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devastating some of the most important tobacco farms used to produce iconic cigars. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus >> todd: i'm todd piro, our reporters are live this morning. janice dean is in the fox weather center in new york city. >> carley: we begin in st. pete's beach, on track to be one of the first places hit today. lauren, what are you seeing on the ground right now? >> still dry at this moment and looking ago, later today that will not be the case. this morning ian is expected to strengthen to a category four hurricane, before moving to a hurri...

Of the west coast, even though we're expecting landfall this afternoon, anywhere between sarasota and fort myers and again this is a vulnerable low-lying area. very concerned about this region, we saw the tornados reported yesterday, the tornado watch continues today. that is ongoing, we'll not be talking about ef-5 tornado, but weaker tornados can do structural damage. tornado threat ongoing for were of the state and that will continue into tomorrow and through the weekend as the storm moves toward southeast and midatlantic. warnings now, hurricane warning, meaning we'll see hurricane conditi...

Especially with storm surge along the coast line. from tampa to st. pete beach to orlando, looking at 18 to 24 inches of rainfall. todd and carley. >> todd: lauren, thank you. nicole is in nearby tampa with the latest there. nicole. >> good morning. as lauren mentioned, the threat of storm surge reduced, flooding remains a top concern for the tampa bay area as officials prepare to see the impact of hurricane ian over several hours. those evacuations extend across 12 counties across the sunshine state. if they haven't left, officials still want you to as soon as possible. hurricane ian now is j...

Wind, strong storm surge along the coast and potential for up to two feet of rain depends where you live. the latest track, expecting landfall this afternoon, that timeline has moved up. it will move across and get out possibly into the atlantic. looking at tropical storm that will affect georgia, to carolinas and midatlantic. storm size, this is what we're expecting. around 12 noon, the core of the strongest winds move to the fort myers and naples area, sarasotas, still hurricane force gusts here and we could see potential for a storm surge, which is deadliest part of a hurricane for some vul...

Rotation for weak tornados. hurricane ian watches and warnings, warnings from naples to sarasota and the tampa area toward orlando, thatten moos we'll feel hurricane-force winds for duration of time and tropical storm force winds toward the southeast. the track, wednesday afternoon, we are expecting an impact and moving across the state. this is thursday, so period of 24 hours of hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge along the coast. that is the biggest impact is the slow move approximatement and storm totals over a foot and some areas could receive 18 to 24 inches in isolated are...