and what we've seen happening here, jacksonville, in this most recent redistricting cycle, jacksonville, a large african-american and the city council packed all of those voters, a few super majority districts, which essentially ensures that there's almost no opportunity for black candidates to get elected from anywhere else in the city. and one thing that that strikes me is the the pace of the the how quickly things have gotten worse. you know when i was a reporter in in 2010 in that redistricting cycle, i was working in south louisiana. and, you know, every the school board the parish governments like the county governments or every little, you know, no matter how small these political boundaries were, when they were redrawn. they had to be submitted. the u.s. justice department for so they were not allowed to approve anything on their own. and those watching those processes play out, everyone had to hire a consultant. the process was very professional ized. it was very formalized. the reasons why the districts were drawn the way they were pretty clearly explained. the politicians the

so places like jacksonville, st. augustine, we're going to see the possibility of 50 to 60 mile per hour wind gusts through the afternoon. storm surge is going to be a concern. we take a look at some of the power outages that we do have right now in florida. that's a new number, one point eight . so it looks like some of us are maybe seeing some of that power come back on. but as we are anticipating to go into the day on friday, we're going to watch as the core of end makes that third and final landfall sometime in the afternoon. right now, our forecast model pinpointing the coast of south carolina for seeing that by the end of the week. but still winds going to be a big component of that forecast. and we are anticipating to see power outages continue. >> folks, weather. katy burne is in orlando, florida, which is going to be taking the hit in these coming hours. as far as wind and rain goes. >> katie, how are things doing out there this evening? well, you know, i just checked in with the fox forecast center ,and it

right now, i want us to focus on jacksonville. they are in a precarious position. >> and it is a major metropolitan area. and it's impossible to realize, to just realize how saturated the sand, the soil of florida has been and is in previous to the arrival of the storm. we're just wrapping up our rainy season here. the soil is super saturated. and add all of this water that it is bringing, it's going to create can problems all the way across. >> 2 to 3 months of rain in 2 to 3 days. that's what we're anticipating with this storm. along with the storm surge, this is also going to be an east coast situation. >> and orlando is feeling the brunt of the storm. how are things where you are? >> reporter: it certainly wind and rain. that's the name of the story here. i don't have to talk much about the wind because you see it here in my live shot. we have seen a pretty steady amount of rain, but every now and then, there will be a gust that comes through that knocks me off balance. that's the wind aspect. what officials are concerned abou

thank you. >>> high tide in jacksonville, st. johns river, officials are watching for a possible double threat. heavy waters surge down. shaq brewster is in jacksonville. what are you seeing? >> reporter: hi, andrea. you get the consistent rain in jacksonville. you are getting the wind. it goes varying paces and speeds. we did just hear from the local officials here in jacksonville. jacksonville's mayor saying they are breathing a sigh of relief. they are warpwarning residents to let down their guard. the river that you see behind me, that is now at high tide. the concern is that as the water pushes into this area, that areas that normally flood, that see -- that saw flooding in prior storms, that that flooding will re-emerge. they are telling people to stay off the roads, stay in your home, not let down your guard, because that flooding that you might not see right now, it could still come back. in the update we got a sense of the power outages and the scale of power outages. 6,500 in the jacksonville area, which pales in compar

even up towards jacksonville. there's still a chance for hurricane gusts here, moving forward over the next couple of days and tropical storm force gusts way up into charlotte, north carolina, check out the future radar here as we take you into this morning. it's a slow crawl across florida. then into thursday night, this storm comes off the coast hooks around jacksonville makes its way up the savannah river valley back to you, rhiannon and andrew. kevin thank you and take a look at tampa bay hours before ian made landfall, depending storm drain the bay and it is called a reverse storm surge is justin finches live in tampa with details on the damage up and down the gulf coast. good morning, justin. andrew rhiannon . good morning, a gusty morning here in the tampa area as ian plows its way ever so slowly across florida, leaving behind a trail of destruction, and this morning, many are fearing what daylight will reveal. this morning. hurricane ian is now moving inland after decimating florida's gulf coast. on wednes

the city of jacksonville is on high alert now.and wind, flooding are a big problem there now. they have had a lot of recent rain. everything is weakened. and the damage has already begun. beaches are closed, the international airport there is shuttered. jonathan serrie is live for us in atlantic beach, florida. jonathan. >> 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 ro

