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155 miles an hour. that is just shy of a category 5 hurricane. the eye of this storm expected to make landfall just hours from now, bringing with it catastrophic flooding and also life-threatening storm surge. the florida keys getting hit hard overnight with tropical storm-force winds causing flooding, major flooding and power outages. >> the power of this is just enormous. the hurricane has also sparked tornado activity, one reported overnight in broward county, ripping trees from the...

zone, particularly in the southwest florida counties, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you need to evacuate now. a life threatening category 4 storm headed right towards florida. im john berman live in tampa this morning. brianna keilar is in washington and that is the news from overnight. hurricane ian strength jentd to a category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. wind gusts of 165 miles per hour. the storm forecast has adjusted somewhat south of where i ...

life-threatening storm surge. we just learned the updated storm surge projections for those areas is now staggers. it is now 12 to 18 feet. that is the warning. already more than 16 on,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. more than 2.5 million people are under an erag ways order or warning. governor desantis said residents in the cross hairs need to shelter in place, because it is too late to leave. >> if you are in any of those counties, its no longer possibl...

coast of florida. 155-mile-per-hour wind speeds. thats just two miles short of a category 5 hurricane. its expected to make landfall about 100 miles south of here in the port charlotte area. rain 12 to 24 inches across much of the florida peninsula, challenge create freshwater flooding. the impact of this will be felt by millions in florida. already 200,000 people without power. thats before the storm even makes landfall. this will uproot peoples lives. its a life-threatening storm. th...

like a freight train. were 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. lets 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 ea...

air we are looking at key west. this is a live look you the entire state is bracing for potentially catastrophic the says response 90 minutes from now. >> pete: we have live fox team coverage janice dean standing by with the latest storm track. nicole valdez live in florida. we start with multi media journalist robert ray live in fort myers. robert? >> good morning to you here in fort myers beach. a key inlet to the gulf of mexico and, guys, the storm is starting to come in. we are see...

>> this is absolutely nuts. >> ainsley: that is new video already showing the storms power as it brings devastating floods down it the key west area. we expect to see more of those, tossing planes around like toys. >> todd: we have team coverage now. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez. we start with fox weather correspondent robert ray in fort myers. robert? >> ainsley: trouble obviously with his microphone. we cant hear you, robert. right now, it does look bad. fox weather corres...

rising causing residents to track towards higher ground. >> absolutely nuts. >> brian: more than 70,000 floridians are without power this morning. governor ron desantis urging residents to get out. time to evacuate is come to an end. you need to evacuate now. >> the governor will give another update in just about 30 minutes. we will bring that to you live. first, we have live fox team coverage janice dean tracking the storms latest path. fox news weather we start with robert ray in for...

florida. the exact point of landfall is still unclear. the storm is growing stronger and also wider. prompting hurricane warnings across the entire state of florida. >> bill: ian tore through cuba. it knocked out power to the entire country. left 11 million in the dark. look at the satellite images. it set off a series of lightning strikes, the wind speed intensifies. 155 miles per hour clocked right now knocking on the door of category 5. >> dana: mandatory evacuations are affect bein...

it is just shy of that now. we wont get ahead of the news on this. we are expecting an official storm update at any moment. im harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." hurricane ian is now carrying sustained kinds of 155 miles per hour. if they gain to 157 its a category 5. the biggest threats facing floridians are massive storm surge, raging winds, inland flooding, tornadoes, experts already using words like catastrophic to describe hurricane ians potential. 21/2 million p...