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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...

just moments ago, governor ron desantis revealed that all of lee county is out of water. and here in fort myers with the sun now up, you can see the level of wreckage residents are gramming with in the wake of this brutal storm. i'm just going to give you a piture of a random sm of the brutality of this storm. here on the marina, there was a couple shops a little b and b getting ready to set up shop above it. the wine bottles that were stored in here are perfect. none of them broke. and yet when you see the intensity of it, talk about randomness, you see the bed. you have the mattres...

Behind me you see one of the core operations that we're bringing to bear and we're route-clearing. we have heavy equipment that moves large debris to the side of the road. additionally we have reconnaissance teams, five of them, moving throughout the area to understand what kinds of needs our volunteers can address. we know we're going to tarp roofs, we know we're going to have to help with tree removal. we're positioning volunteers across the country to work here in florida. >> you know, art, i was just with a family that lost everything, they lost their home, they're starting a new life. but...