of relief here in jacksonville.t out of the woods yet. that's largely because of the whoever you see behind me, the st. john's river. this river is expected to reach another high tide sometimes in the overnight hours. that could bring the potential flooding flooding to those low-lying areas in jacksonville. the mayor insisting that those people in the low lying areas that did participate in a voluntary vaccination from jacksonville, he asking that they stay and allow crews to reassess tomorrow morning before folks start coming back to this area. that's not to suggest the jacksonville folks did not get impacted by this storm. we saw consistent rain, tropical storm force winds throughout the jacksonville area during the day. we do know that overnight, we saw downed trees, downed power lines, even a sign that fell at one point. there were roads that were closed off or extended period of time, but many of the crews were able to go out and work fairly quickly. tonight on the latest update that we saw, there's about 10,00

we showed you pictures from jacksonville. they're still about roughly 100 miles north of the center of the storm now coming over water. we're taking this north. this is the new forecast from the hurricane center. not what you wanted to see. if you're in hilton head island, heading into the myrtle beach area, you don't want this heading over you. you don't want to deal with a hurricane. if you're on the backside like savannah, winds will be lighter. if you're on the front side of it, that's the areas that could have enough wind damage to knock out power for a week or two. there's so many trees in this area. even a category one could do that. with that landfall have the potential for significant flooding. we have a moderate risk of flash flooding. myrtle beach, charleston, pretty much the entire state of south carolina. into the mountains, that's going to be a big issue. we're at least estimating 4 to 8 inches locally a foot of rain is possible wherever the storm comes inland. all of our friends in south carolina, the message t

tell us what you're seeing in jacksonville. >> here in jacksonville, the mayor told me earlier this afternoon sigh of relief, but warning citizens they're not in the clear just yet. throughout the storm, going into the storm, the concern was the river that you see behind me, the st. john's river. they were getting the tropical storm force winds, the tropical storm force rains but the concern was what it did to that river there, and they were fearing that they were going to get the level of flooding that they got about five years ago with hurricane irma. after surveying and after most of the storm has passed through, they did not get that. that's not to say they were completely spared. there were downed power lines. downed trees. about 22,000 people without power. that number is down to about 10,000 people right now. it's a sign that the wind gusts are not at that high pace, so the crews were able to geout immediately to help people get the power restored. bottom line, the mayor here in jacksonville saying they think they will be in the clear, but they're not -- >> all right, shaq, i think we

what are you seeing in jacksonville? what are they expecting? and are people taking the warning seriously? >> well, in that scenario that you described, that was what local officials were fearing. they've seen this before, just five years ago, with hurricane irma when the tropical storm effects from that storm impacted the jacksonville area, and completely flooded the downtown and led to hundreds of rescue. and now this time around, jacksonville is sending the urban search and rescue team to central florida and that gives you a sense of the impact and the lower level impact that they've had here. that is not to say that jacksonville is out of woods. you've seen. so cleanup video alongside on the screen next to me. downed trees. downed power lines. about 22,000 people in this area were without power since the start of the storm. but again, another sign that shows you the impact that they've had, is that number, as of about two hours ago, was down about 6,500. that means that crews have been able to go out and quickly pull up those power lines, an

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 ta

jacksonville naval bases forced to relocate numerous aircraft ahead of the storm.n brian bender joins me now. captain, they werings for joining me, give us an update what you are looking at in that area? entire basic, -- -- national assets were moved out on tuesday and shipped out on tuesday and we got aircraft out tuesday and wednesday morning before onset of the weather, that gave time to focus on facilities, making sure they are secure, have 84 tenant command and most importantly people, focus on people and it is after the storm. >> captain, makes sense, assets and people protected. are you part of the response when jacksonville moves out when daylight comes. >> position for that and make sure we can return forces and that is the third face, once the storm passes later tomorrow, get that base and sounding cleaned up, we can return assets and help community around us, this is impact to florida and perhaps up to south carolina area, in position to help out. from the try-base area from kings bay and jacksonville and mayport, we want to be prepared on response. if i

