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
Invasion into gaza any moment, Defense Minister tells troops to prepare to see the strip from the inside. You are watching Fox And Friends First on friday morning, im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. Two more attacks on u. S. Military bases happening overnight in iraq. Our troops have come under attack four times since wednesday, around the same time President Biden was pledging to send aid to our allies and bring our hostages home. President biden we are facing an Inflection Point in history, the decision we make today will determine the future for decades to come. American leadership holds the world together. American alliances keep us safe. American values make us a partner other nations want to work with. Put that at risk and walk away from ukraine and turn our backs on israel, it is just not worth it. Todd trey yingst live in israel with the latest, trey. Trey todd, carley, good morning. Overnight there was a lull in being roet fire from the gaza strip indication that hamas an
Even imagine and you get the warnings on your phone. didn t get a lot of sleep last night, it is windy and wet and the water is rising. todd: what did you do to prepare your house? a lot of preparation is quite exhausting. here in florida, if you are used to this type of thing, we put shutters on the windows that make it quite dark. i have behind me hurricane shutters that we put out and we prepare as much as we can. supplies and flashlights and batteries and all the things we can do. carley: speaking of preparation, floater governor ron desantis has been getting the message out and says this is a once in a lifetime storm. take a listen to the things he s been saying to the press over the past few days, take a listen to this. the problem with this storm, it will generate massive amount