when we had 185 miles per hour winds. camille in 1969, 175 miles per hour. and drew in 1992. that was devastating. rocked the state. they had years to dig out of that one. michael, 2018. 160 miles per hour. michael is the last one that floridians remember. so it's been awhile for even floridians, forget the millions that moved to florida over the last couple years. even for residents that have been there awhile, it has been awhile to deal with something like this. eric arroyo joins us right now. how are things looking there? >> we've been enduring this hurricane now for a little bit. but you know, the number 1 priority of the city of sarasota is the safety of our residents. we have approximately 3,800 individuals in our shelters, 12 shelters scattered throughout the county. we have about 22,000 homes without electricity from our last briefing. my understanding is fpl has been working and some of those have been restored. all we can do right now is just hunker down and wait. we prepared. we've warned. we have distributed supplies. right now it's -- all we have is each other. w

sixty five mile an hour winds thursday evening. sixty five mile an hour winds friday morning. sixty five mile an hour winds. so that deterioration stops all of a sudden. and that's a very strong tropical storm . five more miles an hour. we could 10 more miles an hour. we could be talking about a hurricane. so it's going to be right in that range. a strong tropical storm or a category one hurricane, possibly, possibly running up along the southeastern coast, including northeastern florida . so tropical storm warnings are in place across this entire area. because it will at least be that. but it is possible that you could see some hurricane force winds as it gets back over that warm water, pushing the storm surge, bringing lots and lots of rain. and of course, yes, those winds that we've been talking about currently, winds gusting in some cases 30 miles an hour. twenty five miles an hour. it's the length of winds like this. obviously, those aren't horrible winds, but it's already been going for a while and they're just going to continue that kind allows some of this ocean water

miles: they d.a.r.t. mission would have to impact years of advanced to knock an asteroid often collision course with earth. stormers say the solution is a space telescope called neo-surveyor. it is designed to orbit between the earth and sun using a wide-field infrared camera to identify potential threats that we cannot see on earth. congress may have mandated nasa find the most hazardous near earth objects, but it did not appropriate specific funding. the billion-dollar mission is floundering. the biden administrationust delayed it two more years. >> it all comes into the priorities of what nasa has on its plate. it has more things that it has been asked to do than the funding that has been appropriated. miles: shouldn't we be spending money on surveying before we practice changing the orbit of an asteroid? >> certainly you have to find it first. miles: orbit brought them close enough to earth to create this target of opportunity now. it is a complex technical challenge. the target is only about 525 feet

the movement is at 9 miles per hour. the wind gusts, 190 miles per hour.n area. you're seeing right behind me, this is sarasota bay. and then behind sarasota bay is the gulf of mexico. we've been experiencing some very, very intense wind gusts and the rain has been nonstop. but, but take a look at that radar image. it's showing you the most intense part of the storm and yet to arrive to florida. it is a potentially life-threatening storm. and as you can see, the eye is hitting right in fort myers. julia ainsley is with us this morning. i want to kind of go over what federal officials have been preparing for and what it is they're going right now. >> we just heard from deanne criswell as they look at this life-threatening storm. they're talking about the number of personnel they're moving to florida. they have a fema headquarters set up in miami as well as 128,000 gallons of fuel. they have 2500 red cross personnel going to the state of florida to act as first responders. more of the numbers here, 350 personnel from the army corps of engineers. we understan

winds here 30 miles an hour. the top gusts 30 miles an hour. we're not far from that point in the coming hours where officials are telling residents, if you're going to stay here, you've got to be ready for the fact that first responders are not going to be able to get to you once the winds get to 40 miles an hour. we're close to that point here. we're standing here at an inlet where, again, storm surge is going to be an issue. they could get 4 to 7 feet of storm surge which could push this water you're seeing right up over here to where i'm standing and moving to your right. this is beach drive over here in st. petersburg. this whole area susceptible to flooding. this area, this county in florida, pinellas county has high numbers of people under evacuation orders. 442,000 people in this county were under mandatory evacuation orders. many people are heeding those warnings. john, a big test here is going to be of the sewage system here in st. petersburg. that has been a huge issue in recent years because the sewage system for years was antiquate

sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. wind gusts of 165 miles per hour. the storm forecast has adjusted somewhat south of where i am in tampa headed right towards the fort myers area in florida about 100 miles south of here, but the threat to florida is enormous. more than 2 1/2 million people under some sort of evacuation order. yes, the wind speed is a serious threat now, a category 4 storm. storm surge where i am in tampa, they could see storm surge of 6 feet which would put the water pretty much right where i'm stand going it hit the maximum levels down towards where the storm is expected to make landfall. they could see storm surge of 12 feet. imagine that? but it's not just the wind and the surge, it is also the rain. the rain here, which has been falling all night, sometimes much harder than this, this could go on for another 36 hours. they could see up to 2 feet of rain in some places, including right here in tampa, which means they could see a storm surge coming up from the bay and they could see fresh water flooding coming down from the rivers a