it includes the jacksonville area.o at this point no manned that tore evacuations but, again, the mayor of jacksonville saying that people may want to voluntarily evacuate in they are in these low lying areas, especially if they suffered flood damage during erma. because the same thing may happen again. >> jesse: john that you have experienced a few of these in your career. what's your sense of this one? >> yeah. this is an unusual beast. just the size of this, again, going into this i thought that being in the jacksonville area, being here on atlantic beach, if the storm was making landfall in southwest florida and it's not expected, the eye is not expected to pass by this area until well into thursday maybe even early friday that there would being a little bit more calm before the storm. >> i'm used to more calm before the storm. but really since this morning things have been blustery and they keep getting worse and worse. i'm not used to the storm essentially announcing its arrival this far in advance. >> all right.

tropical storm warnings extend up through jacksonville, up the georgia coastline into south carolina. also want to highlight that the coastline of georgia and south carolina are also under a hurricane watch because while we are going to be tracking hurricane and off the coast and back into the atlantic, as likely a tropical storm in that forecast right now, there's a very slim window that we could see that strengthening once again, those warmer waters. we do have some new video coming in to the forecast center of naples, florida, which took a really hard hit from hurricane ivan , especially in the form of storm surge. i mean, just record numbers of storm surge over six feet. and that was just as the gauge ,fortunately, was knocked out. you can see the flooding here in naples just on to the side of your screen, people trying to get through in these overnight hours and still seeing flooded roads. and this is what i really want to caution. if you yourself are in florida, on the west coast, naples, sarasota, up into tampa, where we have flooded roads do not venture out, especially not in

is jacksonville, daytona beach, looking at that category one storm. that was as of 2:00, we'll see what happens in the next advisory. we are south southeast of orlando florida. so it continues to move very, very slowly, across the peninsula of florida. that is part of the problem, because it allows a lot of rain to continue to be dropped in one spot. we do have a lot of tropical are still in place. a hurricane warning, meaning hurricane conditions are still happening there. you can see, it takes that the whole coast, coast to coast and central florida. we're also looking at the stretching in the georgia and north carolina and south carolina. and we'll probably see them expand beyond it in some spots, we're looking at heavy rain where we saw jesse's live spot, that rain is falling. he's gonna be in and out of these really heavy rain dance, we're also looking at gusty winds, about 67 miles per hour, you could find really wet ground with those gusty winds, trees are gonna come, down power lines are gonna come down. that's gonna cause additional power out

and even from savannah, down to brunswick and jacksonville, we're going to see heavy rain, and then one area that i'm going to be talking a lot about this afternoon is st. augustine. they have experienced a ton of rain and flooding, and a bit of storm surge down there, and that could be on par with hurricane matthew from a few years back. here is a look at the flash flood risk. you can see st. augustine there in the most elevated with this, the high risk, and two-plus inches an hour. daytona beach, also experiencing some extreme flooding. so this is just, it is really uncanny. and we're going to be here all night tracking this. >> thank you. we will check back in with you later on this hour and check on the track and what is ahead, et cetera. >>> for now we will bring in the commissioner of collier county, which includes the city of naples. thank you so much for being on with us this afternoon. >> absolutely. thanks for having me. it's been a busy 24 hours and then some. >> i can only imagine. tell me what it's been like for you and help us understand the massive power of this storm. >>

tropical storm warnings up to jacksonville. watches up to charleston. the track that everybody wants to see and has been edging farther south throughout the day as anticipated because the models have been really doing this, takes this right over iglewood, florida, punta gorda. that is a 4 right before landfall. we could see it down to a 3. it is either way going to be a major hurricane, having huge impacts even as it moves north. so, let's talk timing. that's just one of the models that takes it around 2:00 p.m., with the worst surge in that northeast quadrant. that would be here. that would be up to venice. then, you take the thing up and jacksonville gets into the surge on thursday morning. anurgellheayp to 'll keep an ey moves after that, but most importantly, you lose most life and property to storm surge. especially when you start talking 8 to 12 feet. we drove down the beach today, david, and it is frightening to know that with 15 to 20 inches of rain on top of up to 12 feet of storm surge, we could see some real damage here. >> yeah, there are go

