could we see 70 mile per hour winds and atlantic beach? by the time we wrap up the afternoon and into the evening around 5:00 p.m. on thursday, the answer is absolutely. >> and it's one of the reasons why, again, as adam was saying, that is going to be a very real and present danger because on top of the rainfall, that rain will not be able to escape into the rivers and then out into the ocean because those winds are pushing the river in the ocean water into the river . >> so, again, compounding our flooding concern in parts of northeast florida, especially toward jacksonville. and it's one of the reasons why we really want to make sure that we highlight and drive home the point that from st. augustine, america's first city northbound along the i-95 corridor, as you head into downtown jacksonville toward two ninety five , that the rainfall that we are seeing right now along with the storm surge, may create more life threatening conditions as we head through the day today on your thursday and perhaps even into friday by seven o'clock, eight

. >> jesse: jonathan serrie is live in atlantic beach, florida.onathan, whoa, that looks a little windowy. >> yeah. it's extremely windowy. understand, jesse, we are near jacksonville. it is in the extreme northeastern part of the state while the brunt of the storm made landfall in southwest florida. we are on the opposite side of the state and, yet, can you see how blustery it is off in the distance. there is heavy surf. you can see the sand, heavy equipment was piling up earlier this evening to prevent the ocean from washing over these natural do do dunes with the --y thing protecting this barrier island community from any storm surge. and that is a concern as they anticipate that the eye of the storm, although it will weaken as it travels through the middle of florida over land, that it will go back out over water, over the atlantic and give these island communities a glancing blow. people in atlantic beach and jacksonville and the surrounding area, they have memories of hurricane erma back in 2017. although they didn't sustain a direct hit, th

atlantic beaches into ball county, which includes jacksonville, although there are no mandatory evacuations, the mayor is urging people to le flood-prone areas, including beaches and neighborhoods along the st. johns river. neighboring clay county has declared mandatory evacuation for securities along st. johns. in volusia county, a photo of one detective carrying a little girl to safety outside a low-lying apartment complex that has become surrounded by floodwaters. flagler county is asking all residents to limit their use of water to reduce the strain on the sewer system which is already handling huge amounts of rain. and as the projected path carries the storm up the atlantic coast, the u.s. geological survey predicts that ian could have a significant effect on the dunes and sandy beaches of georgia and south carolina. bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie in atlantic beach, thank you. let's find out where ian is and where it is going. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth at the fox weather center in new york. hey, rick. >> hi, bret, as a 5:00 the storm is back to hurricane strength, overwater th

atlantic beach as part of duvall county which includes the city of jacksonville. there are no mandatory evacuations but county officials including the mayor of jacksonville are urging people who live in low-lying areas, flood prone areas like just beach communities like atlantic beach in the communities on the st. johns river. in i just want to show you these palm trees blowing around in the heavy winds. this is a huge storm. one that residents will not soon forget. neil: jonathan serrie, thank you very much. a good opportunity to talk to john kirby the national security council coordinator for strategic communication what you might not know about mr. kirby he has ample navy experience which is connected to the water which is a nice added bonus to talk about these things. back to september 1986, 28 years t stuff. florida needs a lot of help the president is committed to providing it but this looks like a multibillion-dollar storm and it could go up considerably, what do you think. >> it's difficult right now to ask me exactly what is going to be required from the

we have fox news jonathan life in atlantic beach with the latest.orter: you are talking about hurricane affecting the state. case in point. it made landfall in southwest florida. i am in northeast florida and you can see how blustery it is, not yet hurricane force wins but blustery -- winds but blustery, behind me heavy surf, natural dunes protect much of the coastal city. but you have public access points, a couple hours ago some heavy equipment came in and moved sand to temporarily block this low low lying point in hopes of preventing some hef heavier surf from getting in. here in florida the concern is flooding. not only coastal flooding but also flooding from the heavy rains, the hurricane makes its way this way, it is expected to weaken considerably going overland. but people in this part of florida in the jacksonville area, in communities like atlantic beach, where i am, there are memories of hurricane irma, which struck in 2017. the hurricane itself deltonly a glancing blow, let charge portions of the city of jacksonville and other low lying

jonathan serrie is on the ground in atlantic beach, florida. far from fort myers. what are you going through? >> hi, bill. it is blustering. heavy winds and behind me you can see the heavy surf. the public beach has been closed as a precaution. they don't want people even risking going in the water because of the heavy rip currents. they don't want people on the beach just because of the chance of heavy waves washing over. you can see a berm of sand that heavy equipment came in trying to shore up the public beach access here to keep the water out. so far so good. but the winds are really picking up. in nearby flagler county at least one municipality is telling people to conserve water, limit their use of non-essential water consumption such as showers, recreational water use, watering lawns, things like that to conserve a limited supply of freshwater. here you can see the palm trees blowing around in neighboring clay county. they've issued mandatory evacuations along the st. john's river. so the concern is not just ocean flooding, but also freshwater flooding, a co

