hello. live in atlanta, 3:00 a.m. in florida. we continue to follow the path of hurricane ian. now, weaker, but still a major worry. that hurricane has finally been downgraded to a category-1 storm, but it's still moving menacingly right above the state of florida and heading northeast winds, approximately 75 miles or 125 kilometers per hour, still lashing large sections of the state.just 12 hours after it crashed in southwest florida as an almost category-5 hurricane. as you can imagine, there have been power outages with more than 2 million homes and businesses in the dark. that's about 20% of customers throughout the state the mayor of fort myers, meantime, saying, 96% of his entire city has lapsed with electricity.

meanwhile, charlotte county, florida, telling cnn, rescuers can only do so much during the height of the storm. >> unfortunately, our dispatch continues to receive calls from the 911 center, and just like every other county, the emergency response, they get up and they operate.it not a fun day for them or anyone else to be outside. they cannot get close to circuits right now. in homes or other situations, hazardous conditions there, they won't be able to answer those calls. >> to be sure, emergency crews are getting ready to ramp up rescue and recovery efforts. that is was the danger has passed. an importance here, they want the wind to calm down before they keep going. they want a bit in the florida governor a bit six hours now. we are live now in tampa, florida.

and tempo was spared, not the worst, but what does tampa look like at this hour? >> reporter: that's right. the worst of the storm was expected to hit this area of tampa, where we are right now, but the reality is that, over the last few hours, the situation here has been very lenient, and very windy. things are slowing up a bit right now.the worst of hurricane ian happened about 90 miles to the south you were describing the conditions there, fort myers, 90 miles away from here.fort meyers, the area of naples. releasing historic flooding, massive destruction, as hurricane ian rolled into its path. hurricane ian, slamming the florida gulf coast with near category-5 strength, with life-

threatening floating. >> overwhelmingly, that surge has been the biggest issue, and the flooding. >> reporter: the monstrous trumm, making landfall with winds of 150-miles-per-hour. >> i've been here since the mid- '70s. this is by far the worst storm i have ever seen. i can tell you, i'm looking at this, downtown, they're offloaded, windows blown out. >> reporter: once the worst of the storm had, people in fort myers, already with mass floating. >> the storm surge is very significant. we're seeing cars and boats down the street. >> reporter: hurricane-force winds, bringing down power lines. the head of the storm, long lines on interstates, as residents scramble to evacuate.some, choosing to stay behind and wait it out. >> we're 10 1/2 feet above sea level, and the water comes into our house now. >> reporter: governor, ron

desantis, ready for a major disaster declaration for all 67 counties, which allows the federal government to send funds for cleanup. now, the cleanup is not expected to begin here for several days. as dawn breaks and we get sunlight the next few hours, we're going to start to get a much clearer picture of the damage this hurricane has done. hasn't really dropped more than 12 inches of rain, but that's across all of florida. you mentioned the number of people currently without power, and if you have just been watching the images, how does that have water all the way up to the roof? the construction needed will be massive. people here in florida, the tampa area, 90 miles to the south, as i said, sure to be having to climb out of this over the next several days and weeks, as we begin to get a clearer picture of the damage that hurricane ian has done to this state >> in your report, we saw, of

course, people evacuating, trying to stay safe. they are likely going to try to head back to their homes throughout the day today. what will they find, in terms of damage? in tampa, they still said, a lot of rain and heavy winds. >> reporter: yeah. that is the concern. you know, people have a hard time leaving the property behind, knowing that a storm is coming, but that's what people were told to do for their safety. here, in the county understanding, we know several thousand people -- about 7500 of them -- evacuated the local shelter. but that, of course, is only a fraction of the population that has been affected by hurricane ian. we have heard, over the last several hours, reports of people being trapped in their homes, crews not able to get to them, because conditions are so treacherous right now. and so, as i said, when day breaks, that's when we're going

