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in the united states and all around the world. i'm john vause at the cnn center in atlanta. i knelt when i am in florida where hurricane ian bringing record storm surges, flash flooding in an unknown amount of destruction. it made landfall with winds just under category five, now it's a category one slowly moving into central florida with winds around 145 kilometers an hour. millions of homes and businesses have been left in the dark. some so badly damaged by ian that there is concerns that they may not be able to be rebuilt. the governor of florida warns about the dangers that lie ahead. >> overwhelmingly it's been that surge the biggest issue and the flooding that as resulted of that in some areas we think it's hit 12 feet.

this is been a big storm and it's done a lot of damage as it is. it's gonna continue to move through the state of florida. you are gonna see hurricane-force winds in places in central florida perhaps. it's clearly a very strong tropical storm. >> a storm which is strong enough to rip roofs, sweep away vehicles. now they're able to wrap up rescue and recovery efforts. let's find out when that will be. tracking the storm for us anna so petra what situations are we in. when you expect a cruise to get out? >> maybe about five or six more hours to get out before and emerges over the atlantic ocean. still counting about a category one hurricane. 150 mile per hour winds across areas around chaos costa which is where the storm made landfall. but the storm we're gonna tell you how things played out

because areas such as fort myers talking about the storm surge reaching as high as seven feet, one of the highest on record for that region. we've had plenty of storms across florida rarely do we get one of that magnitude across this particular region under the south and the west. right now 90 miles an hour sustained winds, pretty moving east of winter haven. we do expect it to reemerge over the atlantic ocean sometime about seven or 8 am local time before it pushes out and moves northward and makes landfall around the carolina coast. about 2 million customers in the dark. gusty winds producing winds over hundred miles per hour that agus, in this region expect additional outage outages, once the sun comes up, you'll see the damage that's been left behind. the system won't reemerge over the water and has the potential and, some say could strong strength and back up to a category one hurricane.

a fall of the track and see where it ends up. model guidance has it some around savannah, and across the carolinas while tropical force winds that will keep going up into areas of north carolina as well. it's far from over from seeing the impacts of the system, and we may see hundreds of thousands of customers in the carolinas in the dark by friday or saturday as well. if you notice, many millions of americans under hurricane watches. this is certainly a serious storm system for a lot of people. this map kind of plays out why this is the case. tremendously strong winds have been observed across the central portion of florida but, notice there's serious wind speeds across the carolinas and georgia when it gets there in the next 24 hours. to see still or hurricane-force gusts, it is prompted over 7000 flights to be canceled or

delayed across the united states. when you look what's happened in florida's own incredible story playing at an incredible amount of rainfall, 140 mile stretch where there's rainfall close to 20 inches in this spot. incredible flash flooding exists. >> 20 inches of rain, that's incredible. appreciate it. right now to cnn's gloria, who's in tampa, florida a city many thought would be directly in the path when it made landfall. but the worst is yet to come. according to city officials. >> i want to tell you john even since the last time i spoke to you conditions have begun to improve slightly. the wind has slowed down a little bit, the wind is starting to taper off, but ian is still very much above us and at this point it is without question that ian will leave a historic amount of damage in its path, flooding that storm

surge flooding into the communities and just leaving an incredible amount of damage in its wake. >> hurricane ian slamming forward the gulf coast with category five strength, causing life-threatening flooding. >> overwhelmingly it's been that surge that has been the biggest issue and the flooding. >> a monster storm making landfall with winds of 150 miles per hour. >> i've been here since the mid 70s. this is actually by far the worst storm i've ever seen. i could tell you, i'm looking at the businesses downtown and they are all flooded, windows blown out. >> even before the worst of the storm hit, people in fort myers already had seen mass. flooding >> to storm surge is very significant, cars and boats float down this street. >> hurricane-force winds bringing down power lines. ahead of the storm long lines

on interstates as residents scrambled to evacuate. some choosing to stay behind and look at it. >> lieutenant half feet above sea level right now and the water is coming into our house. >> governor ron desantis signing a request for a major disaster declaration for all 67 counties, which allows the federal government to send funds for cleanup. >> and that cleanup effort is likely not to begin for several more days as ian continues his disruptive path across the state. more than 2 million people across the state of florida reporting power outages. here in hillsboro county where i'm standing, in tampa, more than 450,000 people reporting power outages. several thousand people, hundred 90,000 people from the tampa bay area are in shelter riding at the storm as