in jacksonville, who gave an update on the situation. one thing that he said is while people here are breathing a sight of relief, it's important to note it's too early to let down their guard. and you mentioned the flooding is the big concern here. because yes, you have the rain bands coming through. you have the consistent winds, sometimes significant gusts in this area. but the concern is what the combination of those effects does to the st. john's river. you're looking at video of that right now. we just got past the point of high tide. jacksonville is an area you hear from local officials they continue to reference hurricane irma. five years ago the downtown area was flooded. more than 500 rescues in this area at that time. tens of millions of dollars of damage just in the downtown area alone. while officials are saying it's unlikely that those impacts happen again, especially at the track of the storm couldn'ts to move further east, they say folks are not out of the woods yet in the potential still exists for that to happen. so bot

lieutenant colonel out of jacksonville, colonel booth out of jacksonville and many other adderall partners. captain, if you can put them right back up here for just a second i'd appreciate it. i wanted to thank them before i covered them up with a sign here. so let's talk about, where right in that 72 hour area of search, secure, stabilize and i talked about it yesterday. the only thing i want to talk about is that search, secure and stabilize. we continue to have our fire rescue partners search and rescue going in there and committing what we call the hasty search and were coming back and doing the primary search and they will do a secondary search. it's important for everybody to know as part of the search and rescue element over a 72 hour period there's three searches that are conducted. that hasty search is just very quick. if they see any survivors alive or in traumatic situations and they start to move those individuals. now we're back to that primary search area which is now we're doing a little more detailed search and doing a second searchbehind that . stay safe. i want people to

>> so far, john, i'm glad we had the video that popped up from 2017 up in jacksonville, because jacksonville is going to get storm surge again from this storm, which is pretty hard to imagine. this is a look at the winds recorded so far, verified naples, 112 miles an hour, still with kinds of the worst of the wind offshore, it has not made its way there just yet. so we have a long road ahead. all right, every hour now we are getting an update here, so this is the 2:00 p.m. update. no changes in the last three hours, pressure still at 937 millibars, moving north/northeast at nine miles an hour. we are looking at that every hour. often times when you have a storm making landfall it starts to weaken a bit, interact with land, the friction changes, and that changes the structure of a storm. also in this storm we thought maybe if the forecast was further towards the north a little dry air in here and would weaken storm. none of that has happened. worst of the impacts across parts of florida. the graphic here added on the center forecast from the national hurricane center, what normally see the co

trevor ault is in jacksonville with more.g, trevor. >> reporter: amy, it's now nohe florida's turn to battle with ian. in jacksonville the wind and rain are picking up. to the south along the beaches, some communities are in trouble. atlantic, jacksonville 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

john yang is in jacksonville, florida, and begins our coverage.n: early this morning, hurricane ian quickly escalated into a near-category 5 storm. across florida's gulf coast, residents braced for a brutal impact, boarding up businesses and stocking up on supplies and gas. bruce henry, a longtime resident of port charlotte, had a message for his fellow floridians. >> don't panic. use common sense and level head and just do what you got to do. john: the massive hurricane slammed on-shore this afternoon north of fort myers avoiding a direct hit on the much larger city of tampa. forecasters warned that storm surges could reach up to 18 feet across more than 200 miles of the gulf coast. the storm is expected to track across the state, dumping as much as 18 inches of rain on areas like orlando in central florida and jacksonville on the atlantic coast. ian's outer bands brought flooding even before landfall. more than 2.5 million residents were advised to evacuate. florida governoron desantis. governor desantis: and while most people did leave, they ha

and on the border of jacksonville or florida and georgia are going to see the big impacts and look at this so far, i mean, there has been so much rain that has it fallen across central and even southwestern portions of florida. i mean, we've gotten isolated spots in florida that got well over 2 feet of rain and that is going to be very devastating. now, over the next 24 hours, we do anticipate that ian will end up moving into the atlantic ocean and there are all indications that ian can going to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane and then likely slam into some portion of south carolina that cone is starting to get a bit more accurate there and it's starting to show greater confidence that we'll end up seeing big impacts for those of you in coastal south carolina before it ends up moving just to the north as well as west. so for savannah, georgia, we'll see anywhere from 8 to 12 inches of rain and we are going to continue seeing winds pick up as well and storm surge is going to be an issue as well. 3 to 5 feet are expected over the next 24 houser and charleston, south carolina, nei