to start to get a clearer picture of those images. i think we are going to see a lot of people who may be trapped awaiting help in their homes, because they were simply in areas where they thought the storm was not going to impact them as heavily. some areas, on the west side of florida, where we are right now, or not typically hard hit by hurricanes, like this one.so, there may be some folks who thought they could ride this out who are, unfortunately, experiencing a very different reality.as i said, homes are flooded all the way up to the north. that means people are certainly trapped. the loss of life, loss of property, likely in the billions after the storm. >> yeah. a rough night for many people.this isn't over yet. gloria, for us in tampa, thank you so much. cnn will be tracking the storm. it was heartbreaking to hear to rescue officials say, we are in lockdown. those winds must come below 45

miles an hour for us to begin to answer the call for some of those rescues. so, how much is this storm weakening? it's not done with florida yet. we know that. what's the latest on the track? >> looking at the clock right now, 3:05 eastern time wednesday when it made landfall, and now 7:00 a.m., exactly 12 hours removed from when it made landfall across areas, and near sanibel island, down here. traversed about 120 miles, back over the atlantic ocean. still, 12 hours overland, still means getting the category-1 intensity hurricane. the ferocity of the storm system as it goes over the atlantic to maintain this intensity, again, with landfall being 140 miles or so per hour, a storm they really shows you how strong a future it was among the top five strongest storms ever, making them fall

across the state of florida. again, there it goes. pushing across the areas of eastern florida in a couple hours. 150 mile parel winds speeds at landfall, the significant storm surge as a result of it. the highest ever observed in fort myers for hurricane ian. one element i want to show you, because looking into the data sets around the screen, try different in the current windspeed shifted towards the east. look at it here. all of the weather instruments, with the power outages in the dark, and the storm system, couldn't find too many in the way of current wind gusts. even orlando's airport wasn't giving me the system update from south of orlando pushing to the east. the latest numbers, 2.3 million customers in the dark in a large area of florida. the system is beginning to make a push towards the eastern shoreline, near the east coast again, and we expect a sharp right turn. if it maintains intensity in the coming hours, doesn't drop back down to a tropical system, i wouldn't be surprised if he keeps hurricane force, strengthens into a category-1, possibly stronger than that, as

it approaches the coast of south carolina and georgia in havana on friday morning for a third and final landfall there on friday morning. but the scope of this system, with the yellow there, those are tropical-storm force winds. here is orange, up to 50 miles an hour. hurricane winds near the eye wall there. hurricane, gradually diminishing here, at 50 or 60 miles per hour winds. that's why i think power outages out of florida and the carolinas and georgia will be widespread. once it makes landfall there friday morning, it eventually pushes inland across several portions of the carolinas, as well. >> yeah. you've been covering this so much. it's clear, the storm is not, as i said, done with florida yet. i wanted to ask you. we have been asking about how rescuers want to get going. 3:10 in the morning right now in florida. people want to be in the vehicles by 5:00 a.m. is that a possibility with the

winds you're seeing now? >> southwest looks like, as far as the winds are going, yes, the strongest winds. the rain, and the question is how much water is on the ground. keep in mind, we picked out about 15 or 20 inches in this area. gradually sing the water levels gradually dropping, but what is important is when you get to these areas, especially in the dark, keep in mind, not only people displaced but wildlife are displaced. in florida, talking about critters, snakes, alligators, large numbers across this region that are pushed out of their usual habitats into, essentially, people's property, because water has moved its way, and as far as we have. so, as people are trying to make their way back into the properties, to check on conditions there, keep in mind, there's going to be aggressive critters, as well, at these properties that you can account for, making this a more dangerous scenario. >> yeah. a challenge all around for everyone, as we await the rescue. some people, still waiting to be rescued, as the state tries to assess the damage.

we will check in with you every hour. hurricanes typically have a call area. called the eye of the storm. but the two walls of the eye as the storm arrives, and as it leaves, that can be extremely turbulent. cnn's angie cooper spoke with a storm chaser cut inside a parking lot in the coastal city of venice. when it struck, it quite literally -- you will see -- they were caught in the middle of the storm. >> reporter: this is what it looked like with hurricane ian coming ashore with 150 mile an hour winds in venice, florida. >> holy -- how is this possible? for what? oh, gosh. yes. we can't. please, be careful. it's so sketchy. you want to wait now? oh, my gosh.

