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everywhere. i ve never seen damage like this in my whole life. it s unreal. reporter: boats tossed like toys. the lone bridge connecting the island cracked and crumbled with the storm s winds putting some sections totally under water. we had about 200 households that didn t evacuate on the island that we know of. reporter: anyone still trapped on the isolated island now waiting for rescue by boat or air. we joined the lee county sheriff as he surveyed some of the hardest hit areas to see the full scope of ian s power. you know that as we are speaking right now, there are people that want us and need us and we can t get to them. reporter: people like jack and betty. an elderly couple who hasn t been heard from since the storm hit their continue dope. the worst part is the waiting and the unknown and not knowing that they re okay. reporter: their son scott says his parents were unable to evacuate in time and forced to hunker down on their ground floor. but r ....
hurricane-force winds already recorded offshore from charleston. the national weather center warns storm surge is expected there. people are warned to take this storm seriously especially after what was seen and happened from ian in florida. more striking images are emerging as well. capturing the level of devastation especially where the storm came on shore in southwest florida. you re looking at have i had from sanibel island showing the community torn apart, completely severed from the mainland. people stranded without water and power. cleanup efforts have begun in some areas, including fort myers beach. residents still reeling from all of this destruction. i mean, there s just stuff going everywhere. i ve lived here my whole life, it s unreal. we thought possibly we were one of the lucky ones. unfortunately it s really too sad for me to talk about. thank you, guys. some areas, high floodwaters are still a major concern, not yesterday receded. governor ron ....
address to respond at 8:45 this morning. we will bring it to you live when it happens. brian: just like we did yesterday live across the state with a firsthand look at the devastation and all seeing it for the first time because the sun is coming up. seen evermeteorologist is standing by our team fox coverage starts with robert ray live in fort myers. that s where it hit robert, right? did sure did good morning to you from the devastated streets from downtown fort myers. you see this debris field i m walking through with garbage cans, mud, palms that were literally projectiles when these hurricane force winds were coming through here yesterday and into the evening. this guys, if we look at the video was i am not even exaggerating and not to use a cliche a rushing river yesterday evening street after street here full of storm surge water that came up from the bay and the river about three blocks behind me made its way into streets here destroying businesses and now bus ....
do better. [laughter] we re all watching. oh, there we go. not bad. joey: he s got it. pete: he runs the green room for us. i m going to be honest, first of all, we love betty s bounces. they love them, they bring so much here. andrew warned me, they said, you sure you want that one? [laughter] it s not a great one. so this may not be the highest standard or level of a fox & friends weekend competition rachel: way to promote our segment. pete: we re going to bring ourselves down to this level. you know what this audience expects from us? honesty. it s not the best inflatable i ve ever seen. this isn t. but we re going to make do with it, and we re going to joey: i think they re bringing it down to my skill level. they knew i was on today instead of will who s, like, this amazing athlete. [laughter] joey s on today, he doesn t move from the waist down very well, we ll make it simple. so the audience likes it when i win, we do know that pete: that s true. joey: so ....
we want to thank betty s bounces for their ongoing relationship with the show. we love them. their inflatables are great. they help us out every week. this is a marginal inflatable a- inflatable, questionable, no good, barely functioning. joey: one inflatable, three different sports. it s pretty impress. impressive.rachel: i think it e good at a party. pete: if we were eight, it would be awesome. joey: if i take my legs off, i have the stature of an 8-year-old. rachel: i m very, very short. when people meet me in person, that s what they say. pete: you re short, but strong in stature. rachel: i m fun size. pete: we have competitions on the sew, many are very curious. not serious, but substantively. this one, is it going to count. joey: yeah, it s going to. when i hoist that pr trophy it l count. pete: we turned into chuck e. cheese. joey: did i see you bowl in heels. rachel: my mom worked in a bowling alley growing up. she brought the kids to work. i spent a lot of time ....