hurricane, pizza is something you need, it is eza, cheap and quick and you need it during a situation like this when trying to clean up. best of luck getting your pizzeria open, we wish you best of luck and your employees, thank you, sir. next hour of "fox and friends first" starts right now. >> carley: central florida is being pounded with heavy rain and 70 mile per hour wind as hurricane ian inches east as category one hurricane. >> todd: 2.5 million floridians without power after one of the most powerful storms in u.s. history soaked southwest florida, tearing apart structures and stranding people in their homes. you're watching "fox and friends first"s, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. storm surge is a major threat across the state.

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 whether the day will actually be better than they feared. here in tampa right now issue most people are still sleeping after a night of heavy pounding rain and wind, but for the most part, the bulk of the storm right now, not raining here issue mostly moved east by now,

slamming around orlando and the east coast along i-95 corridor and the winds here, you can see, not too blustery, only maybe in the 20s. category four hurricane ian made landfall 3 p.m. north of fort myers on cayo costa, near sanibel, that entire region is dealing with power outages, toppled trees, that makes it treachuous and challenging, in florida, in charlotte county, pictures of the white-out eye wall, the winds slammed ashore. 2.5 million are currently without power, 2.5 million people, no electricity. most of southwest florida under flood advisory until saturday as

all of the water still must recede from naples to north port, rain came through the night, flooding is historic, naples set a record for storm surge at more than six feet yesterday afternoon. widespread flooding up and down the southwest coast and this is the near future for florida's east coast this morning. in orlando, 3 a.m., there was a huge boom and then all of the lights downtown just went out. utility crews staged prestorm have big work to do to get power lines back up and power back on. the bulk of the rain right now spans from the orlando area to i-95 corridor on the east coast toward jacksonville. day daytona beach, cocoa beach

beach, monroe county, around fort myers, bulk of first wave of power outages happened. this big storm and it is very large in size packing serious wind, category one now, but that is still a hurricane. more power outages are anticipated. >> carley: phil, thank you in tampa, florida. jumping in is coordinator seminole county office of emergency management, the storm is over seminole county, which is north of orlando, florida, just downgraded to a tropical storm, that doesn't mean it is not a severe situation. can you describe what you are going through right now? >> right now, seeing extensive levels of rainfall and tornadic

activity. >> todd: h how busy were you lat night, steven? >> fairly stable right now, we are concerned about individuals with flooded homes who did not evacuate and did not heed the warnings, we have crews repositioned to start search and rescue activities for those individuals. >> carley: you are dealing with a double whammy, strong wind, rain because of what was once a hurricane and now a tropical storm and now dealing with tornados that have touched down in your area, as well? >> yeah, we are investigating those right now, prior to landfall, we were very saturated, so we had lakes and river levels at action stage at risk for flooding, this further will exacerbate that issue. >> todd: any other

vulnerabilities about your county you are paying attention to? >> we currently have 60,000 without power and we are concerned about individuals that need electricity to run medical devices, refrigeration for refrigerated medication and individuals who have medical vulnerability. our focus is on protecting those individuals. >> carley: yesterday governor ron desantis said 42,000 linemen were ready to go as soon as it is safe to get ready to go, hope the 60,000 individuals can get power back up and running soon, we'll see when that happens. 250 aircraft and 1600 high-water vehicles are staged around florida ready to go to make rescues. he said this is one of the largest hurricane responses in history, given the size and scope of the storm, how has coordination been on state and local level scomb is there

anything you need from the state of florida, fema or the other organizations coming to help out? >> you know, we'll need all the help that we can get to recover from this with the amount of rainfall we're expected to get over next several days. central florida tends to flood week after, volunteer groups will be needed to help individuals repair homes and do minor -- so coordination with local and state officials has been working really well. >> todd: steven, best of luck with the task ahead of you, we wish you the best. ian now a tropical storm, that doesn't mean florida is out of danger, serious risk for flash flood and several states declared states of emergency. >> carley: janice dean is following the storm's path, she is next with an update.