>> reporter: the man from the video joint just now. i understand you experienced the eyeball and what kind of in a dire situation. >> yeah. the first eye wall was bad enough. then, we got another one after the first eye wall, but that second eyewall, it didn't hit.we expected it to, but when it hit, it very, very strong. also, a lot stronger with the wind speed than the first eyewall. it was very scary, because we didn't know when it would end. right now, no power, it was buckling, shaking all the cars, including our vehicles, bouncing up and down, like it was going to straight lift off. it was a scary moment, especially for the stairwells and for vehicles. very strong winds. >> incredible. actually said, the car was shaking, as they were going

through the middle of the storm. as we just said, ian has been downgraded to a category-1, but make no mistakes. this storm is still very dangerous, moving slowly through the state, with a huge amount of rain. also, blowing out the electrical grids across the state. you will want to see this. cnn meteorologist, jared van zandt, breaking it down for us. >> reporter: we're going close to 10 hours of tropical storm- force winds. hurricane ian has rewritten the history books here, across southwestern florida peninsula, as well the strongest storms to reach this shoreline. we are part of an early 2 million customers here that have been plunged into darkness. that's one of my greatest concerns for people, as this storm slowly marches across the state. the powerful winds and extremely heavy rains and dangerous conditions, that people will endure this weather, this onslaught, in the

darkness of night. very scary moments for people here, to say the least. as a meteorologist, i witnessed something i have never seen before in my entire career it's called reverse storm surge. the wind, so intense here earlier this morning that it actually pushed out the water from the river, the manatee river, behind me here. some of the sailboats were actually sitting on their keels in the harbor. absolutely incredible. we actually had a moment, as well, where our communications and our electricity was disrupted, because transformers were blowing behind us in the distance, sending sparks well into the sky. we also drove down some streets here and saw debris getting lofted into the air on some of the heavy, violent gusts that continued to move through. we've got another few hours of intense winds, but then there is a major threat going forward, of course, in the inland flooding with some locations already receiving 19 inches of rain. that's 2 to 3 months worth of

rainfall for these locations. it's not done yet, as the storm emerges off the east coast of the florida peninsula. cnn meteorologist, derek van dam from braden, florida. >> our thanks to derek and his team there. even veteran hurricane watchche like derek continued to tell us, they had never seen a storm like hurricane ian. coming up, we will take you to thehe storm slamming into another part of floridida. stay with us. mornin oh, eat. there's two of them. good days start th good nights. so i would ask your doctor about both. calling doctor johannes. no, please, i can do that. all right?

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daytona beach. almost over with. that's the eastern coast of florida. hurricane ian continues to unleash its wrath. yes, the winds still look quiet bracing there. the storm, not done with florida yet. the mayor of naples, florida, urging everyone to stay indoors, after several people had to be rescued in floodwaters. the local sheriff says, at least 30 rescue missions were completed wednesday. i want you to see this video. you can see a woman stuck in her car after it stalled in the floodwaters. firefighters, going in waist- high water before smashing in. folks, this is what rescue workers tell you not to do. do not go to the water with your car. listen to the commissioner, and what he said to cnn. >> folks around here know, with mandatory evacuations, they take it serious. i'm sure you saw some of the video footage, where people are

partying as the waves are crashing over the top, thinking it's funny. we get a lot of that, folks here who have never lived through a hurricane. maybe it doesn't seem that bad, but they can ride it out with a hurricane party or not. i would say, that's the exception and not the rule. those exceptions are what our first responders have to respond to windows folks realize they are in over their heads. we had a lot of accidents today in the country with first responders. >> this is the expression come in over your head. that's exactly what we are seeing with water rising just over there, caught so many off guard. then, on florida's west coast, it was directly in the path of hurricane ian when it made landfall wednesday. now, after the storm blasted just shy of category 5, driving winds and rain, threatening to sweep away everything in its path. sustained winds will just think about this -- as high as 140 miles an hour, with gusts that were much stronger than that.

