leaving some residents trapped. one family spoke to a reporter on face time, showing their floor underwater. can you show me how far the water, how high it is? can anyone get up on the furniture as well? okay. so you re already up. you already have everything up. i do have a way to get into the roof? don t go in the. attic don t go in the attic. to have a way to get on the roof? yes. we are going to have to find out a way soon. okay, so hopefully somebody is seeing this. several cities, including fort myers beach, suspended emergency services this afternoon. conditions were too dangerous for first responders to go out. if you look out, you can understand why. the wind, of course, a big factor in that, whipping up to 110 miles an hour where the street signs were blown down. local officials are asking residents to shelter in place. naples fire rescue department
okay. can you show me how far the water, how high it is up? can anyone get up on the furniture, too as well? so you re already up you have everything up high. do you have a way to get to the roof? don t go in the attic. do you have a way to get on the roof? we ll have to find a way. hopefully somebody is seeing this a harrowing moment captured by a reporter with local station wbbh on the phone, on facetime with a family in ft. myers beach, florida. that family s home has been inundated by floodwaters. we ll follow up. joining our coverage, former florida congressman david jolly. he left his tampa home earlier this week after the evacuation orders came down. when he was in congress he represented pinellas county along the central coast along
can you show me how far the water is up? can anyone get up on the furniture too as well? so you re already up, you have everything up high. do you have a way to get into the roof. go to the roof. don t go in the attic. don t go in the attic. do you have a way to go on the roof? yeah, we re going to have to find out a way soon. hopefully somebody is seeing this. back now with more breaking coverage of hurricane ian taking a devastating toll in florida right now. joining me now is a reporter for the miami herald. you just saw that, nick. a lot of people rode it out. is there any sense, you know, even if talking with city officials of how many people in the affected areas might be in