got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
winds are most extreme where the land probably is. it does just kind of cover for a little while, so a good chunk of the afternoon is going to be the process of this making landfall. that s when the winds will be at the most extreme. this is a wind field forecast. hurricane force winds are everything in that red area, still lingering until 4:00 p.m. that s when the storm surge is at its worst. power outages, when he talked about this much wind and this much rain, the ground get saturated, the tree roots get a little weak in that wet ground, and the winds come through a knockout power. power outages are going to be likely across most of the carolinas, and of course stretching into eastern portions of georgia, also. storm surge with that wind also probably the biggest concern, as high as 7 feet. so still a ton of damage can be done with 7-foot storm surge. th3-5 he would do a lot of dama, also, stretching back into northeastern florida, a band around into north carolina, and additionally