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>> todd: ian downgrading to tropical storm with 65 mile per hour winds inching we have theward to central florida. officials pleading with

residents to stay inside. 2.5 million floridians without power. >> carley: janice dean is tracking the storm, the strength could still knock down power lines and trees with the ground as saturated as it is. >> janice: it doesn't take a hurricane to cause damage, look back to harvey, a category four, when it made landfall in southeast, texas, it dumped rain after it lost power. if a storm lingers and slows down, it brings tremendous amount of rain, looking at 18 to 24 inches in and around northeast florida and that will cause damage. we're looking at potential for power outages for millions of folks as this area of low pressure, this tropical storm exits the coast and impacts coastal georgia and carolina, statistics, made landfall 12 hours ago, 150 mile per hour max

winds, one point almost a category five storm and there is a chance national hurricane center says we found 158-mile-per-hour winds and we'll upgrade to a category five. it doesn't matter what category it is, it is one of the most powerful storms when you look at millibars, top five that ever hit the u.s. coastline. here are wind report, 140 for cape coral, punta gorda, that area affected by charley 20 years ago, that wind was on top of the storm surge, the storm surge is what will cause the most damage along the coast because in some cases we saw close to an 18-foot storm surge and it will take time to get the reports in to document that for history. top rain total, close to 20 inches and some gages are not reporting anymore, it will take

time to get that information input. tropical storm, 65 mile per hour sustained winds it will go out into warmer waters, there is the chance it could get back into a hurricane, it will bring the same impact, same heavy rainfall, storm surge impact along the east coast of florida now and up toward georgia and the carolinas. power outage tracker looks like at least 75% of the coastal areas of florida into central florida are out and storm system affecting the northern and eastern part of the state. we look at the storm size, 40 mile per hour plus is a huge wide swath, over 300 miles wide of possibility of tropical storm force winds and will affect coastal south carolina friday

into saturday, still strong winds with this and storm surge is going to be the biggest concern going through the next couple of days. tropical storm warning up and down the coast and hurricane warnings even though the storm has been downgraded to tropical storm. hurricane watch in effect because of the hurricane force gusts and what happens if it does intensify back into a hurricane when it gets into the warm water of the atlantic. here are watches and warnings, the storm surge we've been talking about is most deadly part of a hurricane, in effect for coastal areas, west coast of florida and now toward the northeast florida coastline in toward georgia and carolinas toward myrtle beach, here is latest tracking as we go through time. so friday and saturday, not moving very much and that means potential for more storm surge for the areas and more heavy

rainfall as tropical storm force wind and widespread power outages that will extend through saturday. we're not done yet, don't let your guard down, it doesn't take a lot to bring heavy rainfall to the area, especially movement is slower than the last advisory down to nine miles per hour, when you see a slowing system that brings caution because that means potential for more heavy rainfall because it is just lumbering along, we'll continue to update you, foxweather.com, doing 24/7 coverage and they are also bringing you the latest information when i'm not here. >> todd: thank you very much, former florida air guardsman thomas forward responded to every major storm since 1983, including hurricane irma in 2017. thomas, how are you holding up? >> holding up well, thank you.

>> todd: what was last night like? >> last night was a little shaky, obviously with the intermittent winding blowing in the darkness, it was kind of creepy. >> todd: how does this storm compare to others you dealt with as fire chief? >> todd, with respect to this storm, probably pretty similar to a lot of the conditions that we dealt with, with previous storms, the biggest concern with this one is the amount of wind that was -- this storm was actually producing and packing. it literally kept my house rattling, a two story easily three to four to five continuous hours and only subicided about midnight last night. >> todd: wow, as former fire chief during hurricanes, what is the major challenge facing fire crews today, thomas?

