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parts of the state getting hit with wind gusts up to 126 miles per hour. this report coming out of redfish pass, a sform surge up to 18 feet is threatening important charlotte and the fort myers area. we have fox team coverage with steve harrigan where ian is making the direct hit. robert ray is in fort myers on how folks are dealing with this and rick reichmuth is in the fox weather center on how long the heat could last. given the slow movement, quit awhile. welcome. i'm neil cavuto. a busy day right now and a monster of a hurricane that is big and also slow. that is the problem. i...

That this wind can put its claws in to. ian is throwing hay makers right now and has been all day long unfortunately. >> neil: hank in there, my friend. rick reichmuth is with us. rick warned about the size of this storm and the slowness of it. that makes it lethal, doesn't it? >> yeah, we had the first eye wall starting to come on shore in the 11:00 hour. we're 4 1/2 hours here. we still have the center of this storm just crossing the islands here. so it's a really slow mover. that means prolonged impacts. imagine if you got 150 miles an hour wind, say 100 miles an hour wind that hits you for...

Think more damage. now, what does happen is now we about the get the back eye wall here, move on shore, the wind direction will change. think of that debris and stuff open your house that was maybe weakened from the first batch of wind. now you'll have wind coming from the complete opposite direction that will cause additional damage. so starting to see on the radar picture here, you see where the eye is. there's no weather going on really so to speak. this is all about to change. this slow-moving storm means prolonged period for rain and tornadoes. tornado watch will continue throughout the d...