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climb along with the flood waters. we're learning at this hour that sheriff offices across the coast getting a number of calls from people trapped in their homes they didn't evacuate but as the lead county sheriff's office said winds need to drop to 45 miles per hour for them to safely attempt these rescues. we're going to have every corner of this disaster covered from reporters on the ground to residents in its path. but we begin in an area where residents have been advised to shelter in place, the tampa saint pete region and that's where we find fax weather's max gordon who is sta...

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 ...

exceptional leaders, men like ronald reagan who wouldn't let america be pushed around. in the midst of simmering tensions with the soviet union, reagan went to the communist strong hold, berlin. and reminded them who ran the world. >> general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. [cheers and applause] mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] >> history has always shown us strong leaders calm us down in times of fear like...

torn off buildings. the treacherous situation has led to rescues all across florida. the fire chief of fort myers says his department conducted 200 rescues overnight over the course of just a few hours. this video shows a group of good samaritans who call themselves the call your county cowboys, they pulled a man stranded in his car to safety. in orlando, a reporter who happened to be on the scene rescued a woman trapped in flood waters. the situation has led biden administration to pledge a fulsome response. president biden has officially declared ian to be a major disaster, a move ...

of biblical proportions. ian is a cat 4 storm bringing 140 mile-per-hour winds and leaving a wake of destruction in its path. the national hurricane center is warning of catastrophic window damage with an unsuburb viable storm surge of up to 18 feet. it is expected to dump 2 feet of rain across the state bringing unprecedented flooding and destruction. entire neighborhoods are now undersea as water levels continue to rise. homes are floating down the middle of the street and people are swimming in their living rooms. by the way authorities say it's a very bad idea. who knows what's i...