the storm barreling through the northeast. governor desantis spoke to us on the massive search and rescue operation that continues at this hour and will for some time. we ve had coast guard rescues, urban search and rescue teams from the state of florida, we ve had the national guard down in southwest florida. people have been being rescued on a minute by minute basis and it will continue to go. dana: we have live fox news team coverage. jonathan serrie, robert ray and janice dean are standing by. want to go to janice dean in the fox weather center for an update. hi. good morning. we ll get the official 11:00 a.m. advisory coming out shortly but we do know this was historic, it is the top four storms, strongest storms to make landfall in florida. 150 mile-per-hour sustained winds. pressure was 9.40 close to a category 5. still the chance they might upgrade it. there were winds indicated at 158 miles-per-hour from hurricane hunters yesterday. the current wind gusts over
torrential rain. hundreds of miles away from where ian first came ashore as a hurricane at this hour they are inundated by water. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. breaking news with new developments now. let s go to orlando. look at these pictures. tropical storm ian hitting that metro and already our reporters are showing us conditions where high water rescues are underway. some 127 so far. returning now to sanibel island. look at the left side of your screen. those were the moments just before hurricane ian hit. look at the right side of your screen. the height of the storm with 155 mile-per-hour winds and a massive storm surge that left sanibel in ruins. the way in and off the island, the sanibel causeway major destruction. this was the only option for vehicle travel between the island and florida s mainland. we ve had coast guard rescues, urban search and rescue teams from the state of florida, the national guard down in southwest florida. people
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be there. that s my commitment to. neil: here s the thing. ian is not leaving. it s down but not out. ian now a tropical storm is expected to make its way back to a category one hurricane after devastating the sunshine state. south carolina s governor will hold a news conference shortly. here s what we know right now. a storm surge up to seven feet predicted for charleston, south carolina as of tomorrow. in florida today, more than 2.6 million people are still without power across the state. no indications when they will get that back. search and rescue operations underway in florida s barrier islands and other hard-hit areas. governor desantis calling it a 24/7 operation. moments from now, we ll talk to the mayor of fort myers florida particularly hard hit by the storm. first, fox team coverage with robert ray in fort myers and steve harrigan in charlotte county where they re trying to dig out. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to robert ray in f fort myers that got reall