>> one of those major challenges, first of all, is the concern, but firefighters are in high state of readiness because that is the program or process we operate from, but making certain that our firefighters, when they get a call, they always maintain that state of readiness and expect the unexpected and we have to be concerned about our firefighters always wanted to go help, even when the situation in peril their own lives, that is major concern every fire chief has with their crews, they don't overextend themselves with situation like this with uncertainty these type of events bring. >> todd: great point, as member of florida international guard, what are those folks doing today to help out?

>> they are going to obviously be dispatched to areas that have the highest need and where they can provide the greatest amount of support and rescue, but they have been posturing the guard obviously trains and evaluates and critiques their ability to respond and utilize equipment they have been provided to affect the rescues time and time again. all those folks are ready to go to work and very well trained to do really, really good job. >> todd: first responders in florida about to get very busy very fast and it will last a while, thank you for letting us know what they are getting into going forward, we appreciate your time. the worst is yet to come for central and northern florida, not over for millions in southern part of the state or waking up to devastating flood and damage. >> carley: next guest rode out

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>> todd: central florida taking on massive amounts of rain, tropical storm ian continues to unleash wrath. >> carley: yesterday ian was category four monster hurricane, tearing apart structures and stranding people in their homes. nicole valdez is live in tampa, nicole. >> two million across the state wake up in the dark this morning, about 600,000 in the hillsborough county area, an area we were talking could see a direct hit from then hurricane ian and thankfully we're talking about tampa bay having been

spared from the unfortunate catastrophic storm surge and flooding we're seeing in areas including southwest florida, a few hours south of where we're standing right now. it's been several days of terror and there is proof tampa bay took evacuation orders very seriously, 7500 people in hillsborough are in shelters, they got out of homes when they were told to, grabbed their valuables and loved ones and headed inland, what we want to see when the threat of storm surge and flooding was as high as it was. we have seen video of trees down, power lines going out, why we're seeing power outages, unique impact, the reverse storm surge that is sucking water out into the bay and keeping that storm surge away from flooding roads and homes in tampa bay, so

in all, tampa bay feeling grateful this morning, they were spared from the worst of hurricane ian, now tropical storm ian, those in the southwest florida area could not say the same, waking up to catastrophic storm surge, buildings downtown and on the beach are underneath inches and feet of water and will have what will likely be several days, if not weeks of incredible cleanup. the strength there will have to be massive. >> carley: nicole valdez in tampa, florida. go south to key west under coastal flood warning, saw storm surge as high as 12 feet. victoria lives there and rode out the storm at home, describe the situation in key west right now, what is it like? >> right now it is a lot better.

we didn't expect the water to come up as high as it did, we did as much prep as possible based on information we were given. we are not new to a storm, we went through hurricane irma, we flooded five feet, we knew what to expect, same regard, it is a storm, it catches you off guard, it caught us off guard, we elevated our mopeds. that was our neighbor's car submerged to the windows in water, i am shocked it didn't float it away. he was not in town. we had water come up higher than it ever has since i lived here and i worked the tampa bay area, i'm a luxury -- there, irma reminds me of this hurricane in a lot of ways. we are safe, the community came together, our power is restored

right now, we're thankful for, we were out a little over 24 hours. governor ron desantis has done tremendous job, just no way to predict which way these things are going to go, we did the best we can, we did lose the moped and golf cart, we are safe and that matters. >> carley: that is what matters, key west was first to get hit, tuesday night was worst for you. key west, one way in and one way out, does that make recovery more difficult? >> it does, it takes three to four days to evacuate the island when leaving on a one-lane highway, ahead of time, we did not have evacuation orders, even as of monday, it seemed as though we were not going to need to put shelter in place, after the storm hit cuba, it did unexpected turn and we started to get warnings we were going to

have higher flood waters than normal, that point, too late to pack up and leave. we did move our schools to the high school, one of the highest spots on the island, we were spared our vehicles. everyone in a one story george street, josephine street, took a beating and flood waters went into their homes. >> carley: you lived in key woeft 20 years, no stranger to remember tos, but this was a big one. thank you for joining us. rescues in florida as tropical storm ian powerful winds cut a path through central florida. >> todd: we'll be right back, don't go anywhere. >> that was my house, my house is gone.

