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and trajectory. its expected to bring a catastrophic storm surge with winds over 150 miles per hour. the wind speed right now at 155 miles per hour. just shy of a category five storm. the eye of the storm is expected to churn somewhere between 40 meyers and venice, just south of where i am right now. hurricane ian has spawned multiple tornados in southern florida. a wide swath of florida is on alert through 5:00 p.m. today. already, alread more than 100,000 people are without power. mo...

And counties farther away from the shoreline. they are also at risk of catastrophic flooding and making sure that folks heed the warnings, look out for those alerts and stay safe. >> so how much is fema able to help in this stage? we just now essentially waiting for the storm to pass? >> weve been working with our partners in florida for -- since last week to preposition a team, meals, water and equipment. and so we have been embedded in the state with the -- in tallahassee with the state offici...

And weston, my hometown, is just under 100 miles. and the width of the hurricane force winds is about 75 to 90 miles. 10 we are going to have a lot of people get very, very -- hit very, very hard and weve not had a storm that is really goek to affect every major metropolitan area in the state virtually. so thats my concern. were preparing. were working with the state and the local and the federal officials. they prepositioned equipment and supplies and they have hhs at the federal level has medi...

To andrews air force base, just outside washington. the military planes that can make it while refueling in air. will just go nonstop. but the dead and wounded who are transported on commercial aircraft will have to land in rhoda, spain, where the u.s. military has medical teams prepositioned. in all, so far, everybody says its going smoothly. dont expect any hitches. but after some time, the u.s. military will want to get those four bases back up and running in europe. >> just remarkable how la...