look at that on the left hand side of your screen, by the way, that's in jacksonville, florida. that gentleman had to be rescued from his sailboat. he was in a dire situation. we're going to start to see places like jacksonville and daytona beach and even savannah and eventually parts of south carolina probably start to take on more water and see more issues. and storm reports here as we go through time. that's where ian is headed, possibly now reemerging into the atlantic waters here soon. and that's problematic because that is right back over its fuel source. and so it could start to strengthen here pretty quickly. all right. so we're taking a peak, a three day peak just below me there, kind of a three d rendering of what ian looks like right now. again, it is not the storm was when it made its landfall earlier today. and that's as expected because it is over land and it does not have that fuel beneath it, which is the warm tropical waters, 90 mile per hour winds as of the last advisory. we're going to get another advisory on this here in about another hour. and it's moving no

i want to take you live out over to jacksonville, florida the distance.ud cover is kind of preventing a little bit of that. you can see how shaky this camera is all because of that wind it's tropical for tropical storm force winds right now. it's still enough to cause a little bit of damage. now we're learning from the lee county sheriff down in the fourth myers area. fatalities are confirmed exactly how many is still yet to be determined, sheriff carmine marcelino originally told good morning america he knew of a death toll in the hundreds, but has since backtracked that statement and said he doesn't actually have an exact number and his rescue crews are just scratching the surface to learn exactly how much devastation the storm left behind. we just heard from governor to santis. that the coast guard is also conducting rescues as well. powers still knocked out for about two million people, in some cases that's literally cruise in tampa, had to remove a fallen stop light from the street, and that's a result of the 100 plus mile an hour winds which damaged

tropical storm warnings up to jacksonville. watches up to charleston. the track that everybody wants to see and has been edging farther south throughout the day as anticipated because the models have been really doing this, takes this right over iglewood, florida, punta gorda. that is a 4 right before landfall. i think we could see it down to a 3. it is either way going to be a major hurricane, having huge impacts even as it moves north into central florida. impacts even as it moves north. so, let's talk timing. that's just one of the models that takes it around 2:00 p.m., as you mentioned, with the worst surge in that northeast quadrant. that would be here, that would be up to venice. then, you take the thing up and jacksonville gets into the surge on thursday morning. that's with that wraparound. remember, these things rotate counterclockwise. you could have super heavy rains and the surge all the way up to charleston. we'll keep an eye on how it moves after that, but most importantly, you lose most life and property to storm surge. especially when yo

north of jacksonville, because it will go to jacksonville after it gets out of central florida, then does savannah have to worry and what parts of south carolina do we have to worry about? >> yes. yes. savannah, charleston all those places, i think they're going to get hit by a hurricane. and the compounding problem with the storm surge is the pre-existing water piling up. i'm sorry i'm so animated about in. >> sean: no, i know, for those that don't know, joe is a storm chaser, he eats, breathes and sleeps this, knows every storm -- what was the name of the hurricane, the biggest hurricane in the 1920s? quick quiz? >> i'm not sure 1920, but i know about the -- i don't think there was a big hurricane in 1920, how about that. >> sean: how about 1926. >> one year there wasn't a big hurricane. well, the 1920s window window had a lot through southern florida, 1929 cape hurricane, and 19 27, that went into savannah after hitting south florida. look at that dÉjÀ vu. >> sean: joe bastardi weather bell.com. thank you. we have now break developments across the state of florida now joined by fl

it's going to be gainesville certainly going to be challenged but, right now, jacksonville.epresent. thanks so much, guys. appreciate it. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: check back and get pictures orlando and tampa. and last night but soon we are going to get as the sun comes up where the eye is now. for up-to-the-minute coverage of the ian download and stream fox weather, getting bigger by the day. meanwhile fox weather is tracking ian as the now tropical storm rips through florida devastating winds and rains. devastating updates as it happens right here. you don't have to go anywhere else. plus, in the eye of a storm. air force pilot joins us live after flying right through the category 4 hurricane yesterday. he says it was the worst flight he has ever experienced. and he taped it. ♪ >> janice: good morning, everyone. this time yesterday we were talking about a near category 5 hurricane moving in southwest florida. your prayers are needed because the coast line is forever changed as the sun comes up. take a look at the statistics. top window reports as it made landfall 140 mi

