you notice at midnight tonight just beginning to get some gusts picking up in the orlando area but it'seally, tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m., you notice this thing is crawling. you could ride a bicycle faster than this hurricane is going to move. but now tomorrow, orlando is in it in the morning, and then watch as we go through the day today. crawling across central florida and the metropolitan area of our lando, daytona beach, melbourne. so now we're at noon still in the hurricane force gusts, and look at this. 6:00 tomorrow evening, it still hasn't completely departed the general orlando area. add to that -- that was about the wind. add to that the national weather service is forecasting an extreme risk of flash flooding because -- intense rain, some areas up in a belt up in here, 30 inches, and isolated areas widespread up to 20 inches. that's tonight into the morning. now watch where it moves and notice orlando still in it, and that's tomorrow. so, you know, this is all going to just slowly move to the north and focus on orlando and then we get up to friday into saturday, and now eve

so anyone in the p orlando area should bean sheltering in placet this point to finish seeing through what is left of the ian comingf through this area. it is heading this way. it still has not arrived. the rain which is calm right now could be picking up pretty badly again in the hours ahead. jose. >> thank you so very much. putting a little more perspective on this. 11 days ago, hurricane fiona slammed into puerto rico.co and today 11 days after that hurricane struck the island, there is a i large percentage o that island that still today does not have electricity and running water. it is still a commodity in a lot of places around puerto rico. p jesse, thank you very much.ha i want to go back with francis and philip. kind of send it back. i can tell you francis and philip, we expect -- well, we've been nonstop in the last 24 hours or so, you know, covering this storm here in the braidenton area. for the couple hours that we were able to go to a house here, a wooden house right by where we have our studios here, that house was shaken. there was a wooden structured house. that house w

in one area where many floridians hope to escape the worst of the storm is orlando. now getting pummeled by ian with a national hurricane center saying the areas now facing sustained winds of about 105 miles per hour. category two no in the orlando area in the water is a huge concern they are. they are expecting not inches, they are expecting possibly feet of rain. she southwest of orlando and the wind area and got the latest from there. those lakes are concerning what's happening where you are? >> i can tell you, the wind in the rain is certainly slapping us in the face right now increasing in intensity. it's been constant all day. as we get a gust right now, i've got to keep an eye behind me because we're probably not set up in the best spot right now. the intensity increases pretty rapidly. i can tell you in orange county where we are with 40,000 people that have lost power, the top of the show over 2 million now in florida. we are at the point where people are going to have to wait until after the storm passes to get their power fixed. here in the community, peop

flash flood warnings are in effect around the orlando area up towards daytona where we could get severalarea of low pressure going out into the atlantic could be a category 1 hurricane again before it makes landfall against somewhere along the coast of south carolina. that is our current projection and then at least tropical storm force winds for duration of not just a day but several days as we get into the weekend and then we will see the potential for storm surge along these vulnerable coast lines so tropical storm warnings are in effect really from central florida all the way up towards the southeast coast line and those tropical storm watches move way inland into augusta as well as columbia, south carolina. the hurricane watches are in effect. we are going to feel hurricane force winds along this coast line. so, if you need to evacuate, you probably should do so. you have a little bit of time here. flood alerts are in effect where we could see upwards of 6 to 10, even 12 inches of rainfall. flash flooding will be a concern over the next few days, especially over portions of northeas

rescue crews are still trying to get to the remote area and survey the area, and people in the orlando area had to be rescued by high flood waters. >>> in the meantime, the florida governor says this is the biggest flood event the state's southwest region has ever seen. >> reporter: with many streets in kissimmee, florida underwater, first responders are helping flood victims reach higher ground. >> i feel a lot better. >> reporter: hundreds of people who decided to ride out the storm are believed to be trapped in their homes, waiting for assistance. >> those who are in need of life support right now, help is on the way. >> reporter: hurricane ian slammed the shore wednesday afternoon, along florida's southwest coast. dealing a direct blow to fort meyers. winds hit 150 miles per hour, and water quickly overwhelmed block after block. ian wiped out a section of the causeway to sanibel island, and left behind massive flooding. naples was also hit hard. cell phone video shows firefighters wading through chest deep water to rescue one woman. ian is now taking aim at florida's east coast. the sto

