rescue there. you can see these people absolutely devastated and so fearful that they weren t going to survive this. so grateful to the people that are helping them. you have a baby there wrapped in a blanket. a family that is just trying to get to some dry land. winds and flooding. they ripped up asphalt. look at this highway. look at that. that is sanibel, florida. lee county is devastated in a way that we have not seen in a very, very long time. the sheriff there fears he said this earlier today and it got a lot of attention and we hope the numbers don t come to true whigs. he fears there could be hundreds that lost their lives here. the house burst into flame in sanibel isle area. and now we have georgia and south carolina. what they re preparing to get ready where they are. we have fox team coverage across this devastating situation. first to steve harrigan who joins us. we watched him get blown hard around there in placada, florida. good afternoon to you one day lat
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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Same way, i appreciate everything you guys are doing. they have helicopters ready to go as soon as they re going to be able to get back into this area, they are going to be flying and be in the area. again, thank you for both of you being here. governor. good morning, and governor, thank you again for your leadership, and your continued support of your florida national guard. director guthrie, thank you again for your tremendous work and the work of your team to protect our florida citizens. our thoughts and prayers go out to those in the affected areas of the storm that are being those being affected already. as i mentioned yesterday the florida national guard is fully mobilized with over 5,500 soldiers and airmen ready to support hurricane response efforts. we expect that throughout the day we will be actively engaged in a multitude of missions, including search and rescue, damage assessment and route clearance. in addition, we continue to man