, significant rain for the orlando area and then a northerly trend towards those of you in the jacksonville area and then there is a possibility that the eyewall could end up going into the atlantic ocean before turning back right on the border of not only georgia but also south carolina. by the time it gets to charlotte, it's going to be a shell of itself. expecting to see winds only about 25 miles per hour, but still going to produce a punch. john. >> john: a lot of rain as it moves inland and up through south carolina and north carolina and on into the mountains of virginia and eastern tennessee and that could result in a lot of flooding in the deep valley areas. in terms of the storm surge, we are seeing a lot of wind-driven waves and things. when do we expect the worst of the storm surge will happen and where will that happen? >> well, it's going to be happening within about the next couple of hours and when we talk about storm surge, the best advice or should say the best comparison is you remember as a kid when you used to get in the bathtub and you had where you pushed the water the

heavy rain fall going to create some flooding issues you get toward orlando and jacksonville, there's potential for up to 2 feet of rain the fact that this is slowing down, ali talked about that too, it's going to prolong those impacts across the florida peninsula. eventually, that widespread heavy rain and gusty winds make their way up to carolina >> back to the naples mayor now where i'm told we've got the technicals worked out. have you heard, madam mayor from people specifically? do you know how bad this was >> yes i am available to our residence departments. they have been in contact with me and with the city manager it's severe. and we really don't know because we haven't had a chance to really get out and assess the damage we will as soon as the water recedes. we have been waiting patiently since around 4:00 thinking it was going to recede a lot faster than it came in. i mean, it came in like a super monster. the city manager and i have been out and around at 11:00 just assessing how the situation was, and then all of a sudden, it just flooded in to where our beach and bay wate

primarily now along the i-95 corridor along daytona beach, jacksonville area before the storm system in tampa, you know, it's pretty calm a little chilly about 70 degrees surprisingly. the rain has moved out east but it was a pounding night of window and rain here last night. category 4 hurricane ian made landfall at 3:00ish just north of fort myers on kia costa a barrier island on sanibel fort myers that entire region is dealing with power outages. in fact 2.5 million statewide without electricity right now. and as one would expect most of that is where the category 4 hurricane slammed ashore. this is the website power outage u.s. which tracks these outages. about 50,000 utility crews including many from out of state are now trying to get everyone back on the grid in placido, florida where landfall happened in charlotte county here is the whiteout eye wall where the storm and it's 150 mile-per-hour winds slammed ashore. most of the southwest florida corridor is under a flood advisory. all the way until saturday. that will likely spread further northeast as the system and the rains a

jacksonville airport -- >> carley: 2.5 million people without power this morning, cheryl casone is herety, storms coming into the downtown area, flooding the stores. [indiscernible] -- we are really just beginning here this afternoon, we will see that landfall, it is really coming in right now, neal, and it is tough to each speak and i'm sorry. >> carley: ashley webster from fox accident is live in st. petersburg, residents will be waking up soon to assess the da damage. what are they going to find? >> in the tampa, st. petersburg area, we thought we were in for a direct hit, that didn't happen, the storm went south. we've seen debris and scattered power outages, this tree branch behind me is the kind of thing you are seeing on the streets. it needs to be cleaned up, when you consider what happened in fort myers and port charlotte, this is really nothing. certainly historic flooding we thought could happen in tampa bay with storm surge didn't happen, that is no assessment for those in the south. storm downgraded to tropical storm, overnight continued to cause problem with heavy rain, st

heavy rainfall going to create some flooding issues, inland flooding towards orlando and jacksonville, there's a potential of two feet of rain, locally more than that that will be doing some damage the fact that this is slowing down, ali talked about that, too. it will prolong the impacts. there's the second landfall friday afternoon and heavy rain and gusty winds. they make their way through the islands. >> adam del rosso, thank you so much back to the naples mayor where i'm told we have the technicals worked out theresa heightman is with us madam mayor, have you heard from people do you know how bad this was >> yes i am available to our residents. they have been in contact with me and with the city manager it's severe, and we really don't know because we haven't had a chance to really get out and assess the damage. we will as soon as the water reseeds. we have been waiting patiently since around 4:00 thinking, you know, it was going to recede a lot faster than it came in it came in like a super monster. the city manager and i have been out at around 11:00 and just assessing how the