our cnn, randy kay, in particular, and finding the ferocious second eye wall roaring through this city. >> the eye passed over, and there was no rain, but right now, we are here, getting word we received, over here, jerry. look down here, you can see a little bit of metal wrapped around the power line there. there's a tree down. they're very concerned about flooding here, and downtown punta gorda. certainly, from what we are seeing now, this is a very, very difficult situation, a very bad situation. we're not far from charlotte harbor, which is where the water would have pushed in from. >> our thanks to randy kay there, for that look at the weather in punta gorda. meantime, hurricane ian , a

path of instruction in lee county, southwest florida. here's more video from the town of fort myers beach. incredible. this building was ripped from its foundation and swept away in the storm surge. yes. it's a building floating down, basically, with what was a street. now, in the nearby city of fort myers, meantime, the water rushed into a street, turning it into a river. water levels in fort myers, still running high at this hour. the time lapse video, i couldn't believe it when i saw it. strong winds, continuing to push the storm surge on shore, flooding the area. meantime, 96% of the city, still without electricity at this hour. one man trapped in the two- story house told cnn that water was flowing through the first floor of his home. they were on the second level. >> we have multiple residents, including elderly, trapped in one-story houses that probably had essential ceilings in

central floodwaters. >> yeah. the other tragic part about this is people having to leave behind their pets. some don't know what's become of them in the meantime. we did get information, though, from the botanical gardens in florida. they said, they weren't taking any chances with the storm. they tweeted out, our animals are safe, and we will see them through the storm. some havaving the hurricane parties in the bathroom,m, eating, drinking and dancing. stay with us. we've got much more ahead on hurricane ian. with thehe let you know it's latest p path right after this break.

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welcome back to cnn newsroom. hurricane ian is now at category-1 storm. drizzling slowly across florida with heavy winds and rain. even though it is weakening, it is still downing trees, flooding homes, businesses, public areas, and homes. florida's governor says, the storm surge has been 12 feet in some places but forecasters say, the surge level has lightly peaked in western florida. 2 million homes at this hour, without power. the governors of georgia, north of south carolina, and virginia, all the clearing state of emergency well ahead of ian's arrival. earlier today, of course, a close eye on ian's track. we will she check in with the

chief meteorologist, pedro again. pedro, seems like daybreak is a few hours now. when people assess the damage, it's clear this will be one of the costliest storms in u.s. history. >> yeah. look at storms that were similar, ian, as a made landfall, leading by $10-$17 billion in losses. dozens of lives, and unfortunately, certainly rivals that storm -- those storms that we alluded to, pushing towards the east, near melbourne, daytona beach. i want to show you a live look your across daytona beach, with the system that closes in on this region. current observation with wind gusts and 15 to 55 miles per hour across the region. gusty winds continue. of course, the storm begins to really intensify as it moves closer and closer to daytona beach. there, on the eastern shores, really, we haven't touched on it until this point. all eyes were on the southwest for the major hurricane approach. but now, towards sure, this area of concern has power outages growing, with flooding and storm surge also expected

in this area, as well. further north, looking at the available, as far as recent storms will hurricane michael, andrew, irma, category 4 to 5 skill. charlie, 2004, that storm, eerily similar to what we saw with ian as it made landfall. in fact, when ian produced winds at 150-miles-per-hour, that's precisely where charlie ended up, as well. when speed at landfall, making it a top-five or top-four strongest on record at landfall. notice, crossing land, this storm left more than $10 billion in losses at landfall. that's what we might have happening here. looking at the comparison and the size of wintrow made landfall to where ian made landfall, essentially doubling impacted areas there. the expansion of tropical storm- force winds, just impressive.

we know that once daybreak comes through here, we will have a sobering look at what has been happening on the ground the last 24 hours. the storm surge here, the perspective from sanibel island across this region. you can see the water levels potentially rising 12 feet across these coastal communities. so, yeah, we'll go down and look at the strongest storms we've ever seen in the state of florida. we're just looking at it with meteorologist, our weather producer behind the scenes, saying, for the national hurricane center, back to the 1840s, with 283 hurricanes have made landfall across the state of florida. ian, tied for fourth place out of 283 hurricanes, for strongest possible. pretty incredible. >> yeah. i can't help but notice, you know, three major storms in the last five years up there. it's incredible, right? the other thing, pouring over the data, as you guys are doing there for hours and hours at

