torrential rain. hundreds of miles away from where ian first came ashore as a hurricane at this hour they are inundated by water. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. breaking news with new developments now. let s go to orlando. look at these pictures. tropical storm ian hitting that metro and already our reporters are showing us conditions where high water rescues are underway. some 127 so far. returning now to sanibel island. look at the left side of your screen. those were the moments just before hurricane ian hit. look at the right side of your screen. the height of the storm with 155 mile-per-hour winds and a massive storm surge that left sanibel in ruins. the way in and off the island, the sanibel causeway major destruction. this was the only option for vehicle travel between the island and florida s mainland. we ve had coast guard rescues, urban search and rescue teams from the state of florida, the national guard down in southwest florida. people
change tropical storm grace gaining momentum after tropical storm fred made landfall in florida, governor desantis declaring a state of emergency is streets are submerged. jillian: 65 miles an hour turning this swimming put into a wave. and we can but is hitting georgia where tornado warnings are in effect. todd: how is looking? it is a tropical depression but still a system to pay attention to. it is not something those folks are used to and you will notice that this morning, that low-pressure system crossing from alabama into georgia. it will continue to lift to the north likely getting to the mountains and portions of kentucky by late tonight and early tomorrow bringing a whole lot of moisture and wents we can as it makes that note, here s
florida. earlier i told you, where the center of the storm was earlier this morning there were 17 storms within 100 miles and only one ib made landfall in florida in 2004, now where the center of dorian is, we went back to 1950, found 12 storms, only one made landfall two years ago on the florida peninsula. some in the gulf, many in the atlantic. a lot can happen here, percentages are on our side, every storm is different. let s take the cone of uncertainty. from miami up to georgia, the steering currents in the days ahead, will determine where we re going to have more of the warnings, where we ll have the storm surge watches and warnings, where we re going to find the winds be possibly more destructive. those currents that we re watching to steer this are in california, we have some time, but again, the good news now is you see the color of red just barely getting into puerto rico, we ve had 34 mile per hour