miles per hour.and one of the things as meteorologists we like to watch is what's happening with that eye and as you can see there, it is slowly moving right over land there. we are expecting to hear from the national hurricane center in the next hour or so that this hurricane has made landfall and when we originally signed in this morning about 4:45, we have been watching it on fox weather all morning long, we saw rapid intensification and that means you will see the winds pick up by 35 miles per hour within a 24-hour period. we saw it happen within three hours of ian, of this morning of us going on air, and that's the reason why we keep saying this is a very dangerous storm and this is going to be an historic storm. number one question i keep getting is what's next with this system. so, we are expecting landfall here as i mentioned within the next hour or two, and once that happens, we expect for it to continue to move over land and then it's going to slowly start to bank a bit more northward and c

william: miles o'brien, thank you so much. welcome. ♪ judy: speaking of nuclear weapons, recent threats from russia's president vladimir putin to use nuclear weapons have sent a shudder across the world, conjuring visions of armageddon and nuclear fallout, echoes of the cold war. the covid pandemic certainly showed the world how swiftly society can grind to a halt. most people managed to survive that, but how would they cope with other catastrophes? in sweden with its bid to join nato and the war in ukraine, citizens are being encouraged to get ready just in case. as special correspondent malcolm brabant reports from sweden, what's called prepping has gone mainstream. malcolm: sweden is one of the last places you'd expect armageddon. it hasn't been at war for over 200 years. but the state is urging citizens to prepare for catastrophe. >> although sweden is safer than many other countries, there are still threats to our security and independence. everyone who lives in sweden shares a collective responsibility for our country's

we've survived 80 mile an hour winds and the boat handled it no problem. >> this could be like 150 milen hour winds. >> yikes. >> well, we might be leaving sooner then. we haven't watched the news recently. we ran to the store real quick and then just came back. >> nothing is set in stone. >> all of a sudden you're changing your mind. >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: and luckily they did change their mind. we spoke with them -- moments ago and they actually decided to get a room here, there's a hurricane room at this boat club or yacht club and they are going to play it safe and ride out the storm there, but 120,000 people have evacuated or were told to evacuate in this county. that's about two thirds of the county, so they are certainly taking it seriously and the county officials are telling me they are not afraid to increase those evacuations before it gets too late. john? >> randi kaye in punta gorda. i'm so glad they made that decision to evacuate. 155 mile per hour winds, almost no one has experienced that type of hurricane. it could be and will be one of the most powerful storms ever

to 200 miles per hour.g told to shelter in place. we're waiting for an update from governor ron desantis. we'll go to the podium live when he gets to it. here's what he said a few hours ago. >> pray for people. this is going to be one of those historic storms. it's going to really shape the dmunts in southwest florida and have a profound impact on our state. >> we have to stress this is just the beginning. take a look at this video just in from directly in the path of this hurricane. it's flooding already. that doesn't even take into account the storm surge that could ultimately reach 18 feet in some places. when you add high tide, which will hit in a few hours, it could get to 20 feet or more. we're also expecting 2 to 3 months of worth of rain to fall in just the next 2 to 3 days. two of the big problems here, the size and the speed of this hurricane, not only is it 600 miles across. it's moving at less than 10 miles per hour. it's expected to slow to 3 or 4. that's walking speed. if you want an idea of w

by thursday evening, still sixty five miles an hour, still sixty five miles an hour. by friday morning. so that warm water is fueling this system. it's going to keep it a strong tropical storm . >> what it could even tip up a little bit and maybe it climbs back up into a category one hurricane status. either way, it's going to be fairly similar storm at that point. and we do have tropical storm warnings from northeastern florida stretching up around the georgia coast and the south carolina coast and even inland, because ultimately it's going to bring a whole lot of moisture up towards augusta, up towards columbia, areas where there's going to be a whole lot of rain. and yes, because of that possible intensification, a hurricane watch is in place across all of these places. there's going to be storm surge. there's going to be wind currently, the winds not horribly strong, but it's about the amount of time that they're going to spin there because these will intensify. you see some 20s, some 30s there. waters just already getting pushed up against the shore. it just cont

to 70 plus miles per hour.is not beginning to quiet down on the western side of the state, the eastern side of the state, beginning to ramp up when it comes to the conditions. in the worst-case activity of the particular storm system, as of surges across this region. the winds continue to intensify in the coming hours. the system reemergence, depending on how much is left intact, once it reemerges over the atlantic. it's kind of what we see if it has the potential is to strengthen back up to a hurricane, before its third, and final landfall, across the carolinas, georgia border. kristie, talk about these hurricanes. before you noted here, category four, as a category fives, a lot, showing varying areas of the impact, with charlie, coming very close to where we saw him make landfall, earlier today. i want to compare that. when you look at these two storms, you look at the record in their entirety. in comes and is the fourth strongest storm on record, as far as sustained wind speeds, right behind michael, and the