>> carley: florida feeling the of the storm. >> todd: lauren, what is it looking like? >> this area was spared the worst of it, we do not have power, we lost it last night. on the road, police going up and down, they will be trying to clean up later today. we are about 2.5 million in florida who have lost power.

a big job ahead of those and transportation shut down, tampa airplane shut down, take a look what it did yesterday. in the southwest part of the state, we saw catastrophic flooding, naples, fort myers, cape coral, it made landfall as category four. it dropped a foot of rain. take a look at the radar, this is now tropical storm, 65 mile per hour maximum sustained winds and moving over central and northeast part of the state. that area will be dealing with a lot of wind, rain, it is looking at about 12 to 20 inches of rain, carley and todd, quite a bad flooding event for folks, they need to make sure it still remains very dangerous. >> carley: thank you, janice

dean now, i can't get over how big this storm was made landfall 150 miles per hour, all through florida and making its way to the east coast of florida, where it could pick up steam and turn into a hurricane again. >> janice: it will go back into the warm waters of the atlantic now and could restrengthen into a category one hurricane, the results will be the same. the incredible rainfall, 18 to 24 inches up toward coastal georgia and carolina, we have hurricane watch from the north central coast of florida toward the carolinas. we could have hurricane-force winds and power of the storm surge for the east coast, some areas could get six to nine foot storm surge and what does that look like on your beach neighborhood? people will be asked to move inland, not done yet. fort myers one of the worst hit

areas of this hurricane, this is the worst storm surge this area has seen in their history and the gages stopped working, so we'll see storm surge totals of upward over a foot in some vulnerable, low-lying areas. the storm, we had downgrade at 5 5 a.m., parts of northeastern florida, space coast toward orlando, georgia and carolina and flooding concern is imminent in and around orlando toward daytona beach, they have least tropical storm force winds, conditions, sustained winds 40 to 60 miles per hour. tropical storm warning in effect for much of the state of florida and these are hurricane watches for georgia and south carolina, tropical storm watches well inland, you will get the brunt of this friday and saturday.

the storm moved slower as of the last advisory and thatten moos the chance of more rain and more storm surge as the storm exits the coastline into the atlantic. storm surge warning still in effect for the fort myers area, down toward naples and then as the counter clockwise winds move to the atlantic, it will push water toward vulnerable beach areas of georgia and south carolina, toward myrtle beach, we are not done and again, it doesn't take much to cause flooding and we are anticipating in some areas over a foot, two feet isolated areas, here is the forecast track. 65 mile per hour storm, will remain that way until friday, could strengthen a bit getting into the warm water of the atlantic, makes second landfall in coastal south carolina on saturday and then just lingers over the areas. we've got mountainous terrain for the appalachian area,

potential for heavy rainfall in the area. flood alert for coastal east coast of florida and coastal georgia and south carolina and here is the flash flood threat going through today, still high risk for the northeast coast of florida, including daytona, palm beach and jacksonville and up toward wilmington and the mid-atlantic, our focus still the sunshine state and potential for widespread power outages and there is rain still to come, five to eight, eight to 12, in some areas could get upward of 20 inches of rainfall. friday and saturday, moves toward the north and lingers for parts of the area, flash flooding is a concern for our friends in the carolina and toward virginia, and there is the fox model. still dealing with this storm this weekend. a lot of areas have saturated

ground so we'll be talking about ian or remnants of ian this weekend. when the sun comes up, we'll see incredible damage, this is top five of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the u.s. coast. prayers for our friends in florida this morning. >> carley: wow >> todd: thank you. brian, part of the united cajun navy helping coordinate the efforts. how close are your teams to the disaster zones? >> by now, they are in the thick of it, we prestaged in a few to towns around tampa and they started to move south as hurricane started to change tracks. last night, as does every single time with one of the disasters, when the sun goes down, people start calling 911 and when they can't get through, they start

