today. authorities first responders and volunteers awaiting opportunity to rescue those in need and we are told there s many who need need. more than 2 million people without power as the damage assessments either are beginning or are about to begin. we ve got team coverage with fox contributor beginning west where hurricane ian is headed. good evening. hickam a trace. since we last spoke, the amount of people without power in orange county is more than double. overy 69,000 without power are in orange county and we are still waiting for the worst of what hurricane ian has to offer with this part of the state and we have seen the devastation in southwest florida. a place that i ve lived. the storms going to hit the orlando area like it is right now, possibly downgraded to a tropical storm but either way it s going to dump a lot of rain on these communities. over 40 inches expected with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and we see it best right now. i want to show you if
To do. trace. trace: a little bit of good news on the very bad day, madeleine rivera live for us, thank you. a first responders and volunteer rescue teams getting ready for recovery efforts as hurricane ian moves northeast. it important to note many fatalities happen after a natural disaster and here to tell us why that is and what you can do to stay safe, certified board member dr. jeanette mesh e nesheiwat. we talk today earlier, after hurricane irma and the storm itself, seven people died and after the storm, 77 people died. it gives you an idea after the storm there are lots of danger still out there. yeah, that s right. florida actually has a law in place that all hospitals and nursing homes and long-term care facilities have to have a continuously planned protocol
thank you. trace: our live coverage of hurricane ian continues next. y congratulations, but it s also disappointing. what do you mean? that s it? i ve got nothing left. hey if i were you, i d try warm milk. enough out of you! hi! oh go.. is this really helping? good days start with good nights, so you may want to talk to your doctor about both. [ sleep app ] i m still here. oh boy.
it s not surprising. if we see it in almost every storm and folks along the coast certainly some have that mentality they ll write it out. when you see a storm of this magnitude, category four order line category five, that s a different territory than the category one or two. i m disappointed folks decided to ride this type of storm out. but it s not unsurprising and certainly not unusual. we see whether it s florida, texas or anywhere really along the gulf coast. trace: great insight and thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. coming up, our special coverage of hurricane ian continues. a live coverage and breaking coverage because it s still on the move heading over orlando and lingering over on the different 24 hours leaving 24 inches of rain on already soggy terrain. breaking news coverage continues.r
We ve got different things to offer folks. i think it worked really well together because disaster response is a very unique thing and you ve got to have good partners to make it work. trace: the partners would be who specifically very quickly if i could? first at their organization that we end up on the same parking with very often. that may or may not be the case in the situation and will wait and see but very often is a samaritans person. trace: you guys do yeoman s work and it s much appreciated down in florida. i m sure there s a lot of people that are waiting for you to continue in the coming days. quick update for our viewers, we should know that hurricane ian is a category one and the national hurricane center said that it station basically sitting right over orlando and central florida. it were talking about