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have our fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth with us. rick this has been rough so far. >> really has. three things, the storm surge that broke records in fort myers and naples as well by a lot by the way, three feet higher than we had ever seen from any kind of storm surge in the past. that obviously causing all that flooding right along the immediate coast. then we have the winds, actual verified winds of 140 miles an hour in cape corral. a lot of this wind was really prolonged because it's such a slow-moving storm and then you have the rainfall. because it's so slow we get ...

guys are pushing out of the bay. >> see if it can catch on fire, it's on fire and we didn't want the station to go down. of >> trace: water kills, whether it's flooding, whether it's driving into it. whether it's storm surge, that's what kills you. >> one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the florida peninsula, but the fact is there's going to be damage throughout the whole state and people and other parts of the state be prepared for some impacts. >> top five hurricanes, could be top three hurricanes and more than 2 million people are without access to power as hurricane ian ba...

residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground, crews mobilize before sunrise and senior meteorologist is here tracking ian in new york city. >> todd: phil keating, where we begin our coverage in st. petersburg, we got the latest update the hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm, what are you seeing right now? >> good morning, had u.s. coast guard helicopter land across the water at tampa general, now flying off, they have a real busy day doing search and rescue operations all day, still unknown whether they have numerous people that need to be rescued or wh...

address to respond at 8:45 this morning. we will bring it to you live when it happens. >> brian: just like we did yesterday live across the state with a firsthand look at the devastation and all seeing it for the first time because the sun is coming up. seen evermeteorologist is standing by our team fox coverage starts with robert ray live in fort myers. that's where it hit robert, right? did sure did good morning to you from the devastated streets from downtown fort myers. you see this debris field i'm walking through with garbage cans, mud, palms that were literally projectiles whe...

field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on, again as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different, and always poses different challenges. appreciate all the support from the state, governor, thank you, from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, this is a team sport and a team effort and we are going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet and where we all want to be. thank you. >> and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the ex ten to which that infrastructure has remained is critical...