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it will severely impact millions of people and put the barrier island communities completely under water. joining me this hour, the acting director of the national hurricane center to update the track of the storm. i will talk to mayors up and down the coast as ian comes onshore. let's go to our meteorologist with the latest on the hurricane's path. what are you seeing from the latest updates? >> with each update, the conditions continue to grow dire. right now, we are seeing lots of rain and strong winds moving into ft. myers. if you look at the latest trajectory, we have this makin...

hour. >> there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. if you are in tampa bay and counties north and south of that it could be something that happens. if you're under an evacuation order. evacuate to higher ground that will be safe from the type of surge and flooding. >> bill: our fox weather team coverage considers. adam klotz standing by to tell us the latest. >> dana: first we'll go to phil keating. he is in a beach community a half hour southwest of tampa. sounds like a good place. >> it is. it is old, classic florida. the time to get out of town is now. ...

running out. governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency for all 67 florida counties. six of them now under mandatory evacuation orders. live just a short time ago desantis gave this warning. >> the impacts will be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall. in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life-sleetening storm surge. you don't want to put yourself in harm's way unnecessarily. and doesn't mean you need to go across god's creation to evacuate. just get to the higher ground, get into a safe structure. >> harris: fox wea...

it's forecast to reach major hurricane status baring down on cuba. the storm's path otherwise uncertain, but floridians are prepare ing for the worst. people are filling sand beings to protect against the heavy rains and storm surge. >> long lines outside of stores as people look to stock up on supplies. you can see the empty health ises there. bottled water, wasn't of the hot est items. florida is under a state of emergency. governor ron desantis activated the national guard. >> joining us is michael brennan, acting deputy director for noaa. thank you so much for being with us on th...

>> the boosters work, and americans should get their booster. there is waning across time. so it's important that people take advantage of the extra protection of a booster shot. >> for more, i'm joined by dr. jorge rodriguez, an internal medicine specialist and viral researcher. good to have you with us. >> thank you so much. thank you for having me. >> this omicron subvariant ba.2 is now here in the u.s., causing more than half of all covid infections last week. more than 70% of infections in the northwest country. what can you tell us about this variant, and could it trigger another surge i...