right now i'm in the town of atlantic beach, florida. just a short ways away from jacksonville. right on the atlantic and as you can see, it's blustery here. obviously not experiencing hurricane force or tropical storm force winds just yet. but consider that we are on the opposite side of the state from where this hurricane is making landfall. we are already experiencing rapidly deteriorating conditions out here on the beach. a lot of tourists, as you can see, are out here taking pictures, braving the elements, getting one last look before conditions start to worsen as we go into the evening hours. a lot of residents here will remember hurricane irma and even though it only dealt a glancing blow to the jacksonville area, it caused severe flooding in downtown jacksonville as well as some of these communities out on the barrier islands. so the mayor of jacksonville urging all residents of duval county, florida, if you suffered flooding during hurricane irma, you may want to voluntarily leave your homes now as a precaution, martha. >> martha: jonathan, thank you very much. let's tak

let's check back in with jonathan live in atlantic beach outside of jacksonville, he was getting the microdermabrasion from the sand earlier today. how is it now? >> blustery out here, keeping an eye on the atlantic ocean on the oat side of the natural dune here. you can see the sea oats blowing in the wind. the natural dunes protect the island communities from more severe flooding and so far they have been doing a good job keeping the waves at bay. now, over here you see one of the boardwalks that people would of ordinarily be taking to the beach, but as you look over here, you can see that it's padlocked. the city is shut down, the public beaches, local authorities don't want anyone getting near the water, they are worried about the heavy surf and rip currents and so the public beaches will remain closed until they determine it's safe for people to go back. as you can see, we are dealing with some blustery winds. we began experiencing them and this time yesterday, even though the center of the storm at the time was essentially on the opposite side of the state from me. now it's get

jonathan serrie is live for us in atlantic beach, florida.> if you look behind me, you can see the heavy surf coming in from the atlantic. you are looking at a public beach access between dunes. ordinarily people would be able to walk to the beach through this sandy path here but yesterday heavy equipment came in and shored it up with sand in hopes of keeping the water from spilling over. so far it's been working pretty well. we haven't experienced any flooding in the city. however, occasionally a big wave comes along and a small amount of water spills over, as you see happening right now. we have some video now i want to show you from the nearby city of jacksonville. firefighters going around that city expecting downed trees, removing debris that has been blown into roads. right now they are dealing with heavy winds but they are also concerned about the possibility of flooding. jacksonville is a city by the ocean but also on the st. john's river. downtown jacksonville experienced heavy flooding during hurricane irma back in 2017. the mayor u

jonathan joins us from atlantic beach, florida. what are you seeing out there this hour? >> hi, gillian. well, we have been keeping a close watch on this berm over here. what you see is what normally would be a pedestrian walkway, a sand walkway in between two natural dunes, but yesterday they brought in heavy equipment to shore it up with sand, trying to keep the heavy surf from spilling over. but periodically see a large wave come and a small amount of water, a relatively small amount of water spill over the berm. not enough to create flooding in this coastal community yet, but it gives you a sense of why local officials are keeping a nervous eye on the shoreline. as the latest path, the projected path of the storm looks like it's going to carry it out a little further into the atlantic. local officials believe that the threat of flooding from rain is a little bit less than it was earlier, but their main concern is going to be storm surge. the winds driving in water from the atlantic ocean and spilling over in these coastal communities. i am in duvall county, no mandato

atlantic beach is on the opposite side of florida from where steve is, you would think that we would be a comfortable distance away, not yet feeling the effects of the storm and yet it is blustery out here. clearly nothing near the hurricane force winds that he's experiencing. people are still able to stand upright, a lot of tourists coming out to the beach one last time before conditions worsen, but you can see the heavy surf here, and that is part of the concern that as the storm makes its way across the state and back over the atlantic, even though it will be a considerably weaker storm having passed overland, there is still a threat of storm surge, a much smaller storm surge than what they are experiencing in southwest florida. but a storm surge nonetheless, and also heavy rains creating a flash flood risk. here in this part of florida, which includes the jacksonville area, there are many memories of hurricane irma which even though it didn't score a direct hit here in 2017, it caused significant flooding, including in downtown jacksonville. and so the jacksonville mayor warning

has been looking at the satellite and radar loop can clearly see, i mean, if jacksonville and atlantic beach where jonathan is, getting an outer band and the bulk of the intensity of the storm is where our teams are, steve and robert ray down south, but me in port charlotte as well as fort myers, that area, i mean -- all of that still has to come north and then meander east and eventually it's going to impact severely as far as rain and flooding the orlando metro area and move south of jacksonville and then through jacksonville and up into georgia. so i think everybody here is aware and the streets have been quiet all day, so seems a lot of people have been heeding the advice of the emergency managers, from the governor on down to the city and county level, to stock up on your supplies the last 2, 3 days, apparently they did. a lot of grocery store shelves were empty and stay off the road today. seems fine right now but in 20 minutes it could be hellacious trying to get around town and the last thing anybody would want to do is drive south and the track of this, it's heading to tampa bay as