a foot is possible right here along the coast between basically melbourne and then jacksonville. and then the potential for six inches up into the carolinas. this storm system is not over. unfortunately, the good news is it's done for the west coast. the bad news is, daylight is going to bring untold and unimaginable devastation. >> we'll be covering that all morning long. thank you so much. >>> so even rescue crews felt the brunt of hurricane ian. in naples flooding began while ghe storm was sill offshore, fin and inside theire house. of water on its nds.reas aboutot >>> and with 2.5 millieo under evacuation orders, many sought refuge inside shelters. some schools and other facilities were quickly converted into emergency shelters. "cbs evening news" anchor and managing editor norah o'donnell visited two schools that housed hundreds. she talked with anita glover who said that she went to a shelter in tampa to keep her son safe. >> reporter: it would be very difficult with a 2-month-old and no electricity. >> yes, you got to bathe them, feed them. i did the right thing coming to

we could have some unexpected problems, especially downtown jacksonville. that is one of the main concerns in the days ahead. as we watch the heavy rainfalls, that storm surge map is here, we saw this today. the pictures you see from naples, those 5 to 6 foot storm surge, that hurricane center is saying that the area from about savannah southward through jacksonville, maximum of 3 to 5. this is worst-case scenario. but, it is possible that we could have problems and damage done, even from the storm in florida as we go throughout the next few days. in all of our computer models, -- it looks like it could do this. they are targeting areas towards the charleston area. myrtle beach seems to be the northern extent that we have to deal with. we will see how it all plays out, but eventually we will be dealing with another landfall and significant rain, a chance of flooding. florida is different, florida has that sandy soil, it's okay for the wealth, but once we get heavy rain heading into the carolinas and southern appalachians, that is a different ball game. that

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 jacksonville fire and rescue crews that we are prepared to send we sent the orlando area we whatever is asked of us to send resources, and friends in fort myers my wife is been in communication with them so we know at this point are okay but the parts of the state that were hit is tragic and were grateful, thank god that we would be helpful to others. stuart: were getting a lot of inquiries about the insurance situation, we know the homeowner insurance business is severely challenged and ian will add to that challenge, do you think the state will have to bail out the citizens property insurance company of last resort to thinking only the state bailout? >> governor desantis is doing a great job. they're going to have to address that issue. >> increases in this is going to put more stress and pressure on him, i know the first priority is to help people who are in crisis right now and that is what everybody is mobilizing for even though the storm did major impacts we reformed our pension liabilities we sold our pension liabilities a few years ago which gave us money to invest i

trevor ault is in jacksonville. trevor: this thing is so big and the path so powerful that it is expected to march all the way across the state of order and dip back into the atlantic ocean and slammed into the coast here. the first coast, the atlantic ocean side of florida. so jacksonville is bracing for flooding that they haven't seen in several years. >> we've got like three high tides to make it through here. hunker down, sandbag. if you've got sandbags, put them up. if you are in a flood-prone area, just stay off the roads and hunker because here we go. >> meanwhile, the outer bands already affecting georgia. georgia governor brian kemp issuing a state of emergency. as residents stock up on essentials. >> i'm as ready as i can be. i live with lots of those old, live oak trees so i'm worried about all the branches coming down. >> governors also issuing state of emergency. although it is calm in raleigh, north carolina, resident arete about possible flooding and are ready to move some belongings. >> hopefully som

jonathan serrie is northeast of jacksonville. how have they done?cleared up considerably. people returning to the beach. i see a few surfers out in the water. but what a difference a day makes. even though we're on the opposite coast of where this storm made landfall, ian unleashed heavy rains and winds both in central florida and also here in the northeastern part of the state. take a look at this video from vel oesch yeah county. two deaths. a 67-year-old man fell and unable to get up before floodwaters rose over him and a 72-year-old man who fell into a canal behind his home during the storm. deputies checked on vehicles and made sure no one was trapped inside and helped evacuate several residents stranded in homes surrounded by rising floodwaters. in nearby clay county, deputies rescued a man who fell off a boat in the st. john's river. authorities say conditions on the river were tumultuous but unclear whether that or a medical condition caused the man to fall overboard listed in critical condition at a local hospital. the storm's impacts were

