devastating some of the most important tobacco farms used to produce iconic cigars. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus todd: i m todd piro, our reporters are live this morning. janice dean is in the fox weather center in new york city. carley: we begin in st. pete s beach, on track to be one of the first places hit today. lauren, what are you seeing on the ground right now? still dry at this moment and looking ago, later today that will not be the case. this morning ian is expected to strengthen to a category four hurricane, before moving to a hurricane three in cape coral. storm surge could reach 10 to 15 feet. tornados reported last night near miami, thousands are without power. that number is expected to go into the millions, 30,000 personnel are standing by to get the lights back on once the worst of the storm passes. ian devastated cuba as category three, knocking out power to the entire island. 2.5 million people have been told to evacuat
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especially with storm surge along the coast line. from tampa to st. pete beach to orlando, looking at 18 to 24 inches of rainfall. todd and carley. todd: lauren, thank you. nicole is in nearby tampa with the latest there. nicole. good morning. as lauren mentioned, the threat of storm surge reduced, flooding remains a top concern for the tampa bay area as officials prepare to see the impact of hurricane ian over several hours. those evacuations extend across 12 counties across the sunshine state. if they haven t left, officials still want you to as soon as possible. hurricane ian now is just approaching florida s gulf coast and she mentioned, we ve seen
devastating some of the most important tobacco farms used to produce iconic cigars. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus todd: i m todd piro, our reporters are live this morning. janice dean is in the fox weather center in new york city. carley: we begin in st. pete s beach, on track to be one of the first places hit today. lauren, what are you seeing on the ground right now? still dry at this moment and looking ago, later today that will not be the case. this morning ian is expected to strengthen to a category four hurricane, before moving to a hurricane three in cape coral. storm surge could reach 10 to 15 feet. tornados reported last