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St. petersburg, florida tonight with the latest there. good evening, max. >> good evening, bret. we are about even though we are not getting a direct hit. we are still being pummeled by window and rain. hurricane force winds still expected here in the st. petersburg area. the big concern for folks is the amount of rain. up to 2 feet of rain according to the national weather service. now, we are seeing these winds whipping these palm trees right here. but i want to show you this as well. because power outages is a big concern here. more than a million people currently without power all across f...

>> welcome back. hurricane ian making landfall and wreaking havoc, tampa, florida, battling a storm we've not seen for a century. let's check with fox weather's max gorden from st. petersburg, florida. how has the situation changed, max? >> more than 100,000 customers without power in piniella county, and more than a million customers across florida are in the dark. help will be on the way once this storm subsides. the bucket trucks in the hotel parking lot, there are more than 33,000 utility workers from across the country, from 31 different states, here in florida right now, essentially wait...

Giving out free cell phones to black people. they are not hearing this information. so, it doesn't have any impact on the vote. but it does have an impact on what we talk about all the time, to the degree it looks like our federal government is holding these people accountable, you have the independent voters, you have your african american voters, you're latino voters who are like, man i see a system bring down hellfire on my community all the time, but it's not bringing it down on them. why should i believe in this party? why should i believe in the ruling party? that's where the sasse and e...

For a lot of people, and in big cities, like san juan, they have their power back, but the rest of the island, places like this, they don't and if you look around here, you can see exactly why. all of this debris, a lot of it, we've watched as crews have worked to clear the roadway, so people can pass, but all of this is still here. power lines are down. and the debris that is still very much around the island is part of the problem. the power company says for why it is taking so long to get power back on for the majority of their customers. over 60% of this island is still without power. and ...

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