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almost the entire state of florida, think about that, is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian., a monster storm is expected, several hundred miles across, and getting stronger by the minute. that is after causing a nationwide blackout in cuba. ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained wind of just shy of a category for. now, along with life- threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful wind. conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected level in the coming hours, more than 2 1/2 million people are under some form of evacuation at this hour. the window to leave is running out. even before the hurricane makes landfall, authorities are warning residents to be on alert for tornadoes overnight. these images show the impact earlier after a tornado hit the airport in south florida, causing significant damage to several aircraft hangers.

our meteorologist attracting the system for us. this storm has kept us guessing for days. what is the latest update, especially on that all- important storm track? >> very close to landfall here. we will see mindful to converse possibly sooner, as this wobbles closer to the coast. notice yesterday we had a hurricane warning on the immediate coast. as far north as orlando and as far south as michael hyland, conditions are expected in the, the reason for that is not only will you feel hurricane conditions tropical storm force winds felt

>> maybe makes another landfall across southern georgia as early as friday morning. the storm system before this is all said and done. we follow the truck gradually shifted, the margin of error with these tropical systems in the forecast of two or three days out. pushing west of tampa. fine- tune guidance on where this system could end up. for charlotte in and around the region, that is where we are looking for landfall early wednesday afternoon. ft. myers, in and around santa paula, could be up to 90 feet but that is a catastrophic amount of storm surge. video of what four foot storm surge looks like, generally towards coastal properties while above 90 feet, pushing water above the first floor of

these properties. that is a significant amount of flooding associated with these storms, and of course, storm surge is the top killer when it comes to tropical cyclones, which is why mandatory evacuations are in place around those areas. paula, look at the expected rainfall, this is an incredible amount of rental. we're talking top of the charts, the status of the 20 inches, and you have an incredible amount in florida underneath the potential here. so, you think i'm not near the coast, i will not be as a significantly impacted by these very powerful wind and embeddable storm surge, 20 inches of rainfall, nowhere in the world will have infrastructure to support that amount of rental coming down in a matter of a couple of days without leading to significant flooding, flooding fatalities, if you do not heed cautions and certainly a lot of damage left behind as well that this is a very serious story developing across a large area in florida.

>> just looking at orlando and tampa, millions of people, not to mention all the businesses and tourist attractions, that so many of us know to be unfortunately right now under the wrath of hurricane ian. we will continue to get updates from you in the coming hour, thank you for that park now, joining me on the phone is logan parham, he is a storm chaser currently in venice, florida. there you go. glad to see you, glad you are safe, actually. it is also good. okay, let us know what is going on where you are right now, and what has been going outside from what you have left the scene, and possibly from what you can here, as well. >> yeah. so, earlier, i woke up to a strong wind gust, very near hurricane force. so, as expected, conditions continue to deteriorate and we will keep up at that rate through the day. really sustained tropical storm force wind gusts, getting a little rougher outside. >> when you say that, we just

heard pedro go through a lot of the statistics with this, there is a lot of rain, rain, storm surge, when we talk about catastrophic storm surge, as a storm chaser, what would that look like? talking about homes and boats being completely overwhelmed? >> yeah. storm surge is not something that we plan on getting too close to, today. we will have to look out for storm surge for certain, but, if anything, we will do our best to stay as far inland and away from the coastal area as possible. also, the wind threat, but yes, storm surge, we could see homes inundated, we could see rivers, creeks, even lakes, potentially up into homes and businesses. >> people have been told, now, for days, that they needed to leave, those evacuation orders got a lot more strict and a lot more people involved in the last day alone. was there anything that told

you that people were still trying to get out? >> yeah. actually, you know, it seemed very mixed from people around here. there were a lot of people who were leaving, the roads did seem barren at times, but then other times it was your average tuesday night, wednesday morning. so, it is a totally mixed amount of people who are evacuating versus not evacuating. >> why do you think that is? we have certainly seen a lot of warnings. we are looking at the conditions right now. this is really a terrifying spot and if people have not evacuated. >> i think a lot of the reason was the complacency with people getting caught up in earlier forecasts, that it would be in the tampa area, and now that is it is coming south, a lot of people were thinking, okay, it is going to be tampa, it is going to be tampa, we will be good down here, and ourselves, and now we see the updated truck and all the models are trending, it will be further south towards tampa. i also spoke with a couple residents around here who said