officials warned ahead of its arrival that they should try to get out of its way. john? >> we appreciate the update. thank you for being live at this hour. gloria in tampa. the city of naples is just south of where ian made landfall. officials say the district was hit with a 12 foot storm surge. right now powers at more than 250,000 homes and businesses. a curfew has been in place since 10 am 10 pm local time, until 6 am. he's a commissioner joins us right now. mr. castro thanks for being. with us >> thank you john, it's been quite a day. >> is there an early assessment at this point caused by that storm surge? >> absolutely. this hurricane was all about the storm surge. everybody put a focus on where the i was going to land, but as your previous meteorologist will tell you, a lot of people were reporting that whoever's was just south of that i, was

going to get some horrific storm surge and we got every inch of it. we lived through irma here in 2017, and a big storm surge was predicted but the last moment it changed and gave people a little bit of a false sense of security, that the thought the meteorologists were perhaps overestimating that that wasn't the case. the storm did all the wrong things, maybe all the right things that caused all the wrong problems. the storm surge was catastrophic. although we had gusty winds and we didn't get the winds that folks in fort myers and northwood got, it was pretty gusty, but it was all about the water. irma back in 2017 was all about the wind, and we had a lot of damage, but this storm surge was something like the meteorologist said, unlike anything i've ever seen. the flooding here on markle

island, which is a big part of the district where i am a commissioner was hit extremely hard to levels that we have never seen before. >> we're just looking at some images coming from naples, florida where the ambulance services are, they've been flooded as well, to give an idea of how extensively flooding from the storm surge has been. but the county gave a mandatory evacuation order from some of the areas. is there any idea how many people decided not to follow the orders? folks >> folks around here that know that when we order a mandatory evacuation, you have people here, i'm sure you saw some of the video footage where people are partying down on key west as the waves are crashing over the top and i think it's kind of funny. we get a lot of seasonal folks down here who would never live through a hurricane and maybe they think they're gonna ride it out with a hurricane party

or whatnot. i would say john that's the exception but not the rule. but those exceptions are what our first responders have to respond to when folks realize they're in over their heads. we had some calls for our first responders, and we were helping lee county as being reported by your staff, because when they started to become overwhelmed, we had a significant evacuation here, we were helping out our sister county with a lot of rescues and helping a lot of folks that stayed behind and probably shouldn't have. >> it's that time when you will have to pull together. one of the biggest problems right now is the power. almost 450,000 people in the county are in the dark including yourself right? >> yeah, well that's happened a lot of times here. what i can tell you is that such since we had such an aggressive evacuation here, we have a lot of people without

power, they just don't know it here yet, because they've evacuated. we'll bring power back to places that are priority. hospitals, places where we have a high population of people, we really won't know the extent of the number and the time it's going to take to probably tomorrow or maybe in a couple of days. >> thanks to the county commissioner rick telecast from speaking to us just a short time ago. >> despite mandatory evacuation orders from florida's governor, many of state in their own right at the storm. don collins spoke to anderson cooper's the floodwaters started to fill their home. >> my husband was sitting with his phone, doing nothing in the dark and i came out and he said something is drink dripping on me and he got up. the ceiling the, family room ceiling caved in.

we have solar panels, but here in florida we have a cage around, and we know it is gone, and we think it just flipped up and it took the peace with it and then the water just sat there for a while and finally came in. >> so how high did the water get or how high is it? >> we are ten and a half feet above sea level right now and the water is coming into our house right now so i would say probably 11 feet, maybe a little more. we are about seven miles from the beach. >> so you have a couple of inches on the ground floor. >> well, we have it from where it caved in and the front door is right at the cuspsp of coming in, and the gagarage door it's comingng into the laundry room, it's beginning to seep, so it's coming up those three steps also. >> and airy homan from hurricane ian just before