talking about 155 mile per hour winds. this is dangerous and it is barrelling towards florida as we speak. let's get latest. governor ron desantis is in tallahassee giving the latest update. >> if it's as simple as schismly just hooking up a few more power lines, then that's what they will do. but in those areas that have the most severe impact, it's likely going to require to have some reengineering, to have some structural fixes and that's going to require man power. it's going take a little bit more time. so people understand how significant this is. they understand how important it is to get the services back up and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. you're starting to see power outages, but you'll see way more over the next 48 hours. you'll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additiona

but it's 130 miles per hour right now moving to the north-northeast at 8 miles per hour. around that center we're going to get winds topping 100 miles per hour still as this storm has pushed inland. more than three hours ago is when it made landfall. so the track is going to continue on this northeastward journey. people need to be on the lookout in central florida as well as it crosses the state. we will see this still a category 1 most likely when it's on top of orlando. so we have a long way to go, wolf. this storm is moving at a snail's pace. >> yes, moving very slowly, which is, obviously, making it even more dangerous. it moves across the state of florida towards the east. stand by, jennifer. we are going to get back to you. randi kaye is with us. i hope we reconnected our signal, rantdy. can you hear me? >> reporter: i hear you. >> give us the latest. i know you are in the relative safety of this garage. but outside those winds are very ferocious. >> reporter: yeah, they sure are, wolf. if we could peek out here just a little bit, as long as we're feeling like it's

you have winds of 9 miles an hour. moving slowly.y four 150 miles an hour winds and enormous pressure. let's bring in alan harris, emergency manager in seminole county. tell us what it's like where you are. it's a busy time. >> very busy here in the emergency operations center here in seminole county. we're preparing for this coming our direction. we're just getting the outer feeder bands from the storms. so certainly not experiencing what they are down in the southwest part of our country or even over on the west -- west part of the state or even the west part of the state over in st. pete. we are starting to get the outer sides. a lot of rain has come in. we did not need any additional rain. we were already at action stage along the st. johns river. it's a big river that comes through seminole county. they are starting to swell. we'll see flooding maybe storage flooding now as forecasted along the river. so hopefully people have made their protected -- taken their protective actions. we've given out hundreds of thousands of sands b

winds topping 120 miles an hour. gusts up to 150 miles an hour, churning in the gulf of mexico. look at the size of that thing. 400 miles across. ian's path coming into clearer fore us can tonight. landfall somewhere between sarr toe is a and fort meyers. tomorrow any time after 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. again, all of this could still shift. then crossing the state, heading north. up to 25 inches of rain in some places. and of course, the threat of tornadoes already. a satellte image from noaa tonight, you can see the rotation there of the hurricane. those sparks, those are flashes of lightning. hurricane hunters flying through the dangerous eye wall and into the eye at this hour. they have made contact with our control room. i talked with them moments ago. we are expected to talk with them live on the air here in just a moment. much of florida already feeling the effects. heavy rain in the florida keys. a tornado watch in effect. this possible tornado seen about 40 miles west of miami. 2.5 million people have been ordered to get to safer ground. traffic headed inland on i-4 right

captiva, gusts of 126 miles an hour punta gorda, gusts of 124 miles an hour. and for a more prolonged period of time. so that's going to lead to all of the damage. orlando, we're going to start to see our winds picking up as we head through the next several hours. could be dealing with gusts up to 100 miles an hour even though this is another bull's eye there as we get towards savannah, we are expecting a second landfall as we head towards friday afternoon as ian continues to track off to the north. 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

augustine. 73 miles per hour wind gust in daytona beach, orlando. 89 miles per hour. orlando, you're going to have a tough night, you are hearing those winds help. i know it is dark maybe you don't have power. or likely you are going to lose your power if these winds continue. but you're going to hear those winds howling overnight. it's going to feel like a freight train inside like a freight train. and that is gonna cause some problems. so, structural damage -- we already had something like -- we are going to add to those totals. then as we go through that time, we will continue to see those winds gusting as well. let's track it for you because we do expect to stay overland. still, this is really where that race are seeing category storm force winds won, 90 miles per hour. and as we go through our time here, this is tomorrow morning at 8:00. we are still seeing some winds at 65 miles per hour. it is going to jump into the atlantic. it is not going to strengthen. that is the good news. but then it is going to take a turn towards northwest. this is tonight at 8:00. sti