they left tampa for here, because they figured it would be safer here. so, undoubtedly a scary situation for everybody. i think really just become pleasantly. >> that is alarming to hear from people who thought they would be safe where you are now, i guess, tampa will still be getting a lot of rain, but not that significant storm surge. what will you be looking for in the coming hours, given your experience with this? especially, i know you will try to stay somewhere safe, but what are you looking for in terms of knowing exactly where that guy is sitting? >> so, now we are getting to the point where the models are becoming almost useless. we are using our own radar, we will pretty much now cast the event from this point forward with any wobbles we see in the eye, go ahead and target, we have a couple of target areas mapped out, 30 structures, especially if we will be in a car, they will keep us safe but great now, probably for the

next couple of minutes, we will had towards charlotte. >> okay, we will try to continue to stay in touch with you in the coming hours and days. logan, it goes without saying, stay safe, and we will continue to watch this incredibly menacing storm. thank you so much. >> absolutely, thank you. in the meantime, cuban officials say it could be sometime before they know the full extent of the destruction from hurricane ian. power outages and instructor damage have made it difficult to reach some remote areas. patrick oppmann is in cuba with our report. >> reporter: cuba, and it's 11 million inhabitants are currently in a nationwide blackout. officials said, late tuesday night. after hurricane ian battered this island, according to officials, it damaged the islands a logical system to a degree that it led to rolling blackouts across this island, even in central and eastern cuba, but were not affected by the wind and rain from

hurricane ian, to the west of havana, hundreds of thousands of people are without power, because electric cables and electric posts were knocked down by the storm. in havana. initially, officials said they took down power to the city's 2 million inhabitants, to keep from there being fires, and people from being electric kitted from fallen power lines. but, clearly, as of late tuesday night, officials are unable to restore power to cuba's capital, and to the rest of the island. this is extremely problematic for cuban officials, because four months, now, the islands aging power grid has been infected by blackouts, sometimes for days, which has led to residents of many cuban cities and towns taking to the streets in rare and what cuban officials

considered to be illegal protest. demanding power be restored. cuban officials ask for people's patience and said they hope to restore power, but acknowledged that the electrical situation on the island is, quote, located. patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. just ahead for us, cnn visits account libiberated by t ukrainian military. . we will show you what russian n forces left behind. a a mystery in the baltic sea. russian natural gas pipelines to europe are damaged and d leaking. is it sabotaged? what does it mean? we will have some answers, next. ipstation. now we're shippingr and we're saving a ton. go to shipstation.com /tv and get 2 months fe.

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medvedev with a production here. the u.s. and nato want to do anything if russia uses a nuclear weapon in ukraine. quoted as saying, the demagogues across the ocean and europe are not going to die in a nuclear apocalypse. this, as russian state media claimed the referendum widely denounced as shams in russian occupied regions in ukraine show huge majorities, well over 90%, they claim, support joining russia. ukrainian officials say this is all a cover for russia to draft ukrainian men into the russian military to be used as, quote, cannon fodder. in the meantime, ukraine is making progress in its counteroffensive in the east. cnn visited a newly liberated town by ukrainian forces. retreating russians are leaving behind far more than just military equipment and a warning, here, the report contains disturbing video.

>> reporter: the bodies of dead russian soldiers are scattered around the town, killed far from home in what the kremlin chooses to call a special military operation. but, it is a war by any other name. a war into which many more russians will be thrown with the so-called partial mobilization begun. and, he may well meet a similar end. >> reporter: this is a bank document found on a soldier from st. petersburg, he was born on the 30th of september, 2001. he died three days before his birthday. >> reporter: the charred remnants of russian armor scattered around the town. outgoing artillery procedures and army once considered the most powerful owners. and army that abandoned tanks aplenty, many in working order. dmitry and his crew have one

such tank fresh from the battlefield. >> reporter: it has minimal breakage, he says. i could turn it on that without any problems. sure enough, the motor roars to life. >> reporter: when they run away they lose not only the tanks, but also the ammunition, and the next day it is all used against them. this tank is almost ready to go back into action. >> reporter: pesky lives just north of the dundas region. few here have fond memories of life under russia's sway. stanislav is cutting sheetmetal to put over the shattered window in his sister's home. >> reporter: there was living in the spring, he recalls.