been estimated we were going to see as much as two feet of rainfall within the metro at lan -- orlando area. we are a 1,000 square mile county. however, we were fortunate. we on average across the county saw 8 to 12 inches of rain. however, we had a few areas that had localized flooding that saw 16 inches of rain. that created some challenges. areas were flooded. we're beginning to see the water again dissipate. we did much better than perhaps we could. we were cautiously optimistic about the impact that the storm would have on our community. likely, our recovery efforts will begin shortly. we will look to recover within the next week or so. some of the damage is going to take a month to get repaired. all of this hurricane has a significant impact on our community, but not a devastating impact on our community. >> mayor, thank you so much. the orlando area, we are grateful that people are not as badly affected there as some had feared. thank you, sir. >>> these are live pictures of sanibel island. you can see the bridge, the causeway is out. the roadway broken by the water, the floodwaters

here are grateful, especially seeing the devastation including fort myers, cape coral and now the orlando aread now officials are working to send resources in this area down to southwest florida to those who need it, harris. >> harris: thank you so much, just looking at that, it will take a couple tidal cycles for the water to come back in and be more incremental than a storm surge, that was a blessing for the people there. president biden is about to get a briefing at fema headquarters, we showed you that moments ago, he is drawing criticism for attending political fundraiser last night. 7 p.m., we knew what was going on with hurricane ian and that was making landfall and indescribable ways as we are seeing in pictures and he was at the democratic governors in dc fundraiser. the argument, people can do two things at once, what was he doing besides raising money for democrats? >> pete: raising money for democrats, . the governor in florida is all over this, that is the easiest reschedule i have ever seen, you see it coming, it is going to be catastrophic and the visual of what a president does

we >> saw drenching rains in the orlando area as check in with jesse kirsch. he's still there when we talk to the storm is in a laura orlando. what's a like today? >> yes stephanie is saw all that rain coming in and had to go somewhere, it ran or places to drain and we are in one of those communities you can see behind me those yellow reflective signs. those are street signs that are barely above water and it has receded a little bit, just inches over the last several hours that we've been out here. even though the wind is largely gone, it's been pretty much dry out here all afternoon and evening, the water is still not fully receding in this neighborhood. this area alone according to officials, had around 30 people rescued today. that gives you an idea, this is just one neighborhood. according to officials, this evening we are still looking at upwards of 100,000 customers in this county without power. but thankfully, it is cool out, so people aren't necessarily going to be relying on air conditioning in the same way that they may have if it were hotter in the

area here. and of course, that does include the orlando region. also, you could see that is what is left of the center of circulation with right down there. >> i know the banner is kind of over over the top of that center of circulation circle, but and so, yeah, you can see how far away that is from titusville. that's the coastline. >> and eventually ian is going to make its way towards the coast and eventually get out into the open waters there of the ocean. by the way, i-95 really getting hit with rain right now. look at that stripe of rain. a lot of orange , a lot of red right in this area. so it's no wonder why we've got all those flash flood warning polygons going for that area right. >> and so when you get into the oranges and the reds, you're talking anywhere from five , eight , eight to 12 inches. and that's still over the past 12 hours. so that hasn't even added up over the course. of the day. it's taken less than that. matter of fact, one half of a day. and , my goodness, have things really deteriorated there in florida very, very quickl

what's interesting about orlando is right now there's a lot of people who came here from southwest florida evacuating that areaooking for safety here in orlando but what happened, yesterday those hurricanes warnings actually expanded inland and decided to include orlando. so people hunkered down here riding out the storm here as well. so the hotels are sold out in a lot of locations. people are spending what they wanted to be a vacation trip indoors because the disney parks are closed today and tomorrow same with universal studios, in fact disney reports the guests are being asked to shelter in place while we ride the storm out. nearly two million people without power right now in florida, and we've got thousands of linemen set up all across the state here ready to respond. when it takes for crews to get out there into the areas really impact jude all right we appreciate it katie thank you for being with us. and of course we'll continue to pray for the people all across the great state of florida. here with much more with florida's 19th district right in the heart of where this storm hit today. southwest flori

towards the orlando area on a path to the east coast.ditions are deteriorating, with more than two feet of rain possible. right now, we're getting five inches an hour in some area. val demings represents parts of orlando, which is where ian appears to be headed. she's a democratic nominee for the senate of florida. she joins me now. congresswoman, how are things holding up in the parts of the district that are out entering the zone of the storm. >> chris, in a land oh it's pretty dire. we have not seen the worst of hurricane ian yet. as you know, it's not really expected, the eye of the storm is not really expected to get to us until 2:00 in the morning, and some hours thereafter. the wind is about 55 to 77 miles per hour, wind gusts about 100 miles an hour. we 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