beach in florida. lauren thank you. alright that leads us to steve has the update following it as well. atlantic had just about 70 miles an hour . orlando's had almost 14 inches of rain. so while it's tropical storm now and winds about 65 mph , there's some stronger guys. daytona beach has had a foot of rain. it might briefly go out into the atlantic. it's expected , though, to stay at tropical storm strength of it does reach category one doesn't look like it'll last long and then we'll move in now. jacksonville all the winds are really kicking up there looks like it'll move in on the south carolina coast. tomorrow's way it's looking right now. while everything is in florida right now and heading up into the carolinas over the next 24 hours, so we are just incredibly quiet here. that system drew drew. you know some higher clouds passing by, but it went into the pacific northwest . so we got the tail end of that . but that's going through mount diablo has gone from 59 to 68 to 67 now back to 59. i don't know they're gremlins up there that mandela i don't know. maybe something's going on there. mo

atlantic. at least the eye has just left. cape canaveral run cocoa beacheral so it might generate a little bit more intensity. we'll see. it looks like it's going to move north along the atlantic, the gulf stream, then head up towards the south carolina coast. still gust about 65 70 mph very heavy rain , though over a foot of rain for daytona beach and also for orlando's it heads north towards jacksonville. pretty quiet pattern for us only patchy low clouds. there's just not much out there. so a nice day fifties sixties on the lows will end up with sixties seventies and some aides, but really just subtle changes here day to day, maybe a degree or two warmer, but most locations are pretty close to average. alright sounds here at 801, and he's going to tell us the traffic is well, it's really busy out there and this is the peak of the commute. it's changed. it used to be 6 32 robot eight, and now it's 7 30 till about 9 30. that's just changed after kids got back into school and adjusted schedules the whole thing. cartoonist bridge to mac maize 40 minute driv

we are, literally, across from the atlantic ocean, the beach has been pounding all day today. it is just an indicator of how dramatic, and an indescribable how mother nature is, just another weather a vent. >> they have been feeling the full force of the rain, and daybreak on thursday. the national guard, and other first responders with the other search and rescue. >> having been out through the entire storm, what we will see, tomorrow, is the hurricane heads further towards the east. they would hit us, which would hit in places on the west coast of florida. with first risk under's, they continue with the local populous. one of the things you've done since returning to the army, is work with health care organizations. is there are several hurricanes, moving here with florida, and we have seen how those kinds of professionals, they don't hunker down. just like the guard, the police, and the firefighters. with health care workers, moving into the hospitals, ensuring services. across the board, these kinds of selfless professionals, keeping to go, and continue the population, and

to the south along the beaches, some communities are in trouble. atlanticle beach, there are evacuations in place. some spots could get 15 to 20 inches of rain. we're going to talk about significant flooding in florida. here in jacksonville they have bridges up and down the city. they have to close. we'll get sustained winds of 40 miles an hour. we have the st. john's river that flowed through the city. the winds could reverse that flow, it's so strong. michael? >> all right, thank you so much, trevor. >> we'll cover this all morning long and following a lot of other stories including the breaking news we're learning about vladimir putin's next move. >>> also ahead how california is cracking down on catalytic converter thefts and the one step you can take to protect your car. >>> first back to florida. >> reporter: ian continues to bring heavy rain to the northern part of the state. new flash flood emergencies out for daytona and new smyrna. you see the swirl. the next stop is the carolinas. charleston is under the bull's eye. we'll keep track of it. your l

about 30 minutes down the beach and then we turned around and came back and we crossing over atlantic beache way i just collapsed. rachel: you collapsed right near a lifeguard station. how lucky. i was telling you during the break, i have, i know someone who was on a bike ride, had a heart issue, collapsed and died but you collapsed and you were right near a station. >> i was about 20-yards east of the lifeguard stand. i collapsed in front of a retired police officer. he and his wife saw me down. they ran over. i wasn't breathing. i started cpr while others ran to the lifeguards and john ryan's team, they sprung into action. brought the defibrillators over, they were working on me for about 30 minutes. rachel: right. you guys delivered two shocks of the defibrillator. but you continued to give cpr for 12 minutes. you never gave up. at any point in those 12 minutes did you think you couldn't save david? >> yeah, that's, that's pretty much correct. throughout the whole time it was, after those first two shocks it analyzed, said no shock advised. heart was not beating. so we continued cpr thro

area, down toward naples and then as the counter clockwise winds move to the atlantic, it will push water toward vulnerable beachrgia and south carolina, toward myrtle beach, we are not done and again, it doesn't take much to cause flooding and we are anticipating in some areas over a foot, two feet isolated areas, here is the forecast track. 65 mile per hour storm, will remain that way until friday, could strengthen a bit getting into the warm water of the atlantic, makes second landfall in coastal south carolina on saturday and then just lingers over the areas. we've got mountainous terrain for the appalachian area, potential for heavy rainfall in the area. flood alert for coastal east coast of florida and coastal georgia and south carolina and here is the flash flood threat going through today, still high risk for the northeast coast of florida, including daytona, palm beach and jacksonville and up toward wilmington and the mid-atlantic, our focus still the sunshine state and potential for widespread power outages and there is rain still to come, five to eight, eight to 12, in some areas could get upward of 2