mile again, they are 20 deed i_ the royal mile again, they are 20 deep. and it was almost impossible at times. it is not, _ almost impossible at times. it is not. you — almost impossible at times. it is not, you know, this is not curiosity _ not, you know, this is not curiosity i— not, you know, this is not curiosity. i was as surprised by the number— curiosity. i was as surprised by the number of— curiosity. i was as surprised by the number of people who were not tourists — number of people who were not tourists who chanced upon the scene, they had _ tourists who chanced upon the scene, they had come a long way, as kirsty was saying. — they had come a long way, as kirsty was saying, from the north of england — was saying, from the north of england but all over scotland as well because they genuinely wanted to pay— well because they genuinely wanted to pay their respects. these are extraordinary scenes, given that this is— extraordinary scenes, given that this is effectively the third day in a row— this is effectively the third day in a row where we have

so 45 miles per hour is a distance from 155 miles per hour where we are now. >> we know even at 45 milesonditions. with the ground getting saturated with the rain that we're having, you will start to see trees topple with the type of wind that we have. bringing down power lines and creating very unsafe conditions. a lot of the deaths in these storms occur after the storm and people are unaware of downed lines. they get in water and it is tragic end. >> harris: that is a great reminder for people. to our correspondent ashley webster just moments ago, we were talking about what happens when that water gets scooped up out of the bay like where you are. people get so curious and they want to be there when it happens and they cannot be standing there. when the receded waters come back, they come back with a fury and far above your head usually. you know, just in terms of what the weather was before this, what is it like right now for people who are losing their electricity? has it cooled down much where you are? is it hot? what are the conditions? >> no, it's cooled down significantly. we are

wide, or 20 miles wide. this one is five, hundred 700 miles wide. and moving -- , dropping a lot of water. >> yeah, it's a massive. storm and you know, when you get these big storms like, that like they can, cause they can make the storm surge much worse. and that's one of the biggest concerns we've got right now. and it's a little bit south of fort myers, and i'm watching this path of the storm. and it looks like it could potentially, worst-case scenario, for the fort myers cape coral area with a massive storm like that being able to push that, that water up into the coast >> emergency officials seem the slow-moving nature of the storm and how long florida will be delimit. listen to fema. >> by the time it reaches the shores of florida, the storm is gonna slow down to approximately five miles per hour. and this is significant, because what this means is that floridians are going to experience the impacts of this storm for a very long time. >> a very long. time how does that translate into actual time on the

miles: it is already happening.ed with spacex to build the landing craft, a modified starcraft, to take astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon on the third artemis mission. you have to wonder if this is the beginning of an era at some level, or the end of anra, of a way of buiing rocket ships to space? bill: it is the beginning of a new era of both commercial and the government joining up in a partnership. it will evolve. miles: of course, evolution implies a natural selection. nasa's big, goldplated rocket may be aiming for the moon, but it also may be headed the way of the dinosaur. for the pbs newshour, i am miles o'brien at the kennedy space center in florida. judy: fingers crossed all things go well with the mission. before we go, remember to join you michelle center on washington week for analysis on president biden's speech and the latest on the lel issues for print -- for former president donald trump. and tune in to pbs news weekend to see geoff bennett's interview with singer michael buble,

and we continue to track hurricane in that storm packing 155 mile per hour winds just two miles shy of a category five storm more than 2.5 million people under mandatory evacuation orders right now, we will have much more on the source path coming up. kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30. live at the sunshine skyway bridge on the right side of your screen and the radar showing hurricane on on the left hand side of your screen and nearing landfall in southwest florida. right now, we understand the storm could make landfall the eye of the storm within the next hour or so. the eye is just about 20 miles west of fort myers and punta gorda, florida. theresa b

trip and going 20 miles or 30 miles out of your way in order to do that 5 mile trip. sfmta will fork out more monetch who will take the fall or why is that going to go. um -- i just feel like the disability community is going to be the one hurt the most. that is quite a hike -- and so i'm opposed to that. thank you. >> thank you. are there councilmembers ask questions? at this time? i have a question taking to the staff. i see no cost [inaudible] paratransit is an issue and sometimes if someone paid -- 10 dollars and during added about -- 50 or so dollars in the cost. please confirm that so now -- increase of pay, how you could see raising that after [inaudible] because of not in case of 18% less start from that concept. >> yea. so you are correct about the car like the 10 dollars to the 40 dollars. as we said. the way it would work is that the total amount of funds that you can put on the card and you sfmta will match will increase. you have been request a higher allotment. and do you know how much is that? um -- i wish i had my colleague jonathan to answer that ques

