hurricane-force winds already recorded offshore from charleston. the national weather center warns storm surge is expected there. people are warned to take this storm seriously especially after what was seen and happened from ian in florida. more striking images are emerging as well. capturing the level of devastation especially where the storm came on shore in southwest florida. you re looking at have i had from sanibel island showing the community torn apart, completely severed from the mainland. people stranded without water and power. cleanup efforts have begun in some areas, including fort myers beach. residents still reeling from all of this destruction. i mean, there s just stuff going everywhere. i ve lived here my whole life, it s unreal. we thought possibly we were one of the lucky ones. unfortunately it s really too sad for me to talk about. thank you, guys. some areas, high floodwaters are still a major concern, not yesterday receded. governor ron desant
swift boats, all ready to move in and begin to go door-to-door when it is clear enough to be able to do so. power outages have slammed half a million. that is the latest number that we have over the course of this hour that we re now in. floridians on the ground as ian barrels towards their homes, their businesses. we have people all across the state with updates about different sections of the state, what it feels like, what s going on there. fox team coverage with all of our great weather team out there spread across the state as well. we begin with katie burn who is in orlando. katie, what can you tell us from where you are? all right. let s go to max gordon first. max is in tampa bay. max, tell us what you re seeing where you are. hi, martha. so we ve been hearing a lot about the storm surge concerns in the fort myers area. but up here where we are on the north end of the storm, we ve seen an erie sight along old tampa bay. we ve seen what is known as reverse storm surg
6 25 p. M. Its at facebook. Com andersoncooper full circle opinion right now i want to hand it over to chris cuomo. Cuomo prime time starts now. You were wondering where the rain is, now you know. Its right on andersons head. Hurricane florence is starting to come around for the coast of the carolinas. Anderson is going to stand by. We have correspondents up and down the path of the storm for you. Here is hurricane florence, very slow, thats the problem with this storm. When she comes, she stays, and shes dumping water in places that dont have a lot of tolerance for it, by the time the wind gets to you, the areas have been soaked. Currently just over 80 miles eastsoutheast of where Anderson Cooper is. Lets go to where were seeing the storm in full effect already. Brian todd is in ham stead, North Carolina. Whats the weather . You have to keep your eye on that situation. We have an assisted living facility not far from the area where were getting pounded right now. Its good, weve been t
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