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begin to assess just how many lives have been lost. the high waters, homes, buildings and roads ripped apart, ongoing search and rescue missions, and the damage is not just along the coast. welcome to "the lead," im jake tapper. we start with the first look at the death and devastation left behind by hurricane ian across southwest and central florida. this same system first made landfall in cuba then onto floridas west coast. now ian is about to strengthen and make its third landfall...

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 prolonge...

today. authorities first responders and volunteers awaiting opportunity to rescue those in need and we are told theres many who need need. more than 2 million people without power as the damage assessments either are beginning or are about to begin. weve got team coverage with fox contributor -- beginning west where hurricane ian is headed. good evening. >> hickam a trace. since we last spoke, the amount of people without power in orange county is more than double. overy 69,000 without...

dark. the governor clown ron desantis is set to speak at 8:45 this morning after this chilling assessment of ians wrath. >> its going to rank as one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the florida peninsula. >> pete: flash flood warnings are in effect. were live across the state with a firsthand look at the devastation. senior meteorologist janice dean is standing by. fox team weather starts with robert ray in fort myers right where the hurricane hit. robert? >> good morning guys. l...

torrential rain. hundreds of miles away from where ian first came ashore as a hurricane at this hour they are inundated by water. im harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." breaking news with new developments now. lets go to orlando. look at these pictures. tropical storm ian hitting that metro and already our reporters are showing us conditions where high water rescues are underway. some 127 so far. returning now to sanibel island. look at the left side of your screen. th...

dagen mcdowell, amy and hegseth is here. forecasters say tropical storm ian will likely -- -- regain hurricane strength. it will pick up more power. hour by hour you have been showing so many different things as the sun has been able to come out and give a good visual on this, where are you now? >> im at a marina just outside of downtown fort myers, im standing on top of so much debris, the water is keeping me afloat. there is wood, stirofoam, boats thrown around like toys, you see her...

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we have another hour of velshi, right now. good morning to you, im ali velshi. is this saturday october 8th day 227 of russias war in ukraine. breaking news this morning out of crimea. an explosion has crippled the bridge. this is a remarkable development. take a look at this bridge. look at the multitude of fires across it. it has collapsed part of the bridge into the sea. russians think the truck bomb exploded. it set fire to several oil tankers that were traveling on the bridge by r...

florida as well as tens of thousands of electric crews from all over the country. we do not have a complete picture of fatalities or injuries across florida as of yet. one death has officially been reported so far. we expect to hear more from authorities soon. almost 3 million people are still without power. it weakened to a tropical storm ian but back to a hurricane this afternoon as it heads for south carolina. the mayor of charleston, south carolina, is asking his city to shut down ...

cuba saw significant flooding and, is just now getting power back in some areas after nearly the entire island was plunged into darkness. now this morning, is ethans world toward tampa, residents woke up to this eerie sight. nearly all the water had receded out of tampa bay. the storm pulled all the water from the shore as its winds whipped around, counterclockwise, before shoving it back towards land hours later. around the same time, the natural hurricane center increased their predi...