northeast at eight miles an hour. a category one you were just talking about where the center of circulation is . and it is actually back behind what you'd see here. and this is the infrared of the the cloud cover. why is it being driven out in front of where the center of circulation? well, that's the shear or the upper level winds that are really steering this their powerful they're going to drive this out into the ocean again. and that's where we could pick up maybe a little bit of strength as you get to some more of that warm air. my clicker. there we go . was not clicking, but it's clicking. now, what have we seen so far ? with this well made landfall? one hundred and fifty mile an hour max winds as a category four hurricane that was back just after 3:00 p.m. this was a strong storm and actually a historically strong storm , the fourth strongest to ever make landfall in florida. if you remember, michael, back in 2018, a very powerful storm that hit the florida panhandle. it was very narrow, though, this obviously

that's a 75 so miles up south of tampa bay. but again, you kind of see this, you follow these trends, these models, you generally know, if it's going to shift every single model, around a little farther to the south. probably see a storm that is wobbling farther and farther towards the south. that is why we think landfall will happen a bit sooner than initially expected. but notice, that make sure part charlotte, granted, fort myers, some of these areas could see storms surge magnets is up to nine feet. that is catastrophic! threats in place there because of that southern ship, portions of tampa bay that were forecast to be closer to nine feet this time, few pockets to get up to 6 to 3 states. that's pretty, high but one of the elements of concern. we are watching with the system, and john, when you look at the factors here at play, what's happening in the gulf of mexico. the floyd shot off of the west coast of florida there, spans about 150 or so miles off towards the west here. and it's very shallow, broad child it's in place

al miles per hour at the -- 58 miles per hour at the charleston airport. 55-mile-per-hour at georgetown. and 53 miles per hour at north myrtle beach. the strongest winds will occur into this evening across the northern charleston tricounty area, up through the p.d. with areas along the coast near where ian makes landfall potentially seeing wind gusts up to 80 to # 0 miles per hour -- 90 miles per hour and 50 to 70 miles per hour further inland along the track. tropical storm force winds will extend west through the midlands. these winds have already downed trees and power lines across parts of the state and these reports should become more widespread as ian shifts inland and the destructive winds develop. storm surge flooding is already ongoing as well across much of the south carolina coast with respects of inuntkaeugs in many coastal communities, especially along the central and northern portions of the coast. peak surge values of four to seven feet are expected north of palms, with lower values south of there. up to two to four feet. storm surge flooding will be most problematic duri

around 60 miles away, the core of the strongest winds, 155 miles per hour sustained winds. the hurricane forced winds extending 80 miles. they are already feeling the hurricane forced winds along the coastline. you can see the red shaded area already moving inland. that storm surge will start to pile in these vulnerable coastlines in the next couple of hour. that will coincide with high tide which will be detrimental and catastrophic for some of these beaches. this has changed by the way, the fort myers area down towards bonita springs, over 16 feet of storm summer. that does not count with the high tide, which will be an additional one to two feet. then you got waves on top of that. that will inundate and go over top of buildings. it will be potentially deadly. here's the high tide, low tide for fort myers. the land fall will coincide with high tide and that is going to be devastating for some of these areas. there's the rainfall, 8 inches plus. it's really the storm surge which is the killer. seeing 12 to 16-foot storm surge, you pray for the people that did not evacuate.

hundreds of miles away. the projected path shows the storm making its way back out onto open water and that means it has the potential -- the potential to become a hurricane again before hitting south carolina's coast tomorrow. senior meteorologist janice dean is live from the fox extreme weather center. we don't want to down play too much that a tropical storm is part of the same system that generated the fifth largest hurricane in america. >> absolutely. i have to warn you that my computer has completely shut down on me but i will talk you through this until my producer can start us up again. we have at least tropical storm-force winds in the northeastern part of the state. the storm itself is going to move out into the atlantic over the next couple hours and has the potential to get close to a category 1 hurricane as it moves into the warm waters of the atlantic and we'll see the potential for another landfall between the northeastern coast of georgia and south carolina on friday. but we can't not pay att

maybe a good quarter mile that way, half mile that way is the gulf of mexico.ow what to do in that situation. 9 feet here would be fill the lobby of this hotel and we could ride it out in stairwells but then dealing with the aftermath of that, you could just imagine the cascade of headaches that come with that much standing water. who knows how long. the other big difference between charlie and ian, charlie was fast. and tight. small. blew through here at 22 miles an how were. this one's half that speed. so it's going to stay here. ian is going to plague these people for longer than anybody would like right now. but it really will come down, i think, to successful evacuations. those who heeded the warnings may determine the mortality cost at the end of this whole thing because even for people who are veterans, hardening conchs who live in the keys, have never seen a storm surge of over 15 feet. it's never happened. we're sort of bracing, hoping for the best, and just waiting for developments as they come. >> i'm glad you and your team have moved to a safer loca