orlando is still in it. some areas of central florida get 30 inches of rain with widespread areas in the 20-inch range with massive flash flooding, catastrophic flash flooding is forecast. then it moves north. we start talking about georgia and south carolina, with flash flooding likely there. then that spreads up into the mountains of the carolinas. so this is a multi-day, multistate, multihazard threat for the southeast. tucker? >> tucker: shocking. how tough do you expect the carolinas to get hit? >> i think it's going to be a big flood in the western carolinas, because when tropical moisture mixes with the mountains, then you get enhanced rainfall. in florida, tropical moisture, we're getting an unbelievable rain forecast. all indications are it's going to be a massive flash flood for large areas from daytona beach, orlando, over toward tampa. >> tucker: a historic hurricane. brian, thank you very much for your coverage of this. we'll keep covering the storm, which is not going away. download the fox weather app fo

that's in the orlando area. ater flooding, the water rising inside the houses there. this storm is not done. hurricane ian bearing down as a tropical storm now on orlando. its path will take it up the peninsula. there are very serious flood warnings there, life threatening storm surge warnings on the atlantic coast after it heads back into the ocean as well. this is cnn special live coverage. when we come back, we'll be speaking to some people who rode out the storm on the coast. >> it's a mess. holy cow! my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the burning, itching. the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®. ask your doctor about tremfya® today. for people who are

have these hurricane warnings in place all the way across the florida peninsula, including areas like orlando, melbourne, cape canaveral area. so, we're expecting hurricane-force winds, especially in gusts. it's going to be gusts that do a plot of the damage, bring dwn trees and power lines, so, we can expect widespread power outages overnight tonight and early thursday. >> all right, michael brennan, the acting deputy director of noaa, we know your time is extremely valuable. we appreciate you coming back on with us. thank you. >> thanks, david. >> there you have it, the concerns from the national hurricane center tonight, and that this is still not over. hurricane ian's landfall this afternoon led to immediate storm surge. now the inland flooding. but it's not just the surge bringing the flooding. in some places, as you heard rob marciano say, the rain, up to 30 inches now expected. and so abc's victor oquendo on the flooding already tonight. >> reporter: the water rushing into fort myers, swamping roads. the tops of cars still visible. but a little more than an hour later, those same cars

of course a lot of people evacuated to orlando as the storm was going up to tampa, st. beats, and even down to fort myers. naples area. people went to orlando. and so a lot of those hotels are now booked up with people. people are starting to go home to the southwest area, but it is really important that if you're starting to see a lot of standing water, turn around, do not try going through the water. you are going to have in these times when people are gonna be looking for friends, they're gonna be looking for support. fifa trailers will get to florida to get sure that there will be places for people to live. and then there are insurance claims and make sure people can start to at least be rebuild, replace, and try to reform their lives. >> how about you in the governor communicating? in normal times politics divides you are not allies. right now are you to communicating in working together for floridians? >> i've been in contact with the governor's staff. we have been in the same emergency operation center, and you are correct. these are times when politics, it's florida first. it has to be florida first. we have

a lot of people have gone to orlando moved inland dawmp area or fort myers area. sney world and universal orlando closed today and closed tomorrow. the hotels are still open. disney is going to stop accepting new guest tomorrow and universal, the hotels there are at full capacity. laying go land, busch gardens and tampa bay they closed yesterday. if you have tickets, planning a trip counsel there, really sorry, but your life is more important than going to disney. there will stillable other chances. disney say that the guests partially used multi-day park tickets can be redeemed used next september. working with guests to reschedule. >> brian: not a good time to use legos. >> todd: for more on the track of the forecast. janice dean has the very latest. where is it headed? >> headed towards the coast of florida, about 90 miles off the coast of fort myers. and the 5:00 a.m. advisory team in and you see words like catastrophic from the national hurricane center. you know this is going to be historic storm and some of these vulnerable coast lines will be, you know, cha

there are so many areas flooded throughout this orlando area, they got so much water.s and a woman drove into there. we have some of this rescue video where there was a reporter that went out into the water and helped save a woman by carrying her out of that water. there's another story that we know of where as we were getting ready for a live shot, this car came barreling down, the woman in back of the car was pregnant and she was trying to get to the hospital. we've seen several emergency vehicles also not know that this road was shut down. they've had to turn around and find other locations. on top of all that, you're talking about 20 inches of rain in this area. as you look back here, this is just some of the pockets of water we've been able to see. as we drove to this location which is one of the safest for us to stop up we saw ponding all over the place. several highways have also been blocked by water. we'll show you this picture of the turnpike blocked off by water and several on and off-ramps have been blocked because water has spilled out so that's why they'r