calling us. >> todd: how many people do you have at the ready? >> dozens of volunteers make up star teams, logistics teams and he hundreds of volunteers directly down to the west coast of florida as we speak. >> todd: when the sun comes up, what is your plan of attack today to help peep snel >> first of all, we'll follow-up on tickets that came in overnight, people stranded and be nothing their house and water started coming up, some people were trapped in parts of their house. for ones our teams haven't gotten to yet, assessment of which roads are passable, which towns and communities need the most hope to dwekt resources to the areas. >> todd: what is your biggest concern right now? >> you know, our biggest concern

is for the safety of our teams, we're all volunteer organization and we want to make sure we assistant local law enforcement and officials without getting in the way, mainly in the first 24 to 48 hours after landfall, the biggest concern is saving lives. a lot of groups try to use the name cajun navy to raise money and do things for themselves, we're the only cajun navy licensed with florida state of agriculture and recognized to do our efforts in florida issue the rest are trying to capitalize off a storm, we want to let the viewers know. >> todd: if you donate, donate to the right united cajun navy, you have experience rescuing people from the flood zone, expecting that to be a major part of what you do over the next days and potentially weeks.

brian trasher, stay safe. jacksonville airport -- >> carley: 2.5 million people without power this morning, cheryl casone is here next. the city, storms coming into the downtown area, flooding the stores. [indiscernible] -- we are really just beginning here this afternoon, we will see that landfall, it is really coming in right now, neal, and it is tough to each speak and i'm sorry.

>> carley: ashley webster from fox accident is live in st. petersburg, residents will be waking up soon to assess the da damage. what are they going to find? >> in the tampa, st. petersburg area, we thought we were in for a direct hit, that didn't

happen, the storm went south. we've seen debris and scattered power outages, this tree branch behind me is the kind of thing you are seeing on the streets. it needs to be cleaned up, when you consider what happened in fort myers and port charlotte, this is really nothing. certainly historic flooding we thought could happen in tampa bay with storm surge didn't happen, that is no assessment for those in the south. storm downgraded to tropical storm, overnight continued to cause problem with heavy rain, strong gusty winds, orlando in the center of the state and middle florida saw the power go out, pictures of the downtown area in a blackout situation and that storm heading to the northeast, continuing to bring happy rain. last report we saw daytona beach could see another 10 to 15

inches of rain, put that together with gusty winds and trees come down, it is a mess. the threat is not over. governor desantis called in for help, we knew this was coming. everywhere you look there are linemen, 30,000 plus, the governor says at daybreak, it is time to move in. take a listen. >> i can tell you, as soon as it moves beyond southwest florida, you'll see massive surge of personnel and supplies to be able to help those who were in need get people back on their feet and help to rebuild the communities. >> as far as the power outages, it is above 2-1/2 million, many of course down to the south of us and across central florida and so on, quickly as power is brought on in some areas, goes out in other areas as the storm moves through, overall cost of

the damage, consider in 2004, hurricane charley caused around $26 billion of damage, hurricane charley was a much smaller storm, eye wall was five miles across, hurricane ian 40 miles across, absolute monster of a storm, cost of cleanup and damage will be absolutely immense. back to you. >> carley: great point. bringing in cheryl casone from fox business right now, cheryl, the images we're going to see when the sun comes up and we can assess the damage, will be scary issue not just homes, businesses, as well. >> cheryl: the financial impact and it will take for insurance companies to get out, weeks and months to get a full -- we'll get initial economic impact within the next couple days, it will take time, business owners, that is the toughest part, do yourself to keep your families safe and you have to manage

