Route Clearing News Today

we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? >> yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. thats where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. its turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between tho...

just moments ago, governor ron desantis revealed that all of lee county is out of water. and here in fort myers with the sun now up, you can see the level of wreckage residents are gramming with in the wake of this brutal storm. im just going to give you a piture of a random sm of the brutality of this storm. here on the marina, there was a couple shops a little b and b getting ready to set up shop above it. the wine bottles that were stored in here are perfect. none of them broke. and...

Behind me you see one of the core operations that were bringing to bear and were route-clearing. we have heavy equipment that moves large debris to the side of the road. additionally we have reconnaissance teams, five of them, moving throughout the area to understand what kinds of needs our volunteers can address. we know were going to tarp roofs, we know were going to have to help with tree removal. were positioning volunteers across the country to work here in florida. >> you know, art, i was ...