the storm dumped over a foot of range in the orlando area.n 2.5 million people are without power which is, of course, a major concern today. new video coming in from fort myers, florida. shows the downed power lines and trees that were left behind as the floodwaters began to recede. officials from pretty much every city impacted are pleading with residents today to not return to their homes yet, to stay put if they are in their homes because it's not safe to go out in this moment. joining me right now for an update is the commander of the 7th coast guard district headquartered in miami actively conducting rescues of trapped hurricane victims. thank you so much for jumping on with me. the coast guard has been up in the air. where have you seen -- where have you seen the most damage across the state? what are you seeing and what is your mission right now? >> yeah, good morning, kate. so we're gearing up for what is going to be a very busy day of search and rescue. in the early hours of the morning we launched our aircraft even before the storm

we still have power outages from the orlando area southwards and over towards this area. heading up to cocoa beach, those are areas that could have some power outage problems during the overnight. as far as the flooding goes, this is really the story as we go throughout the overnight. flood watches are everywhere in green. this area in the moon down here, we have already had reports of 20 inches of rain. this is a slow-moving storm, roughly about eight miles per hour, that is the speed that you walk. imagine walking across 160 miles of florida, that is roughly gonna take you a good 12 hours or so. that is why we have these epic rainfall totals, a possibility at least of 24 to 30 inches in a few spots. the areas, this is rain addition null to what we already had. this area in modern, that is ten inches plus. that is all the beach areas from pollution county all the way up here to jacksonville and back down i-4 through stanford, florida, orlando, disney theme park, universal. that is the potential for extreme flooding, life-threatening type flooding. here is a water view of

it's not just there, we got hit pretty decently in orlando area also.re. neil: you're in orlando and disney world and sea world and lego land and popular destinations that draw millions each year so i imagine a good deal of that business is sort of coming back or crawling back, but this is going to wallop the state. >> it hurts in the short run, no doubt. first off it's going to be very tough to get around certain areas and southwest florida has been a big, big growth area for florida over the last decade so without a doubt and the costs, i can't imagine what the cost can be but again, the theme parks are back open today. there's a reason why 75 million people the year before covid visited central florida and generating 75 billion in economic activity as well as a half million jobs so back in business but again, in some areas it's going to be a slow go and a big slog but we're up to it. neil: i have no doubt about that. you were representative of it yourself. i am curious given all the attention to florida, one of the hottest real estate marks in the co

strong winds and heavy rain are battering the orlando area as the storm moves its way toward the atlantic ocean. the storm created catastrophic flooding that left entire communities under several feet of water and sent cars and debris floating down streets. take a look at these images. the water was just relentless. crews are still carrying out emergency rescues on land, air and sea. in bonita springs, a group of good samaritans rescued an elderly man stranded in his car in surging flood waters, dragging him through waist-high water to safety. ian's strong winds brought down trees, power lines, knocked out power to more than two and a half million homes and businesses. the winds also literally ripped off roofs from a number of homes, including this mobile home. a short time ago, governor ron desantis call canned the impact historic ask also addressed comments from the lee county sheriff that there may be hundreds of fatalities, something that's not been confirmed. >> we have had the two unconfirmed fataliies in the sense we don't know they are linked to the storm. our assumption is it lik

this crew in the orlando area kneeing a high-water vehicle to carry people and dogs to safety. ian's rainfall has become a 1 in 1,000 year event. an airboat, the only way to save this group with kids. we're waiting to learn more about where the death toll stands. you can see this line of ambulances just waiting to get into one hard-hit town. right now ian is a tropical storm. it is expected to become georgi carolina now. let's start with our teams out assessing the damage. let's get right to randi kay in fort myers. that's a really hard-hit area. what are you seeing? >> reporter: ana, we came to downtown fort myers. we were seeing all those pictures yesterday of flooded streets here in downtown. it was quite shocking. so we came here, we wanted to see what was going on. to really illustrate how forceful this storm was, this is a piece of the dock, all of this. this is a piece of the dock which is several blocks away in that direction. we drove by, the water and along the dock area and marina, that's how we know how far these huge pieces of dock travelled. we also saw a whole bu

we are seeing in the surrounding communities that everyone is on lockdown. >> in the orlando area, we lot of people out and about, especially downtown. people walking around, and in the rural areas, definitely a lot of cars out on the road. people are evacuating from the tampa area, i have met several people who said they were coming here to evacuate from that area. back to you. >> harris: thank you very much. great reporting, as things have not gotten as bad as we'd first been told. >> amy: it's possible. she is talking about how people have come to orlando to hunker down but they also will have to ride out the elements, flooding rains, the potential for tornadoes and even some pretty strong winds. so there will be whether to deal with the people have to shelter from. >> harris: stay close to us. our coverage continues here onty "outnumbered." so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's a pool party. ♪ good times. insurance! ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ announcer: type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3