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welcome back you're looking at hurricane ian this is time-lapse video from a traffic camera starting around noon local time. it's about three hours before ian made landfall in fort myers. all of this just 30 minutes heavy rain dumped in this intersection practically summers. ian's been downgraded to a category one, but it's dumped a huge amount of rain, up to 20 inches in some places. officials warn the worst is not over. he filed this. report we're going close to ten hours of tropical storm force winds.

hurricane ian has re-written the history books here across the southwestern florida peninsula as one of the strongest storms to reach this shoreline. i'm in bradenton and we are nearly we are part of nearly the 2 million customers that have been plunged into darkness. that's one of my greatest concerns for people as as the storm slowly marches across the state with its powerful winds and extremely heavy rain and dangerous conditions is that people will have to endure this weather, this onslaught in the darkness of mcknight. very scary moments for people to say the least. as a meteorologist, i witnessed something i've never seen before in my entire career. it is called reverse storm surge. the wind was so intense here this morning and actually pushed out the water from the river that's behind me here, some of the sailboats were actually sitting on their kills in bradenton harbor. absolutely incredible.

we actually had a moment here where our communications and our electricity was disrupted because transformers were blowing behind us in the distant, sending sparks well into the sky. we also drug on some of the city streets and saw debris getting lofted into the air under some of these violent gusts that continue to move through. we've got another few hours of this intense wind but then the major threat going forward is the inland flooding. some locations already receiving 19 inches of rain. that's 2 to 3 months of rainfall in these locations and it's not time yet as the storm emerges off the east coast of the florida peninsula. i'm cnn meteorologist derek van damme from bradenton, florida. right well the full extent of damage done by ian remains unknown. it's the middle of the night. with we are now getting an idea of what to expect in its wake. from more jeff buchanan joins

us now. he led the u.s. army response to five major hurricanes. thank you for being with us. >> thanks glad to be in your program. john >> you bet. we've heard some people talking about a power grid that needs to be rebuilt in some parts. 12 foot storm surges. multiple rescues, many people trapped in the attic of their homes. from your experience how bad you think this will be in the light of day? >> i do think it'll be bad for the next three or four days. the activities of the first responders during this initial period will be focused on what we call search and rescue. that's really dominated by saving peoples lives. so everything they can do to save lives is gonna be very important. and i would stress to anybody who might be in the area who's listening to this broadcast, please follow the orders of your local leadership and your first responders, because they really do have your best interests at mind. overtime, those activities will change to clearing routes,

opening up roads so we can do better damage assessment and taking care of people and helping them rebuild and get their feedback on the ground. >> so in terms of priority saving lives is number one, but to do things like restoring electricity is that top in the? list >> first we have to deal with floodwaters and flood areas could stay flooded for weeks potentially, depending on the situation. so obviously that is very very important but electricity tends to be what we call a simple sort of problem. a lot of issues emanate from a lack of electricity. for example water. water pump stations will on electricity so when you don't have electricity he can't get people freshwater. without electricity refrigerators don't work and people need insulin for example, medications to survive, won't have access to electricity to keep it cold. >> when we look at the power of

the storm, the intensity, the size all of it just seems unprecedented, especially the area which is impacted across florida. when you look at something like this, when you look at the map, where do you start? >> again, it really starts with search and rescue, and where the areas the people need the greatest top. in this case, and probably be dominated by floodwaters. people will be driven to their attics as you mention. they're up on the roofs of their houses and will need to be rescued. so that's the first place. but then the problems emanate out from out there, even from an area that may not be flooded, power lines may be down, street maybe block, trees could be down, all of that will need to be cleared and dangerous situations such as electrical lines on the ground only to be taken care of. but it starts with where the path is but that works out from there. >> what about logistics? it's one thing to deal with

hurricane charlie supplies, that kind of stuff. how much harder is it because it's such a large area? >> thanks, john good news is florida has a tremendous emergency capability. it's well resourced, well rehearsed, they deal with storms, maybe not exactly like this one, but they deal with storms regularly, so they have a really good plan and a good system of and network of shift harbors, roads, railroads and airports to be able to get supplies as close as possible to the area that they need. i will contrast that with when i was in puerto rico for hurricane maria. we were 1000 miles from the u.s. coastline and initially all the airports were shut, all the sea ports were shut, so it was much harder to get supplies to the point.

