into sharper focus. this picture shows fort meyers beach one of the hardest-hit areas before the hurricane and here it is after. homes wiped out. sea of debris and rubble stretching to the horizon. there is this marina during normal times in fort myers. and then after. a scene of utter destruction. the damage throughout florida. 2 million still without power. it will continue for some time. ten people are confirmed dead thus far. the number may change as search and rescue teams work their way through the flooded neighborhoods. we re moments away as dana mentioned and get an update from the florida governor ron desantis back in tallahassee. team fox coverage. city manager marty lawing is standing by. robert ray is back with us today. we begin with track of ian. adam klotz is in our studio watching that. we still have a hurricane as we remember this storm left the coast of florida as a tropical storm but we ve spent a good chunk of time over the atlantic ocean. winds curren
like a freight train. we re seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho seven hours. let s get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire peninsula. we had grove city a gust of 128. when we talk about the southern kind here, a better picture on radar will give an indication what we re looking at. here is the new track. keeps it as a 4 of course now moving inland but notice it s a category one. it will lose strength now that it s interacting with a land mass. that s typical. however, the winds have expanded now as these storms do. in fa
this hour, and on the ground frenzy in the state. millions under mandatory evacuation orders. the entire state faces flash flooding. and then record-shattering storm surge, water officials say as high as 18 feet. enough to swallow two suvs stacked one on the other. one official warning if you are caught in that surge, you simply will not survive. let s get straight to our correspondents on the ground binning with beginning with bill weir. what are you seeing and what are you told to expect? reporter: this whole community is really bracing for the worse. the new numbers this morning sunk the pit of the stomach everyone here, trying to think about a 17 foot storm surge. and we re on the back side of the storm and this is sort of the reverse storm surge. locals never see this exposed seabed here. we re looking at crab traps and oyster beds blowing around in the wind with the rest of us here. but of course the water as the storm comes ashore will fill in fast. and we re next
Dislocated, you have people that no longer have homes, and so there will be a wide variety of things that they are going to need in the coming days, weeks, and months. volunteer florida. if you want to volunteer your time visit www.volunteer florida.org to find volunteer opportunities. it is one way you can make an impact and people really appreciate the outpouring of support. i want to commend the folks that we were able to meet with down in southwest florida. this has been a major event, of course, and these people have been working around the clock to be able to serve their constituents and serve their communities. we appreciate the dedication. we appreciate the perseverance. we know there are a lot of difficult days ahead but they ve done a great job standing up for the people of their community. i will let kevin give a brief on the state response and we ll have the fema administrator come up and provide perspective from
Www.volunteer florida.org to find volunteer opportunities. this storm is to go a number on the state of florida. it is going to continue to move through this state today and through much of tomorrow and there is going to continue to be a number of adverse effects. i can tell you that as soon as it moves beyond southwest florida you are going to see a massive surge of personnel and supplies to be able to help those who are in need, get people back on their feet and help to rebuild those communities. kevin. thank you, governor. i think everybody should know that the governor is extremely committed to being involved this this response and he has he was here with me until late last night, here with me he early this morning and he has not been anywhere but very near me the entire time. governor, thank you so much for your leadership in that area. it means a lot to meend a lot to the leadership.