residents at the orlando area nursing homes were among hundreds rescued after floodwaters started to g us now from orlando is nbc news correspondent jim seekers. jesse, what is the situation there at this hour? >> at this point lawrence, we are still dealing with communities that are at least partially submerged. that's hard to see because it's dark behind me. you can see those yellow reflective signs. those are street signs that have polls obviously attached to them, but right now they just look like they are floating in the water because they are still dealing with the community that is flooded out. we have seen the water level recede ever so slightly over the last eight hours. that has happened at a snail's pace even though it has largely been dry this afternoon and evening. that shows how much water has descended on this area and it ran out of places to go. what's going on lawrence, despite the fact that we only got about half as much rain was that was projected, half as much rain falling in the orlando area. at the last word, we know they're upwards of 100,000 people in this coun

they're heading to the orlando area. overnight we got look at traffic cameras that showed traffic building hour after hour as more people decided to go ahead and heed some of these warnings and just get out of town. again, here in pinellas county, they've got a few more hours before essentially law enforcement may start asking folks exactly what it is that they're doing out here. over in st. pete, the barrier islands there, you can't even get there unless you live there. right now sheriff's deputies are asking folks for identification. even once you get on the barrier island, they're reminding folks, whatever you have to do, get it done and get out. >> carlos, thank you. >>> we do have news just in to cnn involving the january 6th committee and those planned hearings for tomorrow. cnn's manu raju joining us live from capitol hill. sounds like the effects of this hurricane being felt all the way in washington. >> that's right. we now are told that we can expect that tomorrow's laerg, highly anticipated hearing before the

and then of course central florida, the orlando area and all the way through again, the flooding is just horrible . and i really feel for these people, catastrophic. >> we are seeing headlines that say fort myers is gone. 90 percent of it. i know this isn't your district so i'm curious about what you are planning for in yourdistrict . were you just missed or what does this say about future planning given what happened in fortmyers ? >> guest: i believe the folks in fort myersde, the vast majority and even in that tab theyarea i believe took the storm very seriously . if we had a direct hit it would have been very similar to fort myers. and things would be underwater. we actually abided, i would say the majority of the city abided if there were evacuation zones, they cleared and went to their loved ones or some of these shelters we have available. again, it's the gold standard and that they area as far as emergency operations centers. i believe that people comply. i'm just so very sad that this occurred. but we will recover. >> host: what will those recovery efforts be like? what will be

that is the biggest concern here in the orlando area, the threat of flash flooding.is something we're gonna be watching for in the hours ahead and again we are still hours away from the worst of eons impact, the brunt of the storm to be hitting this part of the state of florida. it is still sweeping its way towards us. this is what's going on ahead of time which just gives you an idea of the wingspan of in and how much an impact it is having well before reaches the areas it's touching. >> that's something else, look at the flooding in the wind damage to come, and of course the alligators that you mention. jesse corruption or, lana jessie thank. you >> between human and wildlife literally washed away. let's go now to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. >> either, guys in more jesse's, as he mentioned he's gonna see the worst of it still. we're gonna see heavy rains also really gusty winds. that's gonna bring us some wind trees, power lines. you see some additional power outages. let's give you the additional latest on eons. we saw winds gusting over hundred miles per

so, we anticipate ian continuing to take a northeasterly track into the orlando area and in 24 hours, 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 comparis

the orlando area is under a hurricane warning in orlando international. airport will shut down today as people across the state brace for whatever ian brings them. millions of power allergies are expected. 30,000 workers are on standby to restore electricity after the storm, and fema says it's stockpiling 3.7 million meals and 3.5 million liters of water in neighboring alabama is very important that we get through this together. that's what i feel. and this morning, several rivers across south florida or above flood stage. add to that rainfall in this area has more than doubled over the past two weeks. well over the normal amount, so the ground here is already saturated. not great news for a storm like this. that's coming our way. andrew rhiannon back to you, justin. thank you. stay safe down there . millions of people will be affected by ian no matter where it makes landfall, officials are urging everyone to listen to evacuation orders. earlier i spoke with rob heron with hillsborough. counties fire rescue rob with the conditions expected to be treachero

