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The eye of this storm. it s really throughout the congressional district. we will know a lot more tomorrow. but it s a very tough time for southwest florida. please, if anybody can help us, donations are fantastic. please be careful with food because it s perishable. the united way and contacting our local agencies in southwest florida is the way to go if you want to provide help. bret: congressman, thank you very much. we appreciate your time. we will follow it closely. any time, thank you. bret: we are looking live or video of naples earlier of the fire sparks. remember, those lines some of them are active on the ground. try to stay inside as this storm continues to go up through. up next we will talk live with the acting director of the national hurricane center about hurricane ian. keep it here on fox news. ....
Where the storm is traveling and how strong it. we got rocked i like to say like a boxer. the aircraft was basically overmatched at one point. we were maxed power try position gain speed. we were basically diving, losing it was a mess. it was the worst thing you could want to happen as a pilot. these flights have been running a few times a day since the weekend. they are flying the last of the scheduled missions right now. bret? bret: madison, thank you. we continue our fox news coverage of hurricane ian it. made landfall as we mentioned in southwest florida about 3 o 05 eastern time. maximum sustained winds 150 miles per hour turned off power for hundreds of thousands of people maybe a million at this point. charles watson is in sarasota, florida this evening. good evening, charles. good evening, bret. i can tell you we are not experiencing the same leveling of winds as our friends further south that are closer to the eye of hurricane ian but no doubt ....
Problem as you just heard from authorities, the biggest problem to come in the form of both storm surge and pounding rain. florida s governor said just moments ago the surge has hit 1. we are watching that closely. we have correspondents stationed all over florida tonight. we will bring you the best video, the live images, and all of the video through the day showing the force of this storm and we will speak live with lawmakers and emergency officials throughout the hour. correspondent will nunley of fox weather is in fort myers, florida tonight. still getting battered by hurricane ian. will? and, bret, no doubt. you are looking on with misbelief unimaginable emergency taking place across the state of florida. we are about 10 minutes outside of the immediately downtown fort myers. we had to evacuate because of the storm surge likely coming in there. in that 1.3 million people without power. that figure you just quoted there equates to easily 2 million individuals going through this w ....
Roach air force hurricane hunter made its way into the eye wall. one of the pilots is calling it the worst flight he has experienced and he is experienced. fox news multi media reporter madison scare piano has more on this from biloxi, mississippi, good evening, madison. we were on board the 9 hour mission of my the eye of hurricane ian. the flight was not all smooth sailing at one point we dropped 1200 feet in a matter of seconds. after taking off from the air force base in biloxi, the aircraft went in and out of the eye wall heading towards florida four separate times. turbulence was moderate initially but after a few go around, it became nearly out of control my lot called it a war story. why it s dangerous it s important. going foot center of the storm is the only way the national hurricane center can get critical data like window speed ....
Policy and reinsurance and wrap program and cap fund. citizens feel strongly they will be able to handle this and still have pretty significant reserves. okay. thanks so much. i will see you guys. bret: governor ron desantis in florida as authorities update about hurricane ian. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. we are coming to you live tonight from fox news headquarter in new york. the nerve center for our extensive coverage of hurricane ian. the category 4 storm made landfall about three hours ago near six miles north of captive have a island near fort myers florida along the southwestern florida coast. packing 150 miles per hour sustained winds. more than 1.1 million people are already without power. those who chose not to evacuate are now riding out the storm and water may really be the biggest ....