over 300 miles. as this is coming in. it's very cross to the potential upgrade to a category 5. and where i'm standing right now, the bridge that takes us over into mainland fort myers, we are here strategically because when conditions begin to get too intense, and this storm surge begins to come, in which could be up to a foot, we will leave as will emergency officials we are told. as a matter of fact, in cape coral, just to the north of us, emergency officials have suspended operations because of this window that's coming in. when it drops down below 45 mile-per-hour gusts, they will go back out. in the interim, for precaution, with the window kicking up, we are prepared, i have a helmet, important. if the breeze starts going we will take shelter. as i'm out here, you have to be absolutely safe. there are very few people that have stayed here during this mandatory evacuation. there are some high rises where people are hunkering down. but, if they have vehicles, the vehicles are in jeopardy. there i

but a lot of this water is moving past the coastline and going miles and miles inland. fort myers downtown is one of those spots because of the caloosahatchee river, two story hopes vulnerable to 18 feet of storm surge. that is the problem ahead. then you think about how much rain will be coming down with this. we'll show you the rain gauge along the i-4 corridor. they could be seeing up to two feet of rain, triggering flash flooding as far east as daytona, neil. neil: think of all the one story homes in that area. 18 feet is taller than those homes. we'll watch it closely, steve bender, fox weather meteorologist. so lucky to have these guys. best in the business monitoring all of this. fortunate to have my next guest in the middle of all craziness going on around him. john gunter is the mayor of cape coral, florida. mayor very good to have you. i'm looking at your area. you are a bull's-eye whether you like it or not. you're preparing your folks for that, pine island, fort myers, on and on, this is where the surge will be significant. how is it looking there now? >> ye

. 68 miles an hour at myrtle in the, 58 miles an hour at charleston airport, 55 miles an hour georgetown and 53 miles an hour at north beach. the strongest winds will occur this evening across the northern tri-county area through the grand strand and pd with areas along the coast near ian's landfall potentially seen when guests 80 to 90 miles an hour and 50 to 70 miles an hour in the along the track. tropical storm force winds will extend west to the midlands. the wind down power lines across the state report should become more widespread as the end comes in the end winds develop. storm surge flooding is ongoing across the south carolina coast with inundation in coastal communities especially along central and northern portions of the coast. four to 7 feet of inundation expected to north palms with lower values south of there are generally two to 4 feet. storm surge flooding from the most problematic to mid afternoon but could linger through the evening. in and around georgetown, pollys island, garden city, litchfield cherry growth will be most affected. storm surge will occur along the

traversed about 120 miles, back over the atlantic ocean. still, 12 hours overland, still means getting the category-1 intensity hurricane. the ferocity of the storm system as it goes over the atlantic to maintain this intensity, again, with landfall being 140 miles or so per hour, a storm they really shows you how strong a future it was among the top five strongest storms ever, making them fall across the state of florida. again, there it goes. pushing across the areas of eastern florida in a couple hours. 150 mile parel winds speeds at landfall, the significant storm surge as a result of it. the highest ever observed in fort myers for hurricane ian. one element i want to show you, because looking into the data sets around the screen, try different in the current windspeed shifted towards the east. look at it here. all of the weather instruments, with the power outages in the dark, and the storm system, couldn't find too many in the way of current wind gusts. even orlando's airport wasn't giving me the system update from south of orlando pu

at this point 40 mile-per-hour window gusts outside, 25, 26 mile-per-hour sustained winds.. if you are where you are, you are going to be shut in for the rest of the day. >> carley: wow, you know what? that's a scary prospect because some people may wake up and say now is the time to leave. but, it's already getting very dangerous. and then you think about who lives in florida and there are a lot of elderly folks in florida. folks less mobile. what should they do? >> yeah. my new district is the most elderly district in the entire nation. sarasota, charlotte, and northern lee county. they should, if they are having problems now or still at home. they need to get to a shelter. sarasota county alone has 1 shelters. seller of them are medical ready shelters. if you need oxygen tanks, if you need all of these things, they are prepared. there is one near my house at tatum ridge that is fully prepared for those type of scenarios for especially the elderly and those that need medical needs. so they need go online on their phone, however they can get online if their power is out an

winds now at 130 miles an hour. the storm some 800 miles across. in bermuda, they were boarding up stores all day. winds picking up already. and look at this tonight. this is the view inside the hurricane this evening, moving toward bermuda. a sea drone on the ocean's surface actually able to capture the 50-foot waves. that's what you're looking at right there. and then from up above tonight. hurricane hunters flying right into the eye of the storm. senior meteorologist rob marciano in bermuda tonight tracking this hurricane, and the next tropical threat, as well, showing a potential path straight toward florida. rob tonight from bermuda. >> reporter: tonight, with fiona's outer bands moving in, bermuda is boarding up. officials are sounding the alarm. >> we want residents to please take this storm seriously. >> reporter: locals grabbing essentials while there's still time. power crews assembled and ready. >> we will rise and make sure they are protected and they get turned on as soon as possible. >> reporter: hurricane fiona is a category 4 beast.