here, one of the big cuts for getting boats in and out of the area, that opens up to the atlantic ocean. myrtle beach is up here, of course, and acadian shores, quite a substantial mobile home campground, apache campground and a pier as well that, could be open to storm water damage as well. as bryan norcross was mentioning, the circulation is counterclockwise is the winds are headed in this direction, this way and then curbing around this way. so anything that's happening here in charleston where molly is, the wind direction is going to be that way, and as we saw in tampa bay a couple days ago, it will actually probably help to push water away from charleston. cooper river comes down there, a lot of water there, so it's not going to push a tremendous amount out, probably not see bare river bottom but it won't be the same flooding we saw in 1989 during hurricane hugo. however, if you come up here, if you come up here into this area again with the circulation going this way, you are going to get a lot of water that's piling up here in myrtle beach and in murrells inlet as well. myrtle beach has a fair

but notice the severe weather warning goes into the atlantic as well. virginia beach, rocky mountain, north carolina, kingston, moorhead city, bloomington, you are in the woods for severe weather threats. we are all ways concerned about the threat for power outages, downed trees, downed power lines and look at georgetown. 87 mile per hour wind. r hour wind. , we are in one of those communities. you can see behind me those yellow reflective signs. those are street signs that are barely above water and it has receded a little bit, just inches over the last several hours that we've been out here. even though the wind is largely gone, it's been pretty much dry out here all afternoon and evening, the water is still not fully receding in this neighborhood. this area alone according to officials, had around 30 people rescued today. that gives you an idea, this is just one neighborhood. according to officials, this evening we are still looking at upwards of 100,000 customers in this county without power. thankfully, it is cool out, so people aren't necessarily going to be rel

but notice the severe weather warning goes into the mid-atlantic as well. virginia beach, rocky mountain, north carolina, kingston, moorhead city, bloomington, you are in the woods for severe weather threats. we are all ways concerned about the threat for power outages, downed trees, downed power lines and look at georgetown. 87 mile per hour wind. that's what expected there charleston 70. we go throughout the next 12 hours that we do expect in weekend as it piling moves around once again but still looking at that flood risk for south carolina into west virginia, that is tomorrow. then we look towards the weekend, we have a ton to do over the weekend, all the kids sports and, we are looking at still lots of rains in the mid-atlantic, even to the northeast, saturday and sunday were looking at the chance of some flooding rain. . >> you shall grossman thanks to date. we >> saw drenching rains in the orlando area as check in with jesse kirsch. he's still there when we talk to the storm is in a laura orlando. what's a like today? >> yes stephanie is saw all that rain coming in

with this storm surge brought in along the atlantic coast, it led to significant flooding in places like st. augustine, it led to water rescues in daytona beachile finally ian is moving offshore, it's now gathering steam in the atlantic ocean. it has georgia and south carolina in its sights. we could be looking at another day of destruction tomorrow. byron? >> our thanks to trevor. >>> up next, "hocus pocus 2." >> lock up your children! yes, salem, we're back! >> the sequel nearly three decades in the making. i prep without pills. with apretude a prescription medicine used to reduce the risk of hiv without daily prep pills. with one shot every other month, just 6 times a year. in studies, apretude was proven superior to a daily prep pill in reducing the risk of hiv. you must be hiv negative to receive apretude and get tested before each injection. if you think you were exposed to hiv or have flu-like symptoms, tell your doctor right away. apretude does not prevent other sexually transmitted infections. practice safer sex to reduce your risk. don't take apretude if you're allergic to or taking certain medicines, as they may interact. tell your

atlantic coast. it swamped the beach on prince edward island. police tweeted photos of destruction there. even as fiona fizzles, tropical storm ian is raising alarms throughout the caribbean and gulf of mexico. ron desantis declared a state of emergency with ian predicted to hit the state as a category 4 hurricane next week. le no rest for the weary here. what's the latest? >> the very latest from the national hurricane center has now found a center just north of the original center earlier today, which helps us determine where landfall might be. there's still a lot of uncertainty with that. we do have quite a bit of convection with it that's expected to increase as it moves into the gulf of mexico. sustained winds at 45 miles per hour as it takes its turn west at 16 miles per hour. the latest cone shows a category 3 moving over cuba late monday. but now a category 4 storm forecast as it moves into the warmer waters of the gulf of mexico, then taking its turn eastward, downgraded to a category 2 just before landfall but still a very strong storm. the latest cone from the national hurrican

let's bring in the mayor of palm coast, florida, on the atlantic side of the state north of daytona beachi believe you are getting hit right now. is that correct? >> we are right in the middle of a very difficult storm. certainly a convergence of storms actually which exceeds our forecasts and predictions. it truly is one of the 500 year storms we are prepared for. stuart: how much rain have you had? >> we have had well over a foot so far and we expect as much as another half a foot. we could be realizing up to two feet of water in various areas of the palm coast. stuart: is the town out of power? >> actually, we've had limited power outages. however, we are anticipating specific flooding areas and putting plans together. we have an older demographic in palm coast city so making sure our residents are comfortable and confident and surrounded by professionals who are well prepared to take care of the flooding problems as they arise. stuart: some cities in florida are considering issuing a curfew to prevent looting. are you considering that yourself? >> actually, our sheriff's office issued