>> janice: area of low pressure is over orlando, they will see incredible amount of wind and rain, this is landfall, 12 hours ago. we had landfall near cayo costa, that is where hurricane charley made landfall, almost the exact same spot, this storm was three times the size of charley and top five most powerful hurricanes that has ever hit the u.s. here is water rise in fort myers, this is before we stopped getting updates. we'll see higher totals, but to put in perspective, this would be highest storm surge fort myers ever felt in their history. top wind report, 140 mile per hour at cape coral, punta gorda, one spot where charley made incredible damage in 2004. top rainfall 20 inches in northport, upward of close to 30 inches of rain from this system when all said and done and this area of low pressure across orlando, bringing heavy rainfall, so category one storm. it will continue to weaken as it moves out into the atlantic, there is a chance it could strengthen a little bit, maybe even back to a hurricane, we are anticipating a tropical storm next couple hours. most powerful storm is

area, lots of instant action, walter rise. there's a lot of lakes in central florida, especially in that orlando, kissimmee area, and it appears that these lakes were filling up and overflowing into the neighborhoods around them. so that's what is going on in the central florida region. i will say as a part of central florida and also as a part of southwest florida, do not come in and tour the area for damage. we have 20,000, 30,000 responders coming in to areas that need access to those roads. stay at home. do not get on the roads. let the first responders have the roadways. let the power crews have the roadways. we will get things opened up exponentially quicker if we don't have to maneuver around individuals that are just coming into the area to look around. so, please, stay out of the area, both in central florida as well as southwest florida, let the crews get in there, do what they need to do. we're coming in full force. we have a lot of people coming in there. we need you out of the way to get our job done. >> kevin guthrie, the head of florida's division of emergency management with a warning for people, stay off the r

well as fort myers, that area, i mean -- all of that still has to come north and then meander east and eventually it's going to impact severely as far as rain and flooding the orlando metro area and move south of jacksonville and then through jacksonville and up into georgia. so i think everybody here is aware and the streets have been quiet all day, so seems a lot of people have been heeding the advice of the emergency managers, from the governor on down to the city and county level, to stock up on your supplies the last 2, 3 days, apparently they did. a lot of grocery store shelves were empty and stay off the road today. seems fine right now but in 20 minutes it could be hellacious trying to get around town and the last thing anybody would want to do is drive south and the track of this, it's heading to tampa bay as of 36 hours ago, the center of the cone of uncertainty, yesterday it wobbled to the east, hurricane ian and now hitting further south of here but still in the cone. so you have to pay attention to the whole cone, not just the centerline, because hurricanes do wobble back and forth. so a little wind picking up. take a look at the high rooftop deck here

we found this to be the scenario in many areas across orlando and kissimmee.treams, ponds, they were very vulnerable to flooding. on the other hand, people were impacted just yesterday. 73 people were rescued by the national guard. according to the local sources. meanwhile, we were with the kissimmee fire department as over 100 people were rescued by air boat is it attractions people to orlando starting to come back. disney world announcing that they are opening today in phases. universal studios we have some video from their grounds as well. they plan to reopen in phases today. it's only going to be for their hotel guests. and also, the orlando airport. a means for people to even get here to enjoy those attractions. they also announced they're coming back today as well. starting at 12:00. but also asking guests not to alive until 10:00 a.m. to make sure they are properly ready to welcome everyone back. and while businesses are reopening the fun is also coming back in the tampa area. the tampa bay buccaneers says they are returning home and ready to play their

orlando. if we were talking about how normally a lot of people leaving the coastal areas to go to orlando as a at the storm is hanging right over orlando and expected to drop a be a couple of feet of rain. why are you staying while other people are leaving? >> so far, the power has held up and we were not expecting the direct hit coming over us for the storm. we are seeing a lot of rain so there is about the root system for the trees and when the winds pick up in the next hour or two. if so far, so good, just a lot of debris outside from the trees and we haven't seen much debris from any structures yet. >> trace: it's important because you talk about the root structure of the trees and i'm assuming that prior to the hurricane come it's been a fairly wet fall and late summer and orlando. it is that a fair assessment? >> yeah, it seems like it rained every day for the past three months. it's not quite that bad but we've had a lot of rain here recently. >> trace: emily, i'm wondering if you had some wiggle room in your plan to stay. if this thing was to go right toward you and your family, did yo

the bulk of the rain right now spans from the orlando area to i-95 corridor on the east coast toward jacksonville. day daytona beach, cocoa beach beach, monroe county, around fort myers, bulk of first wave of power outages happened. this big storm and it is very large in size packing serious wind, category one now, but that is still a hurricane. more power outages are anticipated. >> carley: phil, thank you in tampa, florida. jumping in is coordinator seminole county office of emergency management, the storm is over seminole county, which is north of orlando, florida, just downgraded to a tropical storm, that doesn't mean it is not a severe situation. can you describe what you are going through right now? >> right now, seeing extensive levels of rainfall and tornadic activity. >> todd: h how busy were you lat night, steven? >> fairly stable right now, we are concerned about individuals with flooded homes who did not evacuate and did not heed the warnings, we have crews repositioned to start search and rescue activities for those individuals. >> carley: you are dealing with a double w