businesses, spoke to someone who is construction owner, this is tom potter and he's building homes and you talked with him this morning, let's play that real quick. >> the doors and windows are rattling, tree branches falling down, it is intense to see that happening in your hometown and the community is gutting, gut wrenching and yesterday is day of shock, i think today will be more emotional when we see it first hand. >> cheryl: so many people have been moving to florida, there new construction underway, new construction is vulnerable, unfortunately, there will -- it will take a while for the construction industry to catch up to all this. >> todd: we knew the electricity situation would be bad, this will take a while, it will be a

massive effort. >> cheryl: florida light and power sent out a tweet and said catastrophic winds mean parts of the system will have to be rebuilt, not restored, the power is out 2.5 million people right now, that will be an issue and governor desantis talking about the crews that have come in, one thing he's done a nice job making sure they are mobilized to get in there once the day starts today. with power outages, it will take time, there are still 240,000 people in puerto rico without power, it will take a while. >> carley: the ground was already saturated, so you are talking about trees easily coming down, power lines and cell towers damaged, as well.

>> cheryl: monitoring statements, this is at&t, they say priority is to keep our customers connected, this need is greater before, during and after a storm event, we've been working hard to prepare in advance of the hurricane, let our customers know we will help them. at&t, verizon, t-mobile, suspending charges and have network plans for everybody. you may not have wi-fi service, you might have phone service. 5g has been rolling out, so your phone may be your best friend in florida versus your home computer, i think that is upon haing a lot today and what we're seeing. they are saying, look, and they know it is not just cell towers, but underground power -- wi-fi is the big issue. >> carley: the brunt of the storm hit yesterday, major work

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♪ >> carley: how about this situation here an arkansas' family disney vacation turned upside down by ian as they are forced to take shelter in their hotel room with no way of returning home. >> todd: casey and his 8-year-old daughter jamie join us live from their disney hotel room in orlando. guys, casey, first question, how are you holding up. >> we are doing fine. we're doing better than a lot it seems like. we got plenty of food and water. i'm sure if there is a picture of us playing uno. we have puzzles. we are making it so far. we have one more full day hopefully stuck here in the hotel room before we can venture out again. >> carley: you thought this was going to be the time of your

lives but then the park shut down no flights or rental cars. what's next? luckily for us we had been here for a few days. end of our trip. we count that as a blessing. we have had a great week so far. my kids are awesome. they have enjoyed it. we planned to trip. you plan disney 8 months out. 12 months out, sometimes even longer. we just had to say to ourselves look, the storage could come here. it could not. do we take the risk? and we all decided that you wanted at the see mic question cheney but instead hanging with dad are you okay with that. >> yes, i am. >> cheney, how do you feel about being stuck in the hotel room right now is it fun for you or are you getting bored? >> i'm sort of getting bored and

sort of -- >> carley: a mix of both. a hurricane is over orlando right now. it's right where you are. the situation kind of deteriorating outside. can you hear any of that? how is it like for you? >> it's really windowy. i stuck my head outside and it was really windowy. can't see much rain where we are at. we are on the inside in an alcove. we are not directly getting blown window and rain right at our room so we are very lucky to not have that worry. it's definitely blustery in the 100-acre wood today. >> todd: casey, scheduled to fly home on saturday. do you think that happens? >> i hope so. if not, people have said hey, we will come pick you up in a van i'm like i will take you up on that offer. my wife is a school teacher i

don't know if she can get off another week at school. >> carley: if she can't, listen, consider this interview the notice onto both of your boss might not be at work on monday. understandable situation. casey, cheney, thank you so much for joining us. best of luck in orlando, florida. we appreciate it. >> stay safe. >> thank you. >> todd: with that "fox & friends" takes our coverage from here they begin right now. >> brian: all right. here we go. fox weather is tracking ian a tropical storm now and a live look at cocoa beach as we wait for the sun to come up. the state of florida waking up to catastrophic damage. >> ainsley: category 5 hitting more