Florida is braced, for what many have described as the storm of the century. Our correspondents are there. We will speak to one resident who has decided to stay. And will they ever fully recover . In the wake of Hurricane Ian, 95 of the damage assessments, were downgraded by the insurance companies. This could be a disastrous 12 hours, for Tens Of Thousands of american families. Welcome to the programme. There is driving wind and torrential rainfall that has already arrived in florida, several hours before Hurricane Milton is due to arrive. The national Weather Service has confirmed in the last hour there are at least ten active Tornado Warnings in the region. We have been tracking an extremely dangerous tornado heading north near fort myers. And thats not the half of it. Right now milton is 150 miles south west of tampa with sustained winds of 145 mph, and very soon it will be pushing water onto the coast, with a Storm Surge of 15 feet expected in the worst hit areas. That is likely t
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[explosions] bill: in case you haven t noticed it s rough outside. hurricane level wind gusts slamming the northeast, major storm hovering over millions of people today. that s a live look at a car in an embankment in maryland. with the flash flooding and power outages it could be tough going. we re watching the storm. check out that radar. that started 12 hours ago and continues to march up the northeast. a lot of green on that screen. updates throughout the morning as we go. meanwhile this. president biden behind the eight ball. new polling shows him losing next year in not just the former president. hope you had a great weekend, everybody. we are drowning in numbers today. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. dana: great to be here. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the latest fox news polling shows president biden trailing both former president trump and nikki haley and in a dead heat with governor ron desantis. bill: all this adding to democrats
without power and at least 10 confirmed dead. todd: adam klotz tracking the storm, but we begin with doug luzader as ian approaches, doug, what are you experiencing now? doug: things are whipping up now, progressing, the wind is getting more intense and bands of rain are moving through, there are signs ian is getting closer. we thought ian was going to hit as a tropical storm and now it will be a category one hurricane, either way, you get a feeling in south carolina that most people are staying put. there is not a feeling of panic here, but there is concern about the flooding they will run into here. not so much about the wind, but the flooding. that tidal surge, storm surge, four to seven feet in the low country, four to seven feet doesn t just go up, it goes in, they are so close to sea level. we have not seen a mass exodus of people here, no real panic, but people are concerned about flooding because they deal with it so often. we saw image in the local newspaper of c
path the danger is real to state the obvious. please obey all warnings. brian in florida desperate search and rescue efforts underway this morning. at least 10 confirmed dead. officials warn that number likely to climb. significant damage that i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and there is likely many more than that. brian: there you go. before and after photos showing the extent of the damage in fort myers. curfew being enforced there to prevent looting. more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have live team coverage this morning. meteorologist adam klotz is standing by with ian s latest track. but, first, fox weather correspondent robert wray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage. robert? yeah, it s tremendous. it s really everywhere you look. and especially when you start heading down to fort myers beach where all those rescues have occurred and where governor antioxidant just talked ab