that we helped to rescue, to evacuate from those flood-prone areas. we are still out in the community today going throughout each of the communities assisting with placing taxpayers and removing tree limbs so they can get to their cars and anyone who is trapped and cannot get out, if it s a emergency situation, they dial 911 and we will be there to assist them as well as the partners that stand behind me. i will stand ready to assist the community. okay. other questions? i had a question. jacqui: fox weather a letter, live images from sarasota county florida where firms issued alert earlier this morning of possible levy break sending deputies door to door in hidden river community to advise evacuation and 14 miles of major interstate in the area, i75 now shut down deemed unsafe for travel as water rises from nearby river. welcome to fox news live, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins, thousands of residents without power in the wake of powerful storm as cleanup a
let anyone know that if they have a boat, get people. our coverage of hurricane ian continues now with anderson cooper 360. the sheriff here in lee county told reporters about the afternoon destruction that is everywhere tonight. no words to describe what we saw and are seeing in the present tense, which is important to note, because this is an ongoing disaster in florida and potentially in coastal carolina. hurricane in yes, it is a hurricane again taste is taking ada. this is what it did to fort myers beach. is the most impressive storm ever to hit this part of florida. here is our first look at the area from above. it is far from the only look at the destruction that can be revealed from the air. in struct the barrier islands hard severing the bridge to pine island, as you can see here, along with the santa bell causeway which is impassable tonight. it also did considerable damage to marinas up and down the coast, pushing even larger boat around like toys. florida
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 storm s latest path. fox news weather we start with robert ray in fort myers. robert? good morning. you know, as light is about to come up here and these rain bands and window really intensify, conditions are deteriorating here in fort myers beach. the gulf of mexico, just a football field over there. churning up. i was just over there. when it gets light, we will show you that. you can see right now, these heavy bands as hurricane ian is right out there. the eye center is about 70 miles from where i m standing it s 30 miles wide and the window fell well over 300
so how do you manage who and when you help at any given time when that time comes? well, we do what s called triage. it s a french word for sorting, and we do that early on. we decide what s our number one, number two priorities. i know our friends in tallahassee right now who are from florida search and rescue teams wanted to, and they re in the heart of tallahassee which is pretty close to where this storm is going to come to pretty hard and fast. we used to stay in on the edge of the storm or work out of the edge of the storm maybe stay out of orlando. the problem is getting into a site that s been hit by category 4 is very, very difficult. we have our people predeployed pretty darn close to the center of the action, and makes it dangerous for us but makes it
excuse for personal reasons but will voters let it slide in november? first responders remembering fdny ems fatally stabbed in a senseless attack, violent crime out of control in the big apple. what can be done to curb the surge of lawlessness? we will discuss. first the death toll from hurricane ian continues to rise with 24 people confirmed dead. across florida search and rescue missions underway, south carolina massive cleanup is taking place after the storm battered the carolina coast. the governor saying today there are no storm related deaths in the state and most electricity has been restored. for more, fox news senior correspondent steve harrigan live in northport florida with