down the road, back to what they did throughout their russian occupation. just sitting here, they did not bother us. but she found them annoying. , matches, she says. they always ask, where are the ? the russians have left, or lie dead in the dirt. lives wasted for nothing. cnn, eastern ukraine. european leaders suspect sudden, mysterious leaks into nordstrom gas pipelines were caused by sabotage. methane bubbles were seen rising to the surface of the baltic sea near the damaged pipe lines, that is what you are looking out of there. seismologist reporting to explosions in the area on

monday. it is not clear if that was the cause of the leaks. russia cut off the flow of natural gas in one pipeline to europe last month, over the war in ukraine. the other was not operating. sebastian drinking out from london, there is a lot to get to again today but we want to start with that pipeline. the intrigue over who did this and why, is understandable. what more are we learning, claire? >> reporter: efforts to get to the bottom of this are continuing. the defense minister will be meeting this hour with the nato secretary-general to discuss this and ukraine, we expect to hear from them after european nations continue to investigate this period they are not shying away from the possibility that it could have been sabotaged by the swedish prime minister says this was probably a deliberate act. swedish foreign minister says we have to be prepared for putin to act irrationally, the polish prime minister said this was likely an act of sabotage

and likely an escalation in the war in ukraine. they are also promising a response, ursula dandelion, the european union commission president says that if this was a intentional act of disruption, that will lead to the strongest possible response. they are extremely concerned about this because of course, the bottom line for europe is that this now means it is very unlikely that nord stream one, up until the summer, which was the biggest archery carrying gas to europe will not come online in the winter. they have to face up on that fact, as they try to diversify energy supplies and save energy. the fact that this is not now just about russia potentially switching off the taps or womanizing energy supplies, whether or not this is proven to be sabotage or anything else, this is now a message to europe that they need to secure their energy infrastructure as well from the potential for kinetic, or physical attacks. it is now potentially a hybrid energy war we are looking at. >> es. obviously the fallout from this

is continuing today and beyond. quite significant but i want to get back to the eu referenda, they will follow that familiar kremlin's crypt, they are talking about the turnout way over 95%, but i guess some people are wondering what the timeline here is. what could happen to that area as it is annexed as we expect it will be? >> surprising a 90% voting to join russia, the next steps as far as we know, the uk defense ministry is saying there is a realistic possibility that president putin will formally announce the annexation of these four territories in a speech to parliament on friday. they will not call it an annexation, of course, they will call it an accession into russian territory. the upper house of parliament says they will move to address this next week. next tuesday. the big questions after that are, what does this mean for the residents of these regions.

there is a spec elation among ukrainians, they say this is artie happening, but they could be drafted into russia's latest mobilization dryer. what does this mean for ukraine's counter effect offensive, will russia try to reframe it as an attack on russian territory which they now claim as russian, and a major question will be, will putin stop there, or will he continue to try to take more ukrainian territory after this? >> is certainly a questionon th love people are wondering about right now. clare sebastian, apprereciate t update. coming up,p, the latest on hurricane ian. we will return to the weather center for a live report when we come back. hurry in and enjoy this deal for a limited time download the app and earn free food with every order.

