Ron DeSantis says Ian to rank as 'top 5 hurricanes' to hit Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday provided an update on Hurricane Ian hours after it made landfall in Southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm.

Speaking at a press conference, DeSantis said the storm surge has likely peaked but has done a lot of damage and is going to continue moving through Florida.

"You're going to see hurricane force winds in places in central Florida," he said. "It's clearly a very strong tropical storm all the way until it exits the Florida peninsula in the Atlantic Ocean."

He predicted that Hurricane Ian would "rank as one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the Florida peninsula."

DeSantis said he had sent a letter to the Biden administration for a major disaster declaration for all of Florida's 67 counties requesting the federal government do a 100% reimbursement up front for 60 days to help the state move forward with its response and recovery phase.