the analyst center, continuing to see how jordan or ian was pretty will be back with more check in with you and i appreciate that. now, cnn's reporter in st. petersburg with flooding and wind, and a surge for some homeowners. let's listen. >> here, in florida, just north of st. petersburg, we are at a house that suffered significant damage in a fire when we pulled up to the house. in the front, we observed most of the structure looked actually kind of intact in the front, with the exception of a blown out window. then, i walked around to the side and back.this is what we found. this house, damaged in a fire wednesday morning or afternoon, with just devastation throughout the house. a pool back there, but just around here, look at the devastation we have had. we will bring this way, the the photojournalist through the window. look at that. just complete devastation from this fire. one of the neighbors sent a

video of the firewall it was burning. very dramatic video. sent, the fire started with a powerline snapping off of a transformer across the street, and it was just a devastating fire at the height of the storm. didn't talk to the owner. the house and the family were here for 50 years. the owner inherited it, came back here to renovate the house. then, this happened. they were fully insured, but again, not much is recoverable. we also traveled around to other areas around st. petersburg. we went to a neighborhood and saw the roofs ripped off of two houses in the area. just fanning out, getting a sense of the devastation here, in saint petersburg area. this is just the beginning of that kind of a look. brian todd, cnn, florida. >> once again, homeowners will be returning to water damage the next few days. okay, moving on to other

news. new information about a possible russian baltic sea pipeline breaking. we are hearing thehe russian na ships are in the area around the timeme when this began. that's ahead. plus, making a stop at the dmv. wewe'll have the latest on the important meetings along the way. that, and the latest, of course, on hurricane ian when we return.

3:40 a.m. in florida at this hour. nearly 13 hours since hurricane ian made landfall on florida's west coast. devastating impacts since then. that slow-moving storm has we can from category-4 to category- 1, but remains extremely dangerous, as it hits florida's east coast now. the atlantic ocean is very choppy, and at this hour, it is chopping large boats around like toys. meantime, the state is without power with downed power lines and more than 2 million homes and businesses affected. this powerful storm is far from over. it is, in fact, expected to exit florida in the coming hours and make a second landfall along the coast of georgia and south carolina. that will take about a day or two. leaders, meantime, continue to suspect foul play after

multiple leaks discovered and underline pipelines with russian natural gas to germany. reporters are, cnn, european officials observed russian navy ships in the area where those pipelines are currently leaking. the timing would coincide with underwater explosions that happened before the leaks began. we're also learning, from germany at this time, and you forced leak in the pipeline has also been discovered. we are following all of this. never a dull moment with this story. cnn, with the european security officials observed, as we were saying, the navy ships in the area. what do they say, this means? of course, it will take a lot more restoration to definitively say anything about what caused the leaks. >> reporter: absolutely. the focus is not really on that investigation and the process. we are learning more about what investigators are focusing on over the coming days and weeks. we are learning, with

intelligence officials, and other sources more familiar with that russian navy support ships would be in the vicinity of the suspected areas of pipelines for tuesday, a week before that with the submarine also observed. this is certainly raising questions from what we have heard from western officials across the board. this could be an act of sabotage. that was the general consensus from the eu, though, saying, they have noted that officials across the board have been careful to avert the pointing of the finger of blame on the russian federation. certainly, raises questions once again. there are real questions now about how the investigation is undergoing. that has yet to get underway at this stage, due directly to the key line of inquiry. important note that we have had danish officials and authorities highlighting that russian navy activity in the

open sea, quiet routine. this is out of the ordinary, and will certainly be keeping focus in this investigation. of course, there have been questions of how quickly this investigation can get underway. the initial inspection hasn't yet taken place, and has laid it out, as this link has not been discovered. ian, though, denmark, other european partners, taking charge of all of that investigation, and really what caused these unexplained leaks. we have also note, the russian federation has also outlined this meeting, the on pulla mary investigation, but it's pointing the finger at what it has described as international terrorism. and of course, as we have heard from numerous russian leaders, nato officials, this is looking to be seen as an act of sabotage. which brings the question as to russian federation's role in this incident. >> european officials, of

course, possibly the attack on energy security. thanks for that update from london. u.s. vice president,, larraz, visiting the demilitarized zone between north and south korea after visiting japan to extend the former prime minister's funeral. ballistic missiles off the coast, again, raising tensions on the peninsula. this trip, meant to reinforce the strength of america's relationship with south korea. we met early with south korea's president and a group of female industry leaders. income, sources told cnn, mn has been accused of violating the country's official state laws, with a former advisor, also seeking a sentence. the same punishment means nobel laureates, now facing a total of 23 years in prison, mostly related to corruption charges. they deny all accusations