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returning to top story now, calls for evacuation are growing louder and more urgent as hurricane ian barrels towards florida. the category three storm is already slamming cuba and the island is now facing a nationwide blackout. ian is expected to make landfall in florida in the coming hours near port charlotte as a category three, or possibly category four hurricane. storm surge warnings have already been issued for the lower florida keys. we join the meteorologist petronella in the cnn what is in the coming have been tracking this path and to get to something that you have been warning us about four days. florida, you have told us, is already saturated, and now, all

of this water will be dumped on the state. what are you seeing in terms of totals, there? >> it's incredible. rainfall amounts are staggering but of course, we have talked about the storm surge threat which has been so significant for so many days, but this is really an element worth noting here, because we are seeing the outer bands making their impact felt across naples, cape coral, sarasota will begin to see some heavy rainfall in the coming hours. of course, if you take a look at what the system has in store, here, you can see the hurricane warnings which extend quite a ways out because far north as orlando, as far south as naples, and, as the system is in here, a strong category three possible category for, you have to keep in mind, a storm of this magnitude, when it comes to the national hurricane center, their verbiage of the storms of this magnitude, they go on to say here that most of this area impacted, in this zone is category four wins could be uninhabitable for a period of weeks or months. that is not just the wind element but there is a significant rain element associated with this. the model is suggesting is that is 20 inches of rainfall through florida on top of the storm surges in place.

we have seen the model shift 100 hours in the next couple of days which put this system on a truck to make landfall somewhere near charlotte or ft. myers, that is where we are looking. we would not be surprised to see further south than at this particular track, bringing in a bit earlier, as well. with all of that said, this comes in as a stronger storm, it certainly comes in. her, with 9 for the storm surge potential, and the rental amounts are what is most staggering because it is not often that you see the map covering an area so large from orlando and points northward where it is the top of the charts with 20+ inches of rainfall in store. not only are using flash flooding risks but certain property damage if you do not heed these evacuations, and, that is the biggest concern with a storm of this magnitude, is that when they tell you you have to evacuate, not just on the coast, england, you are in an area where flooding is a major potential. with this much rainfall in a short duration, it will be

catastrophic for a lot of folks. >> nearly 2 feet of rain in a span of perhaps a day. we certainly hope a lot of those predictions turn out to be on the optimistic side. thank you for that update. in the meantime, emergency officials in florida are pleading with anyone still left in some areas as you were just hearing, urging people to urgently reach safety. >> this storm will only continue to intensify, if you want to leave, as the governor has said, now is your last chance. we cannot send first responders into harms way because you decided not to leave. you must leave now. >> joining me now from ft. myers is fire chief tracy mcmillan, thank you so much for joining us on what is an incredibly busy overnight for you.

let's deal with the unfortunate fact of the storm. it looked as though ft. myers might escape the worst of it, but now that this storm has waddled further east and south, what are you expecting? >> so, we are experiencing some of that right now but as you can hear on this particular interview, you hear the wind and the rain, currently right now, we are dealing with a tropical storm force winds, we are expecting just being on what is talk about in emergency management as the dirty side of the storm. we are experiencing a lot of wind, a lot of rain, hurricane like forces, tornadoes, there is a lot of things that go with being in the particular area that we are. >> give us a look inside some of those seizures, and some of the emergency planning, especially since you are probably dealing with a much stronger storm than he had anticipated 48 hours ago. with think first about the evacuations, right? how is it going? how has it gone? >> is. one thing we always try to do is

plan for the worst and hope for the best that we always try to make sure emergency management that we have, very aggressive plan to keep communities safe? so, some of the things with the evacuations, we have evacuated a good portion of our county, our city, things are going pretty well without. one of the things that we cannot stress enough, we try to stress throughout this whole day as far as folks relocating to get out of these areas, that may experience some terrible wind, they may experience some storm surge. said, we have actually done some great social media contact with our community, as well as, we have gone out into the streets, good old-fashioned, industry, human contact, to try to encourage our residents to actually relocate to shelters or someone safe, like a neighbor or a friend or something of that nature. >> so, the worst of the storm will hit throughout the morning, and into the day, tomorrow.