florida, it's gonna be complicated, but florida is actually in a good position to be able to deal with this logistically. >> so far there have been no reports of fatalities at this point but obviously it's the early days. what are you expecting? >> you know i would hesitate to put a number on it, but what concerns me most at a storm like this is actually the water. when we look at hurricanes, the first thing that comes to mind is the wind, and some people are damaged or hurt by falling debris and things like this, but most of the deaths actually occur because of floodwaters. and in this case we have a double whammy. there's a tremendous storm surge plus a very large amount of rainfall which can cause subsequent flooding and it could be for a period of days. again i go back to hurricane florence in north and south carolina in 2018. the damage by wind was there but the real problem was floodwaters and continue to last for at least a couple of

weeks after the storm had passed. >> very quickly, what can states further north, georgia and the carolinas, what can we expect? >> first of all, they can accept this acts expect a storm surge especially in the coast areas, savannah and charleston and a lot of rainfall and potential flooding. but one thing that all of these states can do is help each other. there is a great system in our country, we call it enochs for short but it's emergency management assistance compacts. the governors have signed these agreements where if one governor needs help, fellow governors from states across the united states will chip in and send resources and supplies. so in this case we have a presidential disaster declaration. florida will get help from the federal government, of florida is also already getting help from fellow states. that's all gonna be neededed the candidates. >> general jeff mccacann, thanks

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welcome back everyone. this is 1:30 in the morning right now in florida. this is not for from our landa from disney world for people to know that. this is a scene right now. there's been some strong winds, powerful winds and heavy rains. the rain does seem to be easing up a little.

in fort myers where ian made landfall. there is a similar situation in many parts of the state. that's a scene. this is fort myers earlier as the storm rolled in, to see this time lapse image of the water rushing down those streets. almost the entire cities without electricity. thousands of people are currently taking refuge in shelters. they say the damage from the hurricane is very serious. water pumps are down. right now, residents are under a boiling water order. water just keeps coming in. that's the big problem right now. hurricane ian continues to move across florida. this giant storm is down trees, close businesses, tearing the roofs off homes. the governor said the storm surge hit 12 feet in some places. levels remain high.

officials are urging caution. police report getting calls from residents trapped in their homes in their attic from the rising water. governors across the southeast states have declared states of emergency. all flights thursday have been canceled as a -- dangerous posed by hurricane ian. let's go down to meteorologists petra. let us know the situation on where hurricane ian is heading. >> it's incredible to think that after ten hours a hurricane is still maintaining category one intensity, made landfall with 150 mile per hour winds, came ashore as a single strongest hurricane ever to impact the western florida peninsula since 2004 when hurricane charlie had 150 mile per hour winds. again an incredible perspective to share with you here. it's very rare and unusual to get a storm of this magnitude.

in fort myers, the storm surge shattering any previous storm surge on record. we know the devastation will be significant. you talking about these billion dollar weather disasters. in 2022, almost certainly will have a billion dollars of damage left behind by the path of this storm system. still a few more hours left maybe, seven or 8 am local time the storm will have the potential, we think it'll weaken down a tropical storm, it has the potential to strengthen back up to a potential hurricane before making a third landfall across georgia. a lot of customers still in the dark, and more intensity before it's all said and done. thunderstorms that are president, there is a center of circulation around orlando. around 8 am local time, follow the track, it'll end up somewhere near savannah, georgia, make landfall around

savannah as a strong tropical storm sometime friday morning. it extends well over 100 miles from the center, so you know the power outages we are seeing in florida, can expect those in places like savannah, charleston, columbia possibly as far north as charlotte. and the leaves have not fallen down so we have a lot of sale for these trees to bend once the storm system arrives in areas where there's not that much in the way of palm trees. and allow these trees to bend and break. we are expecting the third landfall to occur sometime friday morning. upwards of 30 plus million americans in florida and georgia, under tropical storm watches and warnings. hurricane conditions far from over in these conditions areas. 100 plus mile per hour winds still possible in the areas highlighted by pink. can see some gusts pushing 110 miles per hour, and eventually