and before exiting out into the atlantic ocean somewhere around daytona beach, you could see storm surge is both on the west coast of florida and then on the east coast of florida as the storm moves across. so here in tampa, so far so good. we go through bands where the rain is very heavy and the wind is pretty high and then it gets pretty calm, but we are still several, several kilometers from the real intense part of this storm as it kind of continues to move north and east. and chris, you said that a lot of people have managed to, to leave ahead of this storm. i mean, with most of florida being affected in some way or another by ian. where is it? the people have gone well they, he, they've essentially gone north or south they, you know, real south florida. miami across alligator alley has not been particularly affected . there have been a couple of odd tornadoes that have spun up in the south florida area. but they can also go up towards the north and west, but you don't have to go too too far north of tampa, really to be out of the, the real damage. they, as the governor here said, w

cbs' mark strassmann is in myrtle beach, where rescues are under way. >> reporter: that's the atlantic ocean right there, spilling here into the streets. >> o'donnell: the death toll in florida rises, and the miles and miles of devastation as people return to what's left of their homes. our team of correspondents is on the ground as florida begins its long recovery. cbs' meg oliver is in orlando, where sheriff's deputies formed a human chain to pull a

across florida now to the atlantic side and just went off cape canaveral looks like cape canaveral cocoa beachwas going into the atlantic. it'll start to ride northward intensify. a little bit was down to 65 mph now 70 mph all signs point towards this reaching category one before it moves into charleston, south carolina , last few images right off cape canaveral see the little bit of an eye. there's a lot of dryers come into the southwest part of it. the southeast section of it but still very strong rain shield to the north, and that's moving up towards jacksonville and just off the coast. so 70 mph moving northwards northeast at nine, but it looks like it will be as i zoom in category one. by the time we get to tomorrow, and everything is pointing towards this going in around charleston, south carolina, so we're not done yet. we are getting a little teeny hint, maybe of a slight northerly breeze. that's the local that's invisible satellite a little bit going down the coast so that should help warm temperatures up a teeny bit as well after a couple of days of some cooler than normal attempts f

beaches. those large waves will arrive today and tomorrow throughout the mid-atlantic and up through the northeastwater is very dangerous with rip currents. as far as our friends go, it looks like saturday morning this will become an extra tropical system so a post tropical cyclone. it will still be fiona but it's going to grow in size. there's going to be power outages for weeks in some areas. halifax will be on the weaker side of the storm. but this is where the highest winds will be and where we could have gusts upwards, 100, maybe 120-mile-per-hour winds. our wind forecast only goes out through saturday morning so tomorrow we'll have the updated one for the peak of the storm. but down east maine will have gusts in the 40 to 50-mile-per-hour range. maybe even down towards bar harbor. the other area of concern and we'll talk a lot about this this weekend into next week, this development zone here. right now it's not a storm. it's just beginning to form. it's too close to land right now. but by the weekend it could form over the warm waters of the central caribbean. all of our computer models sho

cbs' mark strassmann is in myrtle beach, where rescues are under way. >> reporter: that's the atlantic ocean right there, spilling here into the streets. >> o'donnell: the death toll in florida rises, and the miles and miles of devastation as people return to what's left of their homes. our team of correspondents is on the ground as florida begins its long recovery. cbs' meg oliver is in orlando, where sheriff's deputies formed a human chain to pull a woman to safety. vladimir putin defiantly claims ukrainian territory in a bizarre ceremony to rally the russian people. cbs' charlie d'agata reports from ukraine tonight on the new threats and america's response. and "on the road." cbs' steve hartman has the story of a 91-year-old super fan with a record to be proud of. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. and as we come on the ear, ian is now a post-tropical cyclone but it is still bringing dangerous conditions to most much of the east coast. ian slammed

atlantic. you see it moving off near daytona beach just to the south there and out over open waters again. not really developing that nice circulation, that nice eye wall that you see around general hurricane. but it is maintain the strength has intensified a bit now. so here's the very latest. you can see a pounding the coastal sections as some of rain gets wrapped around some place. daytona beach today over 10 inches of rain someplace reporting as much as 13 inches of rain. so now that wind continues to whip along the coastline that is causing all that water to pile up in his gets closer. we're talking more of a storm surge. so maybe a 4 to 7 foot storm surge along the coastline. of course. >> the highest will be right where that the eye makes landfall again. and it looks like possibly south carolina, but things are changing now again in the forecast. but storm surge is going to continue until sunday before that system continues before makes its way out of town. after that, things will begin to settle down. but right now this is strengthened. this is a category one storm, but it is stren

