present the news, they are gone, right? people go away. the hosts, producers, so what does it tell you when the newsmakers are gone and the news disappears? a lot of it is created, and what do you have to do? you have to fill up this giant hole with hysterical weather coverage. you are going to die. 10 million, 13 million people will be traveling tomorrow. let s go live to laguardia. well, there is a line right hear, hear the line is getting larger. is that from 2013? i think that looks like 2013. don t get me wrong. i m addicted to the weather coverage. when it s on, i cannot stop watching it. but the impact, is it totally can we pull back a little bit? that s all i m saying? dana: i ve got one more thing on my sleeve. we are not done with their christmas fun. have you ever heard of this?
phone number is # 239-313- 239-213-3000 on the bottom of the end screen. rachel: we have the best weather coverage. will: with wishing everybody the best, we ll try to keep you update throughout the day. that s going to do it for pus. rachel: bye, everybody. another hurricane force gust coming in here to downtown fort myers. [background sounds] oh! this was part of a street season, colonial boulevard, which is four-lane highway next to me [background sounds] look at the mailboxes.
let s go to rick reichmuth in the weather center to give us an overview of what we re seeing. if you haven t downloaded the fox weather app, do it because you can get-live a livestream, u lose power, you can get live weather coverage, even if you don t have cable anymore, or internet, as long as you still have power or-battery still on your phone. take a look at these images. absolutely incredible. wind speeds have been amazing, the highest recorded wind speeds we ve seen. the wind gusts right there. obviously you have to have a sensor. to get measurements like these, it s quite amazing. this storm came on shore in at cayo costa, where hurricane
0 maybe it knocks something else loose that had been hanging on. that s what we re encountering a lot here on the ground. neil: hang in there. just incredible. so the storm rages on, and will, we re told, for at least another 24 hours, as it continues to slowly, and i mean slowly make its way north. that will do it here. the five is now. hello, everyone. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. the worst case scenario is unfolding for millions of americans. hurricane ian making landfall about two hours ago in southwestern florida, with ferocious wind speeds clocking in at nearly 155 miles an hour, just shy of a category five. at least 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate. more than 1 million floridaians are sitting without power. that s going to grow every second. florida governor ron desantis will bring a storm update later in this hour. we will bring it to you when this happens. rick reichmuth is in florida. how you doing down there? we re feeling the winds st