what specifically are you guys expecting, and how do you believe you will handle it? i know a lot of people have been warned that, look, department like yours cannot come and rescue people when you're dealing with high wind and storm surge. >> exactly right, paula. that is the challenge that we have. we are responders, we want to take care of our communities, that is why we are public servants. however, there is a safety measure in which we cannot go out and do that? so, when the wind and rain gets too high, too forceful and our emergency efforts would be more dangerous than helpful, we have to hunker down. that is probably the hardest thing for us, as responders to do, is not correct. those are conversations we have had with our emergency team, we have talked with our responders and we have been in contact with all of our partners at the county level, or departments throughout the state of florida, just to make sure that we are ready for it once the wind dies

back down, that it is go time, we are going out to take care of our public, to take care of our city and county, to make sure all our situations are mitigated. >> let's talk about that go time. what are you the most concerned about? we have heard a lot about wind, but we have also heard a lot about the potential for catastrophic storm surge. >> yes. just being a selfless florida, and having building codes that are higher than some other areas, that kind of makes a little bit of our area a little safer when it comes to the wind. definitely one of those concerns. we have to be always concerned about wind, even if you have storm shutters or there's other types of building requirements, but makes your house a little safer, we never discount wind. however, storm surge is something real, and it is something that we have to make sure, as a group of responders and as a city, but we are taking into account. so, these are some of the things that we try to educate our residents, educate our city, educate those that are visiting, as far as taking

storm surge seriously, it is definitely one of those concerns, and also with that, we have to be worried about the wind and also those things such as tornadoes to note that these are things that can come up with wind and microburst and things like that. so, we have to take all these things into account. and, these are things that we put into our safety briefings, things we put into our instant action plans, so our responders know, do not discount anything. our plans are directed at all the different types of hazards and challenges, to make sure that we can mitigate them as easily as possible. >> you know, chief, you have said that you have been in the committee a long time, this is not your first storm by any stretch. what about the ferocity of the storm worries you? >> how fast it is moving is one of my concerns. even though it is a slower moving storm, with good wind, there is no such thing as a good start, but one of the challenges that we have when a

storm is moving slow, is how long will this be impacting your community, and that can actually create more challenges, it can tax resources a little more. those are some of the things we are concerned about with this, and obviously for us, as a location in ft. myers, we are also concerned with, the side of the storm we are on and what that will bring to us being on the dirty side of the storm. >> listen, we are all rooting for you, and best of luck with everything, we will keep our fingers crossed, that when go time comes, the community of ft. myers will get through it. chief, thanks so much. appreciate it. >> thank you so much, paula. appreciate you, be safe. ahead on cnn, jury selelection is underway in what is c considered the most significant trial yeyet among cases involving january 6th defendants. iran faces growing condemnmnati over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police. coming up, a live rereport from the region and the latest on

unrest over the death of mahsa amini.

the house a select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has postponed their hearing due to hurricane ian. that hearing is expected to

focus on how donald trump's allies sought to reclaim victory in the 2020 election regardless of outcome. this could pose a major test to the justice departments prosecution of generally six rioters pick five leaders of the oath keepers, a far right militia group are charged with seditious conspiracy in that capital attack. this is the first time in over a decade the justice department will argue that a group of americans plotted to violently oppose the u.s. government. all five defendants have, in fact, pleaded not guilty. the u.n. secretary-general says he is increasingly confirmed concerned about reports of growing fatalities and around. the country has faced two weeks of unrest over the kurdish iranian woman mahsa amini who died after being detained by the so-called morality police that tehran is expanding its response to neighboring countries, attacking kurdish groups in iraq, which they say are supporting protesters.

cnn reports on the streets of iran, calls for justice are only growing louder. >> reporter: nightfall in and around brings protesters back to the streets. a near-total internet blackout by the government is making it hard for us to know what is really going on. but, video trickling out appears to show many iranians undeterred by the government crackdown. the threat of arrest, or the bullets. it almost feels like iran has been in a never-ending cycle of protests over the last two decades. but for those who know the country say everything about this time is different. >> this time around, very quickly, almost from the outset, they started shutting down and not the policies of the islamic republic but the structures of it. these are primarily very young people. the younger generation who have

apparently complete we lost faith, that this islamic republic can be reformed. >> reporter: on the streets, there have been calls for regime change. this video from the city of the birthplace of the supreme leader shows protesters setting fire to the statue of a man considered one of the symbols of the islamic revolution. on monday, this group marched through the capital, tehran, shouting against the ayatollah khomeini. but, it is the powerful act of defiance by uranian women that have stunned the world, as protests entered their second week, they are still on the street, still demanding their freedoms, their rights, lost in the 1979 islamic revolution. the iranian government rallied its supporters in mass demonstrations, calling the protest a foreign plot, the work of a handful of mercenaries, rioters who forcefully removed the headscarves of women on the streets. but in reality, the countrywide protest was sparked by outrage,