but people in this part of florida in the jacksonville area, in communities like atlantic beach, wherem, 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 areas, the barrier islands had heavy flooding, the mayor of jacksonville warning people who experienced flooding during irma to take precautions. >> your reporting is terrific, we appreciate you, we want you to be safe. but, what is really striking is talking tornado watches, tornado watches in orlando you know down through daytona to west palm beach. you can talk to us about that? we may be losing the feed. jonathan we'll come back to you in a bit. on breaking news this hour, bring in florida attorney general ashley mood we florida congressman brian mass. to you general moody, thank you for joining us, these are traumatic images, with houses flooded and underwater in fort myers and the area, attorney general what do you hear? first responders like firehouses, are underwater. they are needed. is the pentagon se

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a pretty good storm surge as well. 4 to 6 feet in the jacksonville area. and well, you could see 4 to 7 feet as you make your way a little further north. the storm continues to rotate in. you see these heavy bands of rain around the core that low that are spinning around back toward the coastline. eventually this starts to move a little bit closer, especially in south carolina. i think that will be the key. i think as far as georgia's concerned, they'll see some heavy rain along the coastline, but really going to be picking up here. so we've got storm warnings up along the coastline, expecting that storm to move on shore here in the next 24 hours could see 4 to 7 foot storm surge, maybe near places like myrtle beach as it begins to move on shore. that storm surge of a warning is in effect until actually sunday. but we'll see that system move by before them. meantime, though, here's the very latest on in sustained winds now of 75 miles an hour. it may strengthen a little bit more before making landfall here. moving north northeast is picked up a little bit

this is on the far -- not the far but the eastern shore of florida south of jacksonville. the amount of disturbance this storm is kicking up already. the entire state now has been affected by the size of ian and the force of this storm that's moving through for a good ways to come still, dana. >> dana: let's bring in josh boatwright from the pinellas emergency operation center. what is your assessment this morning? >> here in pinellas county we lifted our evacuation orders an hour ago which affects a large portion of our population that lives in coastal areas. conditions have finally settled down in terms of the storm impact, the wind, the rain, and some limited storm surge that we experienced over the last 24 hours. we fortunately for our area received more tropical storm-force winds being on the north side of the storm but just a couple of days ago we were prepared for a direct hit just like our neighbors to the south. >> bill: josh, will you be able to take any of those assets and help the folks that are just below you 70 to 80 miles? >> yeah. i know in florida, the loc

the governor and the mayor of jacksonville told us come in. we will host you here. do your events here. have fighters from all over the world. the fighters from other countries we brought into abu-dabhi. the others we brought into florida. we ran our businesslike nothing was going on although we didn't have fans. houston said i need you here. how quick can you get here? i will be there as soon as your mayor lets me. we figured out a date. it was houston, texas, jacksonville, florida, and abu-dabhi. >> tucker: dana white said donald trump called him. he is happy to talk about his decades long relationship with donald trump. it's interesting. that's straight ahead. >> tucker: it's interesting to it find out what famous people are like. a lot of prominent people are not great. they are not loyal to the people who work for them. loyalty is a prerequisite for an honorable life. and dana white demonstrated that and was loyal to his friends even his friends were the most controversial people in the world. he and donald trump have been friends for years. he spoke when donal

near the daytona to jacksonville area.gnificant rainfall with the possibility of up to 25 inches in isolated parts of florida. as always, there's a possibility for tornadoes. the main message i have for everyone in florida is that this is going to impact everyone in different ways. you need to stay focused. i did speak with governor desantis on friday to hear his main concerns and his priorities for the response and the preparedness actions. we immediately began moving resources and personnel in. president biden signed governor desantis' emergency declaration request on saturday. this made sure we were able to immediately start supporting the governor's concerns that he relayed to me. the preparation for this storm has been extensive and it has been coordinated. it has been a coordinated effort between fema, our federal, our state and our non-profit partners. a little bit about some of that forward leaning posture we put in place. search and rescue we know that this is going to be a priority. we have established a search a

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