. >> reporter: flood waters continue to rise, leading to water rescues across the orlando and kissimmee area. crews are using boats to pull people from their homes. >> in 2004 we had a hurricane, but it wasn't that bad. we took off. we evacuate. when we came back, there was water in the street. but not like this. >> reporter: the instruction in southwest florida, massive. homes under water, torn apart and some even on fire. people's entire lives uprooted by ian. these images show how powerful the hurricane was when it slammed into southwest florida as a category 4 storm. bringing with it destructive wind, record rainfall, and storm surge reaching 12 feet in some places. >> when you got a hurricane that's a massive hurricane coming in at 155 miles an hour producing this type of storm surge, dumping rain, causing flooding, if you can make it through that, then you probably did it pretty good. and so this is a 24/7 effort to stabilize and to restore. >> reporter: and ian swamped this hospital in port charlotte from both above and below, forcing hospital employees to move patients. >> very, very

once it comes onshore, make a little bit of a turn to the north and actually go right through the orlando area. and of course, it will weaken as it moves across florida. you know, it could take the better part of -- probably all day tomorrow. there will be bad conditions across florida all day tomorrow, into the evening hours. and even into thursday, the next day, they will probably still be,, as it moves north across florida, still be getting those tropical storm force winds, all the way to midday thursday, maybe late thursday. >> and the fact that the landfall is actually moving further to the south, then it was predicted a little earlier. but that territory that's now aiming, for that is obviously an improvement from an earlier forecast which took a close in tampa, right? >> i mean, it's better obviously for tampa. but it's just putting different people at risk now. and, you know, i've been kind anticipating this southward trend all day. actually, for a couple of days. so, i'm never really thought the models, the solution, that wasn't going to. tampa and that's why i arrived in orlando last

talking about over a foot of rainfall in the forecast in and around these heavily populated areas of orlando, daytona beach, jacksonville a flash flood emergency in effect. seeing inches of rain in a very short period of time. the area of low pressure what's left of ian actually could strengthen as it moves into the atlantic and impact georgia and the carolinas. expecting another friday. peak storm surge what do your beaches look like. can they withstand 3 to 5 feet of storm surge because that's on the way. isolated amounts of higher totals. >> tropical storm warnings in effect again for central florida up towards north florida. and then in towards the carolinas. we are not done yet. that's the bottom line. and we are still going to see the potential for storm surge warnings. the storm surge high for southwestern florida and northeastern florida in towards the southeast. we will keep you up to date, of course. back to you pete and brian and ainsley. >> ainsley: thank you, janice. >> brian: state emergency virginia. governor youngkin said that yesterday on the couch that they know is going to

you think of the big tourist industry then, the orlando area, disney, universal.he economic activities around that. of course, the artemis spacecraft had to be rolled back amid the disruptions. with a storm like this, you are looking at three to six weeks of disruptions, even in the case of it being amenable tropical storm by the time -- minimal by the time it gets to jacksonville. guy: thank you, very much. updating us on what is happening with the track we are looking at for hurricane ian. producers tell me i am mispronouncing that word. let's talk about italy. italy has secured enough supplies in africa to make up for shortfalls this winter if russia were to cut off exports to the country. this on the day we have seen these explosions in nord stream 1 and nord stream 2. alix: there is the potential for europe to have enough gas to get through the winter. then, it is how much you put into storage to get through it and how quickly you can rebuild it. guy: how much you pay for it. alix: exactly. and what it does to consumers. bloomberg's new energy finance says th

. ♪ >>> the flooding in orlando, florida is being described tonight as historic after hurricane ian dumped more than a foot of rain on parts of the areaery, very dramatic water rescues. don lemon is in orlando for us right now. the mayor there is warning residents, and i'm quoting him now, don't go out unless you have to. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: we saw people trying to drive through this. and this is what we're seeing in many neighborhoods throughout orlando. this has receded just over the couple minutes that we have been here, a couple hours. in orlando the water is much higher than this up above the street signs. and we saw those rescues today. we got calls they were going in to rescue people, hundreds of people, wolf, in a particular neighborhood. many of those people didn't want to leave yesterday when they had time to leave. got in their homes. the water started to rise. they had to be rescued by boat. so you launched here, and you don't know what's under this water, how deep it is or what you are going to hit? >> absolutely not. this morning part of the big issues we had is navigating these waters. even though w