even among government supporters over the death of mahsa amini in morality police custody. the protest appeared leaderless and spontaneous. >> the frustrations are so significant. it needed a spark, and that was the spark that this was not something that came from the outside, this is not something cooked up from the outside. that is why they were so taken by surprise. >> reporter: while many iranians outside the country are holding on to the hope that this wave of protest may bring change, experts say the regime is far from collapsing >> i don't think they are about to fall, because we have not yet seen the full-scale of the reaction? unfortunately, i feel we may see bloodshed before this is over. remark the full force may crush the protest, but this new generation of iranians are more emboldened than ever.

>> paula, everyone i have spoken to is very concerned that we are going to see a repeat of what happened in 2019. that is where the increase in fuel prices sparked these countrywide protest, and people were out on the streets, protesting against the economic situation, calling for a better living condition against corruption, and the government crackdown, by the end of that, again, under that internet blackout, at the time, estimates that cannot afterwards put the number of dead at around 1500 people. there is a lot of fear that we are going to see a repeat of that park yesterday, we heard from the iranian foreign minister, speaking to npr, again, dismissing these protests as organized and orchestrated, and he described them as, quote unquote, not a big deal. and, saying, reassuring his western counterparts that there will be no regime change in iran. but, experts we have been speaking with say that unless the regime changes, unless there are reforms, unless

attempts to try and meet the people's demands, meet the protesters halfway, we will only see more and more protests, more emboldened use in iran, taking to the streets for years to come. >> given what you just outlined about the risks, you can imagine families, especially young adults going out on the streets, wondering where they are, and worried about them. thank you so much for the update. . >> we are continuing to monitor hurricanane ian, the storm is gaining strerength as it moves closer to florida. comingng up, the latest on its track, plus, vietnam is being hit by brutal wind and heavy rain. more on the precautions officials have taken there to hopefully lesson of the storm's damage.

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at this hour, more than 2.5 million floridians are under some kind of evacuation warning as hurricane ian is ever closer. officials say the time to leave is quickly running out. the storm's outer bands are already bringing strong wind and rain to the florida keys with landfall expected later in the day, somewhere between sarasota and port charlotte. it could make landfall as a powerful category three or even category four storm. vietnam is being pummeled by a typhoon, the storm made landfall bringing heavy rain and strong wind. it is expected, thankfully, to weaken as it moves inland. parts of central vietnam, laos, and thailand could face flooding over the next 48

hours. the storm killed at least eight people when it passed through the philippines, earlier. paula hancocks has been tracking the storm for us. paula, this is really quite a significant storm, in its own right. what could be in store for places like vietnam? >> reporter: paula, as he said, it did make landfall earlier this wednesday. the images that we have seen in the aftermath of the landfall is made in places like horry and is that trees are down, roads have been blocked, as far as we can tell there is some flooding, as well. we have not heard, officially, how much more damage there could be. we are trying to assess that at this point. when he did make landfall it was the equivalent of a high- end category two hurricane. wind of some 100 miles per hour. officials in vietnam knew this

was coming, this was a fairly heavy fishing area as well in this one province alone, there were some 11,000 fishermen. they were all banned from going out on the sea, by officials, the prime minister himself had an emergency cabinet meeting, as they put plans in place, saying, quote, climate change is becoming increasingly extreme and unusual. now, this typhoon itself was unusual. what we saw in the days before, as well, you mentioned that, paula, but the philippines, it did make landfall in the philippines on sunday? what, going into the weekend, it was a fairly weak typhoon, and it had a rapid intensification, up to a super typhoon, leaving those in the philippines with very little time to prepare, or to get out of the eye of the storm, as you say, we know at this point officials are saying eight people lost their lives and five more missing. paula? >> another storm would have to continue to track as it moves through asia. paula hancocks for us, appreciate it.

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hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states an all around the world, i'm paula newton joining you live from atlanta just ahead on "cnn newsroom." people in southwest florida, this is going to likely make landfall as