this is probably the safest buildings -- we are about 250 miles per hour, five miles from the coast, 40 self sufficient. we on generator now. we've been on generator for the last six hours. we can run 100 hours on our generator. because we don't want t the powr disruption in the middle of the storm. >> chiefef, thank you. we hear the warning from you. i hope people are listening to the sound of your voice. we appreciate it, be well, be safe, okay? >> thank y so much. i hope all your listenerare doing that. have a good show, d hope they are tching, you they are hearing me. and they get there. because the time is running out! thank you sir! >> thank you chief! >> up next the storm chaser, hot on the trail of hurricane ian. it's clinically proven to detoxify below the gumline. and, it restores by helping heal gums in as little as 7 days. because you cant have a healthy smile, without healthy gums. advanced gum restore, from crest. the #1 toothpaste brand in america. >> so hurricane ian is expected to make landfall in florida less than 24 hours from now. this massive storm is and now a c

the wind is about 55 to 77 miles per hour, wind gusts about 100 miles an hour.are expecting about 12 to 24 inches of rain. we are certainly concerned about some areas in the district they're prone to flooding, and right now we are just trying to make sure that we have the information that we need, sheltered down, and we can ride this storm out. >> what are you looking for in terms of federal response, which is going to be necessary? as you're looking through some of those areas on the gulf coast, some highly populated ones, there could just be a tremendous amount of destruction. obviously, the great is going to have some problems. what are you looking for as a role in the congressman -- in terms of federal response. >> chris, i chair the subcommittee on emergency preparedness response and recovery. look, we just got back from puerto rico, and assessing the damage from hurricane fiona. there is been a lot of polarization in reactions to politics. although some real progress on some bipartisan pieces of legislation. the previous president tended to see disasters t

we are sheltering at home, i live a couple miles inland from the coast. we denot feel the storm surge, we had plenty wind and rain. it was a day of shock yesterday watching the footage coming in, we were getting a lot of phone videos and texts from our clients on the beach, residents on the beach, unimaginable circumstances out there, yet to be out to the beach myself to assess things, i will try to get out at sunrise today. the authorities have a job to do, we heard boats, cars, scattered across what used to be streets have turned to rivers and oceans and i'm not sure what we'll find this morning, i think it will be devastating. >> todd: you own a construction company that builds beach front homes, how catastrophic are you expecting the damage to be? do you think yulee have to restart a lot of homes from scratch when you see what the damage is? >> from scratch, no, florida has a strong building code and part of the building code involves breakaway walls, a function feature, if we have a storm surge event, the walls on the ground floor are designed to col

tropical storm force winds extend outward 150 miles in each direction. that's 300 miles. that also will get bigger. we also just had our first tropical storm in key west, 40 miles per hour sustained. 60-mile-an-hour gusts. this is 8:00 p.m., purple is your greatest possibility. you go from sarasota over toward lake okeechobee, that's 2:00 in the morning. you've got this entire region of southwest florida that's going to see overnight, period, of tropical storm force winds. and it just continues in toward wednesday. now when it comes to the track, and this has been interesting because it's a big change from the last 24 hours that we've seen this movement from the west to the east, dropping that system down southward. in fact, tracks come from the national weather service every six hours. in the last four runs, it has dropped each time for a total of 65 miles. doesn't sound like much. but that 65 miles is saving tampa bay because yesterday we thought it was going to hang off the coast, slow down, and just kick that surge at them for 36 to 48 hours. their surge forecast was

winds near 150 miles per hour. devastating.ian a high end category 4 hurricane, almost a category 5. carlos is in tampa where the water is being pulled out of the city. tampa's mayor was warning, don't let your guard down. is the city prepared? >> their hope is folks don't venture out just because there's not a lot of rain and wind to speak of right now. that being said, some 50,000 customers across the tampa area are without power at this hour. over 7,500 are at a hurricane shelter. as you said, this is how the bay looks at this hour. you can see the riverbed out here. ian's strength has taken the water out into the gulf of mexico. it's pulling water from the nearby river. that water has to make its way back in. the expectation is, the worry is when the water comes back in, we are looking at a storm surge between five to six feet. then when you add into that the nearly foot or so of rain that is expected to fall across the tampa area, that is when officials believe we might start seeing some of the severe flooding along baysho

again, we are looking at 155-mile-per-hour winds. it's moving northeast at 10 miles per hour. it's going to start to slow in speed. jose mentioned that, too. once it makes that landfall in the next hours, we only have a few hours left before it makes that landfall, we'll see it slow down drastically to a walking pace. that's why we're going to see catastrophic rainfall, catastrophic storm surge, life-threatening flash flooding, as well. so it's 60 miles west of naples, florida. we'll see that landfall in the next couple of hours. we're seeing very heavy rainfall right now in spots, where you see those brighter colors. this is the track, really well-defined here. category 4 now. as it makes landfall later on this afternoon, let's say 12:00, 2:00, 1:00, we're looking at 155-mile-per-hour winds. the hurricane hunters are in and out of there. they could be higher. we could see another advisory come out saying we have higher winds. then it will make landfall. still holding its strength. what's really interesting about this storm, we're talking about the west coast, we're focusing o