neil: stuart: as part of our hurricane coverage i bring in the mayor of cocoa beach on the east coast of florida, the atlantice just south of jacksonville. the mayor of that city is ben malik who joins us now. as i understand it the hurricane has gone past you. what does the aftermath look like in your city? >> the aftermath, localized flooding. our river is extremely full, we have a boat that you can see that got dislodged from its mooring and got stuck under the 520 bridge which is on the east-west artery, off of the barrier island, the lower line areas, this is exactly what we feared would be more of a rain event, we were fortunate compared to residents in the west coast where they were devastated, we were extremely fortunate so dealing with the water issue, localized flooding. stuart: you may have dodged a bullet. >> we certainly dodged a bullet. >> may i ask you about insurance coverage, the damages were so huge. >> that will be an absolute disaster. my sister in law lives on the west coast in cape coral, she lost her roof, talking to some folks on that side, entire blocks are gone. we are extremely fort

beach camera shot we have. this is in florida and atlantic ocean side north of jacksonville dropping buckets and buckets of rain causing even more devastating floods as it tracks north ward. we now know that at least five confirmed deaths can be attributed to this hurricane. at the moment, officials in florida say they unfortunately expect many more. we wanted to show you this, residents on sanibel island are almost completely stranded after what's on your screen, the causeway, this is the only way to access the florida mainland by auto, completely collapsed at one portion. the only possible way to access the island now is by boat or air. this damage has made rescue operations more difficult. not even just for the worst hit areas, dramatic video out of key west shows this man struggling to rescue a dog through flood waters all the way up to his waist. we wanted to show that to you because we know of course human lives are also at stake here but this is just one tiny viewpoint, one tiny prism through which we're looking at hearts that are being tugged from the images that we are seeing. all the major florida the

atlantic. it's been a rough morning north of orlando, the lake mary, sandford area, daytona beach. still gusting to 71 miles per hour. there's some storm surge. we're approaching high tide. it's not pretty in northeast florida this morning and the hurricane center just brought this back up to 70-mile-per-hour winds. we're almost back to hurricane strength. and that's because we've had this persistent band here. we've had 60 to 70-mile-per-hour winds in daytona beach for three straight hours and they've had a foot of rain this morning alone and it's still pouring in that area. at the beach, we're getting power outages because of those gusty winds. here's the forecast from the hurricane center. the big change, it's only a 5 to 10 mile address. right over the top of charleston. it's a low-lying area. if they get a ton of rain, it's going to loosen up the soil, you're going to get wind gusts, you're going to have a lot of tree damage if we get this straight in the charleston area. and then the storm will weaken friday evening. that will be a landfall sometime friday afternoon around ch

strengthens again for the second new storm forming along the mid-atlantic coast continuing onshore winds and drenching rains with flooding and beachsion problems for additional days. in the port system, they could be dealing with uncertainty for at least 48 hours and maybe several days. >> sure. we think getting back sometimes on saturday morning, saturday afternoon, we seen it before these things are tough to predict and we can control them. it can be frustrating at times. >> trace: i went to quickly ask you, does the georgia porch coordinate with other ports and is there a risk by leaning back on letting ships incoming you're going to have supply issues in that area? >> i think we coordinate with all the agencies, not so much with other ports talking to them all the time. look, there'll be a disruption on the east coast that has been the supply chain as we know, that's why we are so focused on keeping the gates open and delivering the cargo to our customers. we want to get the ships back in here as soon as possible. >> trace: about 30 seconds left, russell. what do you tell your people when the storms coming? >> just write it ou

atlantic. it gained strength to a category 1. we expect it to make land fall later ton day between myrtle beach and charleston. we're looking at life threatening surge once again. life threatening flash flooding. lots of water. that was a big story in florida. also really gusty winds. the location south-southeast of charleston, south carolina. it is moving at 9 miles per hour. we expect it to pick up speed. so once again, a day with tropical alerts. 13 million people impacted through north carolina and south carolina, portions of georgia. we have a hurricane warning. that is in the red for parts of the coastline of south carolina. we're expecting storm surge of four to seven feet. flash flood warning in norfolk. 15 million people impacted. we're concerned about flash flooding. we're concerned about power outages. lots of trees throughout the care line yaz. gusty winds. we'll see the wet ground. that is going to bring down power line and trees. that leads to power outages. here is your forecast track as we go throughout the day. again, maintaining category 1 strength, making land fall near charleston. between m

this is what it looks like right now no myrtle beach, looking to the north ear. on the right, the atlantic ocean and the waves still come up for about another 45 minutes. i assume they get into the ma marsh and the dunes where a king tide will make it flood into garden city and up there in cherry grove. >> they are about to be in it. in the next minute. so we'll stick close. thank you so much. >>> so as chad was just laying out perfectly, in south carolina, charleston is bracing for a big hits. cnn's miguel marquez has been there for us. what is it looking like right now? >> reporter: well, coy tell you we are in it right now. this is as bad as we've seen all day long. ronnie, if you could just show, this is the bay. the estuary right near the battery at the end of charleston and this is where they get a lot of flooding, as chad said there was a nine foot tide talked about earlier. swing over this way and look at this street. this is the very last street here in charleston. there was a nine foot tide, now it is 7.5. the other thing that happened, even though it looks miserable out here, be

