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water starting to come up. they are expecting a nine-foot tide here around noon. flood stage in this area is around seven feet. the roads right now look pretty good, very little rain, very little wind at the moment but they're expecting all of that to change. the big concern here is that tide and the storm surge. those two things together. the storm surge and that landfall for ian is meant to come around the same time as that tide. depending upon where it hits, that could really push a lot more water into charleston, charleston county. charleston is now at its highest level of alert....

hurricane ian regained strength, now once again a hurricane barreling towards south carolina as a category 1 storm with 85 mile an hour winds expected to make its third landfall just a few hours from now. the governor of south carolina after seeing the catastrophic damage in florida imploring residents in his state not to underestimate this storm. warning, we know what is coming. officials in florida say ian is likely the largest natural disaster in the history of that state, prompting the largest emergency response ever in florida. >> and the toll is coming in. at least 19 people ki...

without power and at least 10 confirmed dead. >> todd: adam klotz tracking the storm, but we begin with doug luzader as ian approaches, doug, what are you experiencing now? >> doug: things are whipping up now, progressing, the wind is getting more intense and bands of rain are moving through, there are signs ian is getting closer. we thought ian was going to hit as a tropical storm and now it will be a category one hurricane, either way, you get a feeling in south carolina that most people are staying put. there is not a feeling of panic here, but there is concern about the flooding ...

we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? >> yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. that's where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. it's turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between those two kinds of storms. the rain field will stretch out. we'll see the wind field stretch out as w...

to be distancing themselves from the president with three weeks to go to the mid-terms. it's all happening on the heels of early voting. are these debates then changing things the way we see them developing now? welcome. i'm neil cavuto. very glad to have you with us. my friends, we'll be giving you the latest impact on the debates themselves. let's get a read from how the white house is handling so many democratic candidates and maybe many at the white house itself on defense throughout this. peter doocy is there. hi, peter. >> neil, like you said, lots of changes. in these state le...