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Ahead of time. i know things are going to continue to pick up. it s going to be quite active in the coming day. and so thank you for all the hard work you do, putting yourselves in harm s way to keep us all safe . we re going to continue to keep volusia county and our prayers that they are anticipating to see. quite a disruptive day ahead of us . thank you very well say. all right. well, let s take a look at the wind aspect of hurricane ian . this is new video coming in from naples, florida. this is brad adair. he is a storm chaser and a meteorologist. and my goodness, does he bring in some really enticing videos that just show you what s happening on the ground? of course, staying safe out there, brad , of course, if you re watching this, thank you for all of the hard work that you do. but just showing you the power of hurricane ian on the southwest side of florida, we saw intense winds. gorda, one hundred and twenty four mile per hour winds, fort myers, one hundred mile per hour ....
0 and i just want to send a quick thank you to our first responders. i mean, you see these images of them cutting down trees, trying to remove the debris so that we can get our days back to normal. but we still have quite some time to get through. and we re going to do, you know, it is the firefighters, it s the police officers. it is just everyone working behind the scenes. and hurricane ian water in parts of southwest florida, streets and buildings completely flooded, power knocked out at one point over two million people. and one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the united states . the hurricane making landfall wednesday afternoon near costa protected barrier island, just west of fort myers. the hours since landfall and has moved inland. but hurricane force winds are likely to be felt well into central florida. thank you so much for sticking with us right here on fox weather three a.m. on the east coast of mcalester. and i m jim and i thank so much for joining u ....