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this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. there's a lot to get to this morning. we start out in florida. a sleepless night for millions as hurricane ian inches closer to the coast. overnight it became a category 4 storm. the storm surge is already proving to be dangerous and problematic. this video is from key west where the water is already rising. you can see a tesla -- can you make it out? it's under water. the damage is being felt. ian is hours away from making landfall. >> hurricane ian left a trail of devastation in cuba. take a look at this. the entire country in dark when that storm came, knocking out cuba's entire power grid. the entire state of florida under a state of emergency. >> joining us is chase kaine.

what are you seeing there this morning? >> reporter: we are just starting to get the early bands of hurricane ian. the winds have picked up and the rains have picked up. when you see the water behind me, the storm track was set to