have our fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth with us. rick this has been rough so far. really has. three things, the storm surge that broke records in fort myers and naples as well by a lot by the way, three feet higher than we had ever seen from any kind of storm surge in the past. that obviously causing all that flooding right along the immediate coast. then we have the winds, actual verified winds of 140 miles an hour in cape corral. a lot of this wind was really prolonged because it s such a slow-moving storm and then you have the rainfall. because it s so slow we get rainfall that just continues to batter the state and we ll see big time inland flooding concerns. this made land fall in the exact same space that hurricane charlie came on shore in 2004 which is amazing to have two massive hurricanes or two strong hurricanes like this come on shore in the exact same spot, hard to imagine, because it came on so strong, it s still a category 2 hurricane after having
see what images the daylight will bring, it s going to be a very tough night for folks all across florida. sean, back to you. sean: max, thank you. we turn now to fort myers. they have been hit really hard today. there are reports of major destruction to buildings. we go to fox weather s will nunley is with you. will, fort myers got hammered today. i have friends down there, they ve been sending me videos all day and it s been really bad. and i wish we could say that it s finally getting out of the way, but it s not. you can tell just by the wind that s hitting me right now, i m in a section of fort myers, interstate 75 is just about two minutes away from me this direction, downtown s about ten minutes or so this direction. so we re not necessarily on the water front which has been hit much harder even than where we are right now. but we have pieces of the building that we re taking shelter in falling off around us. this is concrete tile or terracota tile, the roofing material that
surge. tucker: yeah. we had to get high and dry as best we can. tucker: nice job. will nunnally, thank you so much for that worth. good luck tonight. tucker: we ll be back tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m., . sean: welcome to hannity, we begin tonight with a fox news alert. only hours ago, hurricane ian made land fall near port charlotte florida as a category 4 storm, areas around naples, fort myers, sarasota, they have been devastated by high winds and very severe flooding. new video showing water rising up to 12 feet in some areas. entire homes sadly washed away. now, this hurricane is far from over as much of florida now remains tonight in serious danger. here with the very latest we