to be damage throughout the whole state and people and other parts of the state be prepared for some impacts. top five hurricanes, could be top three hurricanes and more than 2 million people are without access to power as hurricane ian batters this on trsunshine state. you might imagine the storms a long way from being over. still a category two tonight to and headed inland direct pass to orlando where he could sit 24 hours. it will drop feet of rain. we ve got team coverage tonight and we begin with will nunley. here s where it landed in fort myers and it s been a long day for you. good evening, what s the latest? good evening. for
today. authorities first responders and volunteers awaiting opportunity to rescue those in need and we are told there s many who need need. more than 2 million people without power as the damage assessments either are beginning or are about to begin. we ve got team coverage with fox contributor beginning west where hurricane ian is headed. good evening. hickam a trace. since we last spoke, the amount of people without power in orange county is more than double. overy 69,000 without power are in orange county and we are still waiting for the worst of what hurricane ian has to offer with this part of the state and we have seen the devastation in southwest florida. a place that i ve lived. the storms going to hit the orlando area like it is right now, possibly downgraded to a tropical storm but either way it s going to dump a lot of rain on these communities. over 40 inches expected with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and we see it best right now. i want to show you if
air we are looking at key west. this is a live look you the entire state is bracing for potentially catastrophic the say s response 90 minutes from now. pete: we have live fox team coverage janice dean standing by with the latest storm track. nicole valdez live in florida. we start with multi media journalist robert ray live in fort myers. robert? good morning to you here in fort myers beach. a key inlet to the gulf of mexico and, guys, the storm is starting to come in. we are seeing the deterioration of this island. take a look. if rick can look up here into the palm trees and you see they are starting to sway. we get these heavy rain bands that come in from time to time. i have to say the big issue here is the storm surge. where i m standing right now here later this morning, expected potentially 8 to 12 feet of storm surge. we need to get out of here at some point. and we are monitoring that. the gulf of mexico just a football field away. we re monitoring those waves c
this is absolutely nuts. ainsley: that is new video already showing the storm s power as it brings devastating floods down it the key west area. we expect to see more of those, tossing planes around like toys. todd: we have team coverage now. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez. we start with fox weather correspondent robert ray in fort myers. robert? ainsley: trouble obviously with his microphone. we can t hear you, robert. right now, it does look bad. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez continues our coverage, she is in tampa. we are only starting to rapidly see conditions deteriorating here for the tampa bay area as hurricane ian, that now category 4 storm. you just mentioned with winds at 155 miles per hour. it is teetering on a category 5 storm. you heard governor ron desantis there saying our emergency management officials are planning and preparing to see a category 5 storm. that is how seriously they are taking this situation knowing what we could se
house approximately 5,000 migrants. just one in five migrants in new york city is actually from texas. only seeing a small fraction. and we have it s a headline ripped from a movie spacecraft nasa. celebrate. the collision was a new asteroid defense system. step move by parsons. jones fired. the pass is intercepted. he goes down and the cowboys wrapped it up. steve: good morning, everybody. fox weather is tracking hurricane ian, the category 3 storm that hit florida probably some time tomorrow it. made landfall in cuba earlier this morning. ainsley: forecasters are fearing that it will be a worse case scenario for people living in the tampa bay reasoning. primarily south of tampa. and da tore evacuation orders are now in effect for that area. pools are shut down and later today the last plane will take off until the storm passes. we have fox team coverage senior meteorologist janice dean standing by. we start with fox weather correspondent nicole valdez live