now making its way up the atlantic towards south carolina today. morgan chesky live from ft. myers beach, florida. thanks so much. mika? >>> as we mentioned last hour with an official from florida's largest utility company told us that power had been restored to about a million customer. that leaves more than a million still without electricity. bloomberg is reporting that parts of the state's electrical grid must be completely rebuilt with some residents facing days, even weeks without power. that is despite the state's four biggest utilities having spent an estimated $3 billion on storm protection in recent years. governor ron desantis yesterday said lee and charlotte counties are, quote, basically off the grid at this point. he's speaking right now, so let's listen in to governor ron desantis. >> -- have water at this point, and you need that to be able to function in society. they've requested support from fema, and then we -- fema was able to provide the army corps of engineers, and they were on the ground after kevin called them i think at, like, 3:00 in the morning yesterday. they

beach. the storm is going to come back over the atlantic and bend back into georgia and south carolina. we can't forget about that coast as well, which is also very vulnerable. we could see three to five feet of storm surge there around charleston, savanna, places like that, that we know are also vulnerable coastline. but across central florida, that's where we're focused for tonight through tomorrow morning to get through this rain and the wind that we still have ahead of us over the next 12 hours or so. >> jennifer, i mean, is it likely it will still be a hurricane if it goes up to south carolina, georgia? >> it's going to decrease. it should most likely be a tropical storm by the time it leaves the coast of florida. it is predicted to stay a tropical storm by the time it makes it to the coast of georgia and south carolina. but who's the say after it gets out over the water of the atlantic off the southeast coast of the u.s. that it could strengthen just a little bit. right now the forecast has it maintaining that 65-mile-per-hour winds. but it only has to increase another nine miles

further to a cat one then a tropical storm as it approaches daytona beach eventually moving out over the warm waters of the atlanticnd curving back towards the carolinas over the weekend the slow nature of the storm means that the inundation they're dealing with is going to continue storm surge of 12 to 18 feet rainfall totals. i mean in areas up to 30 inches and you know that that is going to mean devastation and flooding for days. it's already causing catastrophic damage numerous warnings and watches are in effect right now storm reports from across the region there have been almost two dozen that includes not only flooding but also wind damage and rip currents as well. our picture omar tower cameras, so nice in comparison we have what looks to be a summertime pattern. you see the fog from our tower cameras. also some higher clouds as we are seeing a system passing to our north breezy evening foggy areas overnight warmer weather the next two days and we're looking at cooler weather what temperatures below average for the weekend. here's the trough that kept the breezy conditions going today kept our temperatures

a tropical storm but soon regained strike out there in the old atlantic to come a category one hurricane. again, cnn -- 's in myrtle beachrt. >> here in myrtle beach, residents are bracing for the impacts from hurricanes and. right now, we are at myrtle beach state park where the waves are already starting to look rough, you can see behind me, that's a lot more rough than it usually is. and, fact a double red flag warning in effect meaning that the local officials here want no one in that water. it's actually as a part to not see everybody in the water. you see one or two surfers trying to test their limits. there is a hurricane warning in effect some gust of winds around 20 to 25 miles per hour. it is a factor winds at this point. there's only a light drizzle, major impact of the hurricane expected to come into the overnight and early morning hours. short time ago, i did speak to the horry county management. they are in a wait and see mode, knowing that they are soon going to feel the impacts of the hurricane as i'm just getting hit by another gust of wind here. we know that there is a potential for major flooding, espe

a tropical storm but soon regained strength out over the atlantic to become a category one hurricane again. cnn's nick valencia is in myrtle beachh carolina. he filed this report. >> here in myrtle beach, residents are bracing for that impact from hurricane ian. right now where at myrtle beach de park where the waves are starting to look more rough than it usually is. in fact, there is a double red flag warning in effect. meaning the local officials here want no one in the water. it's surprising you don't see anyone in the water. usually you see one or two surfers trying to test their limits. there is a hurricane warning in effect, some gusts of winds. probably around some 20 to 25 miles per hour. it is a factor wind to this point. there's only a light drizzle. major hurricane expected to come in the early night and morning hours. shortly ago, i did speak to emergency management. they tell me that they are in wait and see mode. knowing that they are soon gonna see the impacts of the hurricane. i'm just getting hit by another gust of wind here. we know that there is going to be a potential for major flooding. especially along the

it's going to navigate up towards orlando, daytona beach, and by thursday and friday jumping into the western atlantica strong tropical storm and then extending to savannah, georgia, in through saturday. a lot of these warnings stretching all the way past the florida-georgia line and into the carolinas. being able to pay attention to this, the winds and the storm surge, are all things we now also have to look ahead to. david: very quickly, we don't have much time, but as it goes over the atlantic before it hits the carolinas, could it gain more steam over water in. >> reporter: it is expected to stay a strong tropical storm, but it's interacting with a trough, so that's going. to help maintain the strength, bringing that surge of wind and also all of that rain. david: marisa torres, thank you very much, appreciate it joo. coming up, with so many businesses right on the coast, owners are bracing for the worst. what will the hurricane mean for the restaurants and the hotels in a tourism-heavy state like florida? and will rising costs devastate some of the small businesses? we'll be talking to the owner