when it gets to the carolinas, when guests 55 to 75 miles per hour possible. john you look at the flights, the disruptions across the country, either 7000 flights either canceled or delayed in across the united states and last 24 hours. >> that's a state thank you very. much on wednesday, it went through with incredible ferocity here's a. report i am on the first floor of this parking garage. we came downstairs just to show you what it's like over here. i see a stop sign that is being pushed over. i'm hearing myself and i can best describe to you what i'm hearing. it is incredible out here right now. we had the eye passover and it was very -- right now we are getting the

worst we have seen. when you look down the street to sway, you can look and see there's a little bit of a tree down, then on the other side there is that stop sign. that is completely fallen, but these wiwinds we are told and they came on the other side of the eye so we are experiencing this. we are told this will last for several hours. we'll take a break, when we come back, much of florida facing a long and difficult recovery after one of the states most powerful storms in the state's history. a report from naples when we come back. people suggested to help me sep. nature sounds? ahh, no thanks. my friend's white noise idea. nope. and i'm not counting sheep. not on the...carpet.

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over the years, florida had its share of destructive hurricanes, but over, and over, most, say they have never seen anything like hurricane ian. in naples, the fire station was flooded by a storm surge, but reopened as the water receded. this disaster, far from over.

even as a category one after making landfall. listen to this from affiliate w i k, in apple, south of where ian came ashore. >> i am trying to wrap my mind around what's going on right now. it is just unbelievable. if you look behind me, this entire bay, there is a dumpster, floating by, like a dog. you can see the roof of it, about to be ripped off. there are several boats. i don't know if you can see those. just floating in the distance. those that, we showed you yesterday, were tied up, at least five feet above the pier. they are just floating. no one on them, floating aimlessly, through the water. there is a rack of kayaks that washed up, no idea where these came from. another in a home, and it's bobbing up, and down, regular front of us. our news cars, we drove to get here, are underwater. they are buried. this situation, we have all been sitting inside, trying to compartmentalize, and that's the only way.

you just have to be concerned about your immediate safety, because you cannot look around you, and process what is going on. >> special coverage of hurricane in, continuing in the hours ahead. major developments, another stories, that we've been watching. >> ukrainian forces, making further gains in the donetsk region. geolocated social media video shows troops raising a flag in a small town. pro-russian forces, controlling a small pocket of territory in the area, but rookie onions, closing in on them, from three sides. cnn, the first tv crew with access to the areas around there, where fierce fighting has left little standing. here is nick walsh. >> hidden, but unstoppable. ukraine has not bragged much about its march south from kharkiv, towards surprise of donetsk. every rooftop, or treeline, suggests that they have just been too busy advancing.

day-by-day, producing how much of occupied ukraine. moscow is about to forcibly declare, russian territory. with the ultimate goal, and circling the vital railway town, close. no quarter given. all the way through the forests, to the monastery town. >> the drive to this point, probably, the most depressing to our three spent on the road, for the entire six months of this war. laying there, the utter ferocity of the fighting. and, also, to the speed of ukraine's advance to this town. which, itself, is shocking. eight years ago, at the start of the conflict, i lived on and off here for six months. just learning to appreciate its normality, its peace, amid the pines. it's just gone. >> it's the most fragile who remained, when russia moved in. anna is one of nine people, left in her block.

she almost didn't make it. >> the scariest was when the russians, one night, we're in a firefight in my courtyard. i was in the doorway, trying to hold a steel door shut. but a soldier pulled out the door, so i jumped down, and fell in the basement. he tore open the door, shot his gun into the darkness, and miss to me. >> some seek survival in god. the monastery, looking down on the mess. luka asks me, will they come back, the russians. they made such a mess of their new post office, she says. on her shirt, a lock of hair, from her beloved priest, killed by shelling, in june. i tested it as an amulet, she says. tell me, can i leave now? even the carcass of here, still rocked by shelling. but the church bells, finally, ring again. two days ago, they brought her

