we are expecting to see those wind gusts continue to peak in that 70 mile per hour range. right now, sustained winds with hurricane ivan are at seventy five miles per hour. so it s not out of the realm that we will see those gusts, even sustained winds at times within the 50 to 60 mile per hour range in the coming hours. what that s going to do is if you haven t already lost power, you are at risk for losing power. here s a look at some of our current winds. so this is sustained winds across central florida. thirty three mile per hour sustained wind out of orlando, cocoa beach. we have gusts up to about fifty three daytona beach, 19 mile per hour winds. so it s a bit breezy, but it s certainly going to continue to pick up. and i m sure you can hear that wind outside the window as well. the wind direction out of orlando, leesburg, all coming out of the north just to show you that that center of circulation, that core of ian still off to your south as it continues to lift up, we will see
0 with first cause of this surge right now. reporting in fort myers, robert ray fox. whether. all right. thank you so much for sticking with us. right here on fox weather. a hurricane in a water log in southwest florida. streets and buildings completely flooded, as you can see here. power knocked out to two million people. and one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the united states . the hurricane making landfall wednesday afternoon near jocasta. a protected barrier island just west of fort myers in the hours since landfall in have moved inland, hurricane force winds likely to be felt well into central florida. yeah, thanks again for sticking with us right here on fox. whether i m local customer. and i m jim enah. thank you for joining us and a special welcome to those watching on fox news channel. well, the 2:00 a.m. advisory is in mike lindell, still a category one hurricane. so no major changes there, although and continues to shift and land continues to weaken just a