against her. u.s.'s house january 6th committee placed me with gina thomas, a conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice, clarence thomas. the panel has long been interested in speaking with her about her communications on overturning the 2020 elections. here's more now from the panel's chair. >> our expectation about this is that we talk to her, and we have no indication, and in fact, to the contrary. sometime this week, though, again, to my knowledge, we look forward to meeting with her. >> she says, she attended the rally before the attacack on th u.s. capitol, but left before protests tururned violent. federal emergency workers

are on standby this hour. they're ready to go in after this hurricane passes. next, you'll hear r what their priorities will be with search and rescue recovery operations beginning in the cominhours.

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some pictures of doctors and nurses scrambling to save patients, as hurricane-force winds ripped through a hospital in florida. that's what played out in port charlotte yesterday. doctors described the ordeal to cnn's ashley cooper. >> reporter: unfortunate today, but wanted 60 patients were in- house. >> our roof blew off, part of the roof, on the icu. so, of course, we had to wait

coming in, which then went down the stairwell, then went up to other floors. locally, we have a super, super good staff, and everybody pitched in and tried to get the patient to a safe place as quickly as possible, but we can't even evacuate them quite yet. we're hoping we can evacuate them in the morning, because now, the winds are still too strong. even though the icu was not usable, really, anymore, it doesn't, all of a sudden, take out the patients. but you can still take the patient on the ventilator, move them to a different room, in a hurry, of course, and then stabilize them there. >> gotcha. >> that, of course, is always our most important thing, as medical people, to make sure we stay safe. >> right. >> at the same time, walking through puddles and trying to just battle the logistics of

where do we put them, which room is available, which room to go to. >> we are just now putting up a video we got bird i don't know if it's a patient or hospital personnel or a doctor. looks like a doctor slowly walking through a hallway just flooded with water. >> right, right. that was, unfortunately, on the first floor. we're kind of expecting, from our cmo, we were expecting that would flood, which is why, of course, we didn't have any patience there. we already moved the emergency up one floor, into the recovery room. then, we weren't expecting that it would flood on the fourth floor. >> right. >> that, of course, made it difficult, because now we had water on the first floor, but also had water coming down from the fourth floor. >> extraordinary composer there from that doctor. exactly what you want from them. as for the state battling through ian, the white house, preparing to step in and help.

president biden will head to the headquarters of fema, the federal emergency management agency, a briefing on hurricane impacts. earlier, mr. biden spoke with the mayor of fort myers, near the area where the storm made landfall and pledged his support. let's have a look. >> reporter: white house officials are keenly aware of the scale of the disaster they were traversing. florida required a significant amount of federal support, something they have dealt with over the course of the last 18 months in office for biden. this situation, no different, no matter how catastrophic it would be. the president, signing in on saturday, unlocking tens of thousands of gallons of fuel, profane, of water, billions of meals throughout florida, and even in alabama, waiting for what was coming. the president, in the morning before the storm arrived on shores, saying, -- >> my message has been absolutely clear. that we are on alert, and in

action for temporary assistance, emergency assistance, long-term assistance. >> reporter: that's not just resources. that's also personal. one of the top, officials on ron desantis' team with the president on the phone with mayors throughout the state targeted by this hurricane. looked like they would get hit by the hurricane. it didn't, eventually, get hit by the hurricane. more than 1300 federal emergency personnel were already on the ground, though. hundreds more could arrive. search and rescue teams, waiting. some degree, the federal government is probably in the best position to handle storms of this scale. the biden administration, in the lead up to the hurricane, knowing full well what was developing, and best trying to get in front of that. how they respond to the next couple of days, though, will be critical for something white house officials are very clear they understand and know quite

well. don mattingly, cnn, the white house. >> t thank you for watching cnn nenewsroom. don't go anywhere you will have an update on hurricanene ian wh we return withth our continuing coverage of that storm, now reduced to a category 1. don't go anywhere.

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