see what images the daylight will bring, it s going to be a very tough night for folks all across florida. sean, back to you. sean: max, thank you. we turn now to fort myers. they have been hit really hard today. there are reports of major destruction to buildings. we go to fox weather s will nunley is with you. will, fort myers got hammered today. i have friends down there, they ve been sending me videos all day and it s been really bad. and i wish we could say that it s finally getting out of the way, but it s not. you can tell just by the wind that s hitting me right now, i m in a section of fort myers, interstate 75 is just about two minutes away from me this direction, downtown s about ten minutes or so this direction. so we re not necessarily on the water front which has been hit much harder even than where we are right now. but we have pieces of the building that we re taking shelter in falling off around us. this is concrete tile or terracota tile, the roofing material that
turn towards the coast there. so that s the latest with the run there. we re going to go out and take it out live. we do have is it we re going to will nunley. okay, thank you. okay, so we re going to take it out to fort myers are well, nunley braving the elements throughout the day? well, i am in awe of all of our correspondents. you started out the day with whipping rain, torrential rain and now a calmer scene in terms of what mother nature has been throwing at you. now, compared to what we ve been through for hours today, we still have a little bit of rain element. you can detect that between us right now and some wind as well. but this is the most calm we ve experienced in 12 hours so far as our conditions. meanwhile, we re using the fox weatherby s to light up this scene because the power is out . as you can imagine all around us , the only thing we re seeing the night when we look out on the highways here are the flashing lights of ambulances and fire trucks
head to a sanctuary city like chicago. that means the next time you re at a music festival, a large event like a parade or concert, hang on to your cellphone or wallet, especially if you re a sanctuary city or state. tucker: so sad. we ve got enough crime. we don t need to import it, that s for certain. yeah. tucker: jason, thanks. so a fox news alert, hurricane ian has knocked out power for nearly 2 million people in the state of florida. so far it turns out fox weather s will nunley is in fort myers with a report on what s happening right now. what do you see, will? i don t know if this looks peaceful to you, but in reality this is the most calm this has been in hours, as we ve been trapped in hurricane conditions with so many thousands of people since 10:00 this morning. my biggest fear right now is the unknown. we ve watched the storm come ashore with live cameras. they gave us a glimpse and
we ve been in these winds since 10:00 this morning. this is an unreal scene. we ll have harrowing images tomorrow when we get our drone teams up in the air, our ground crews, to get to some of these areas, hope, again, that we have the cell signal, hope that people needing rescue are able to reach emergency officials in time. it is a tremendous emergency that continues to unfold. tucker? tucker: will nunley, thank you. thank you for mentioning communications. if viewers are watching, have family and friends down there, particularly in the barrier islands down there, you can t reach them, that s why. thank you so much, will. ron desantis is the governor of florida, watching all this very, very intensely. he s declared a state of emergency in florida tonight. he joins us right now. governor, thank you very much for coming on. you re seeing the bigger picture here. how would you assess florida right now? well, tucker, this is a
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 so many struggling tonight without power and communication really in most cases trying to reach family and loved ones. we are talking about waves and storms are just so powerful it broke the gauges at the weather services to record the data. meanwhile, we ve got depree flying around where we are tonight and this is a sign from colonial boulevard in and out of town. the rain died down a little bit where we are. we re stranded to see more activity on the roadways and we ve seen our first two convoys of trucks trying to begin to stage. but the wind has not died down enough for the utility work to