to tears. it rang, and i heard, it she says. i listened, and it got louder. they are out of the church basement, where the hit from the bombs, and still trying to live. >> she saying, it's cold down here, and you can feel it. seven months underground. >> anxious did not show their faces, their plate down here is their private tragedy, one says. the minister son was injured and shelling, and taken to hospital, she tells me. she last saw him alive, but that is all she knows down here. there is little salvation here, only ruined, turning to rust. there is no letup, in ukraine's advances, or, of moscow's imminent annexation. the absurd claim, that this land, now, is russian territory. the land, here, is testimony. the collision between this right, and that wrong, shredding the very thing both gavitt. nick paton walsh, cnn,

svitlodarsk, ukraine. >> the case appears to be building that russia may be involved in the sabotage of two nord stream pipelines. sources tell cnn, european officials observed russian navy ships, in the area, where the pipelines had been leaking natural gas since monday. it is unclear if those vessels said anything to do with two explosions, believed responsible for damaging the lines. the kremlin dismissing any suggestion that sabotage is on pipelines as, quote, stupid, and absurd. the embassy in moscow, urging americans to leave moscow, a mediately, while t there's options to do so. the secucurity comes after president vladimir putin annonounced a partial mobililization of russian men to fight in ukraiaine. the russian authorities have arrested u.s. citizezens, who participated in demonstrations, and may conscript do own nationals for military service. with that now. stay for cnn with continue coverage for hurricane ian, more devastating effects on the sunshine states west coast. more, when we come back. you are watching cnn.

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they, are welcome back. the site being downgraded to a category one, states of emergency declared by south carolina, georgia, virginia, ahead of hurricane ian. the storm, overwhelming electrical grids across florida. 2 million people, without electricity across the region. peaked in western florida, it has produced storm surges, the number of locations. now, u.s. vice president, kamala harris, set to visit the demilitarized on between north, and south korea, later today. she is in the region, actually in the american delegation to attend the state funeral former prime minister, shinzo abe, in tokyo. earlier, with south korea's president, is a group of industry leaders. live, now to seoul, cnn's paula hancocks, standing by. let me guess, pyongyang won't be pleased? >> probably not, john. to be honest, they have not been pleased in recent days, either. we saw a few missile launches from north korea.

one, wednesday evening. unusual for them to do a launch in the evening but, potentially, on the eve of the vice president of the united states arriving here, that was some kind of message. then, also, on sunday, they carried out a missile launch. kamala harris, on her way, at the moment, to the dmz, the demilitarized zone, between north, and south korea, where she will have a tour. we are told, this is, really, about key messaging of the defense of the ironclad commitment, we are being told, between these allies. this is one of the reasons she is wanting to visit the dmz. as you say, earlier this morning, she had met with the vice president. a wide-ranging discussion. we understand, it was to talk about china, taiwan, economic, and technology relationships. and, also, of course, talking about north korea, and gender equality. now, she did do an interview

with the new york times, and was asked about her message to kim jong-un. bear in mind, he was firing missiles recently, saying, we believe his recent activity has been destabilizing, and in many ways, provocative. we stand with our allies. and, with all briefings, we are told, this is why she decided she needed to come to south korea, after having been in tokyo as well, and with these meetings. there's a visit to the diab's the, to show the defense commitment united states has for its allies. john? >> we appreciate that update. paula hancocks, live, from seoul. thank you. grammy winning rapper, julio, known for his 96, gangsters paradise, and fantastic voyage, has died. he was 59. according to his friend, and manager. no cause of death so far. cooley, oh rose to fame in the los angeles rap scene, and it's chart-topping hits or staples on 90s radio, and mtv. gangsters paradise, becoming one of those popular rap songs of all time.

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hello, welcome to our viewers, joining us from the united states, and around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. i am kristie lu stout. widespread flooding, and property damage, are tormenting florida, 11 hours after hurricane eaton crashed ashore, as a high, and category four storm. since, downgraded to count one, as a crawls across the center of the state, with winds around 90 miles, or 145 kilometers, per hour. but, in remains a violent, dangerous, life-threatening hurricane. one of the strongest to hit florida's west coast. with it, coming a record-breaking storm search. and, urgent calls for water rescue. earlier, and naples, crews were able to smash a window, and save a driver, whose car was caught and the floodwaters. and, in another part of the