. 68 miles an hour at myrtles inlet. 58 miles an hour at the charleston airport. 55 miles an hour at georgetown and 53 miles an hour at north myrtle beach. the strongest winds will occur the cd across the northern tricounty area up to the grand strand and pd but there's along the coast knew what ian makes landfall potentially sink when gus up to 80-90 miles an hour and 50-seven miles an hour are the inland along the track. tropical storm force winds will extend west through the midlands. these winds of already down trees and power lines across the state and the support should become more widespread as in shifts inland and the destructive winds develop. reports of an addition in many coastal communities especially along the central and northern portions of the coast. peak surge values of four to seven feet of inundation are expected north of isle of palms with lower values south there generally up to four feet. storm surge flooding will be most problematic through midafternoon. can linger through the evening. areas in and around mcclellan they'll come georgetown, pawleys island, garde

we've got winds of 115 miles per hour, and it's only moving at 8 miles per hour. so that's a huge concern moving forward. it's how slow the storm is moving not only for the wind damage it's going to create but also the flooding we're going to see today, tomorrow, and on into friday. >> what should we expect to see over the next couple of hours? >> well, you saw that shot from randy. we've seen bill out there as well, and it is just incredible. the winds whipping through, they've been in these winds since 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. they did get a tiny break when they were in the eye, but you've seen the winds and debris that's coming. so when you have winds of 100 plus mile per hour for hours on end you know it's going to wear down the tree canopies, peoples roofs, the street signs. that's why you're seeing more and more debris litter the streets because of everything being worn down by the wind. so we have a lot of gauges that are now out. they reported well over 120 mile per hour winds where randy is multiple times throughout the day as this storm continues to

miles, it's great to speak with you. miles: geoff, kewise.a few of these images. we'll start with this one, because when we look at this deep field image, we're actually looking at thousands of galaxies, is that right? miles: thousands of galaxies we've never seen before. they trained the webb telescope at a piece of the sky that was pretty much dark. and what did they see? thousands of galaxies that we didn't know existed. it's an extraordinary thing when you think about it. that's one time exposure. one tiny little piece of sky. i don't know about you, but it sure makes me seem a little bit smaller. the other thing that's kind of interesting about this is you'll see some artifacts, they look like smears almost or blurs. that is a phenomenon we call gravitational lensing. and what that means is the stars that are closest to us actually warp the light and create nature's own telescope to make it easier for us to see galaxies behind it. so by refracting the light, they actually magnify what's behind it. so we're actually getting a little bonus

>> still see the 155-mile-per-hour eyewall winds.nside the eye it could be down to 5 or 10 in the middle, but we're working our way onshore. the eye is not onshore. the eyewall is coming onshore. this is what it looks like from space, this is called the visible image. when the sum comes out, you can truly see how large this storm is right now. the eyewall is very big around. that's good news. the smaller the eye, the higher the wind speed could get. it doesn't look like that will happen, because we'll make landfall first. this is the naples pier from earthcam. i don't expect all of this to look like this in a few hours. punta gorda into cape coral. fort myers, big cities, will all be under some type of saltwater flieding. either a foot, in some spots nine feet, above the gutters for some houses. that's how much surge is coming in here. the center of the eye is still offshore, but the eyewall is coming onshore. then we move this far east. tampa, you're still get north winds, some winds over 100 miles per hour. on the east side, the wi

hurricane ian just upgraded to a category 2, winds 100 miles an hour. tropical storm warnings in effect for the lower keys. a hurricane warning already for tampa bay tonight. this evening, look at the size of this storm. this massive swirl seen from the international space station. the hurricane pummelling the cayman islands and on track to strike the western tip of cuba. from there, the hurricane headed straight for florida. they are beginning to come into greater alignment, looking at landfall north of tampa. how close just isn't known yet. and no matter what, it means storm surge and flash flooding are very real concerns here. across the state tonight, they are getting ready for ian to arrive. stocking up and food and supplies. shelves emptying out. and, of course, families lining up to fuel their cars. but in the areas most at risk, familying are packing up and heading to safer ground. workers at tampa general hospital are bidding a flood wall now. and at the tampa airport, they are preparing for a potential shutdown of operations sometime in the ne