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. >> reporter: every year, millions crowd the white, sandy beaches of florida's southern coast to sunbathe and take dips in the cool atlanticow the surface, a diversity of shark species. sharks have been around for over 450 million years. but have only experienced large urban areas for a few hundred years. scientists at the university of miami wanted to find out if sharks are attracted to or repelled by big cities. >> what we were trying to do is track these sharks to see if they would be avoiding areas really close to the city that were polluted, lots of boat traffic, lots of human disturbance. and we really thought they would. >> reporter: using acoustic technology, researchers monitored the moms of bull sharks, nurse sharks, and great hammerhead sharks off the coast of miami for several years. >> essentially what we did is placed these transmitters, small little tags on the sharks. they're about the size of a aa battery. they would emit an ultrasonic sound. >> reporter: the sound included a code that identifies each shark. they then place listening stations all around the waters of south florida. >> when a shark swims wi

beach. you can see the sand now covering parts of the road. we also have widespread flooding from the gulf to the atlantic. brought a staggering amount of rain, in some cases nearly 2 feet in one day. and because florida is flat, les often nowhere for water to go. today governor ron desantis and president biden talked about the scope of the destruction. >> the amount of water that's been rising and will likely continue to rise today even as the storm is passing is basically a 500-year flood event. this storm is having broad impacts across the state, and some of the flooding you're going to see in areas hundreds of miles from where this made landfall if are going to set records. >> this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida's history. the numbers of, are still unclear, but we're hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. jackie: and while florida is now in the rearview mirror, charleston could be next to take a direct hit. we're going to have more on the forecast later in the hour. but first, with more on the damage and the rescue operations, fox weather multimedia journalist will

beach. it lost strength clearly because landfal will do that. once it pushed back in the atlantic, it regained strength and is a hurre again instead of a tropical stom as it continues around 85 miles an hour. it will continue to push into their coastline close to charleston and the carolinaso this afternoon and the next coue days, beginning to dissipate again. let's take a quick look at the bay. this is a live look from the mark hopkins hotel cami want to show this because you cn see the golden gate bridge. thas how clear it is in san francisc. the marine layer is really not t existent due to high pressure. h pressure also warms us. that's why we are above average from concord to the south bay even near san francisco too. we'll tk more about this and what you can can expect for your weekend because so many events are going going on. how are the roads looking? > >> a lot of stuff is happening,o we are looking forward to that.t is friday light in spots. the only place we are seeing brake lights or issues is the ride into the altamont pass. if you are a super commuter and this is is

beach. christine, very normally do we go through a weekend without tracking storms in the atlantic. there are two out there. thankfully, there are no threats. >> we'll take that. gene. thank you so much. >>> later today president biden takes his message to two key battleground states. plus, the united kingdom about to learn the new prime minister and the ukrainian military raising a flag to a town that was lost to o the russians. ever. (cool guy) $30...ththat's awesome. (dadad) yeah, and it's from the most reliable 5g network in america. (woman) for $30 a line, i'm switching now. (mom) yeah, it's easy and you get $960 when you switch the whole family. (geek) wow... i've got to let my buddies know. (geek friend) we're already here! (vo) the network you want. the price you love. only from verizon. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the burning, itching. the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infe

atlantic and impact georgia and the carolinas. expecting another friday. peak storm surge what do your beaches look like. can they withstand 3 to 5 feet of storm surge because that's on the way. isolated amounts of higher totals. >> tropical storm warnings in effect again for central florida up towards north florida. and then in towards the carolinas. we are not done yet. that's the bottom line. and we are still going to see the potential for storm surge warnings. the storm surge high for southwestern florida and northeastern florida in towards the southeast. we will keep you up to date, of course. back to you pete and brian and ainsley. >> ainsley: thank you, janice. >> brian: state emergency virginia. governor youngkin said that yesterday on the couch that they know is going to be heading to them shortly. right now it's about northeast florida where the focus is going to be. we are going to get it all revealed in about an hour when the sun comes up. >> ainsley: my sister-in-law south carolina i was writing her. how are high rise condo on the beach. they were sending us pictures of the tennis courts dow

beach. the forecast for ian is for the center to move out over the atlantic ask then turn northward, expectedn south carolina. we do expect ian to restrengthen and expected to be at or near hurricane intensity as it reaches the coast. when you have the hurricane watch in effect from northeast florida all the way up to south carolina. >> we have seen the devastation continuing this morning as it hovers over central florida, as you say. looking ahead around the corner, what can coastal south carolina, coastal georgia expect as we move into friday and saturday? >> we're going to see winds move on shore into the coastal areas even as soon as later today and this evening. but the worst conditions are going to occur with the storm surge inundation. we have a storm surge warning for northeast florida up to past charleston, south carolina. we can see 4 to 6 feet above ground level. that's as tall as i am in places like charleston, savannah, up to northeast it'll. then we'll be dealing with the heavy rainfall. we could see rainfall totals as high as 12 inches in places like charleston, south carolina.