in fact in the orlando area in nearby kissimmee we saw a couple water rescues that took took place. that's because if conditions are safe enough the crews are going to go out and do do what they need to do. but they can only do that once it is is safe enough. as this storm moves out and there is daylight in florida, we are able to look and assess the a damage and hopefully reach the people that are in the areas where they had been told they needed to get out out and didn't. >> safety is top of mind for eve who lives there and your safety too. thanks so much for your reg and letting us know what's going going on. > >> let's shift gears and look at and look at the roadways and mass transit. if you are ready to head out, we are dealing with with bart delays. about a ten minute delay in the sfo, daly city direction. check that schedule before you head out. c, capital corridor, vta are on time but bart is dealing with a few delays. along nimitz south 880, we have a crash there. if you are along 880 north of ther, it is a little crowded. you see things are busy. if you are heading to the

we've got flash flood emergency across the area from arcadia up toward orlando, it won't be long we're gonna be in the clearing back in areas of fort myers, dry air to the south, rain totals will be much less. but again, look at the loop we're gonna find out better about the totals of the surge, how high did it get, we know close to a foot in some areas. the gauge broke, in naples after hit seven feet. but again, the storm continues to move up now passing just north of sebring. but again, the winds were so strong it knocked out a lot of our weather instruments in this area. again, we're not exactly gonna know how strong the winds are in every area, but cape coral 140 miles per hour, sustained winds were quite strong for sometimes. even around venice where again, they were in that northern nine. now we're looking at this band. this is that rainfall. 2 to 3 months worth of rain, it's already a very saturated ground, because the rainy season coming to an end. and here's our emergency that we're going to be watching very closely. but there will be water rescues in this area, there's no dou

, the orlando area got more than 16 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. that is a record.ly is, janai. we know that the storm is crippling travel. thousands of flights have already been canceled as the domino effect disrupts transportation across the country now. transportation correspondent gio benitez is in tampa with the latest on that part of the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning, again. it's going to be a slow start once these airports start reopening and that's not happening until at least tomorrow. let's take a look at those numbers again because about 2,00 flights have been canceled today across america. more than 800 already tomorrow and this is happening across the country because planes are out of place. jacksonville canceling all flights for today. the faa telling us major airports like right here in tampa, orlando and fort myers will re-open tomorrow around noon but, again, that's only if there's no damage. and no matter where you are, if you are flying in the next few days, check your ticket, check your flights because there's a go

we have hurricane warnings all up and down the coast in towards the orlando area.'m really praying that people evacuated when they were told to do so. >> todd: more than 115,000 floridians are already without power this morning. >> ainsley: let's check back in fox weather correspondent robert ray he's in fort myers. >> reporter: that's what janice was talking about, that storm surge over 15 feet. the gulf of mexico churning up here as ian's wrath is on its way. this is exactly what janice was referring to. this is only the beginning. we are actually going to have to leave this island of fort myers beach fairly soon in the next couple of hours to make sure we're safe with our vehicles. if you just look, i have to point this out. we know lot of elements go into how charged up a hurricane is. if you feel how warm this water is off the gulf of mexico, it's bathtub water. that helps fuel and charge this up. as these rain bands and wind bands come in, outer bands, the storm sitting out to the southwest right now. less than 60 miles in the gulf of mexico. as you see, thos

it is now a tropical storm it is dumping tons of rain in the orlando area and out to the space coast.any reports of flash flooding inundating homes and cars it will continue to be a problem throughout the day the stormed roared ashore south of where i am by a couple of hours. fort myers and naples inundating neighborhoods. authorities say they know they got hit hard they will go out today to try to assess the damage. so far, no reports of fatalities with the storm we will keep an eye on that. 2.5 million people are without power right now. there are crews in the state to restore power when they can. the governors of georgia and north carolina and south carolina declared a state of emergency as they see ian moving in the areas frank. >> chris pollone, thank you. >>> as we head to break, the wait is over for aaron judge officially making history in toronto last night tying the american league home run record in the seventh inning the vistrike to left field tying roger maris' record. judge's mom and maris' son in the stands to witness the homer. we're back right after this. >> and the 3-

. >> carlos swar , we appreciate >> let's bring in a couple who's home in the orlando area, specificallyter springs area was flooded by hurricane ian. unlike parts of the florida west coast, there was no evacuation order where they're from in orange county. demitrios, let me start with you, your dog was the first to alert you water was rushing into your home, rising about 3 feet in less than an hour. >> i was still sleeping and amanda got woke up by the dog, he was barking around 5:00, 5:30, she stepped on the floor and started screaming that there's water on the ground, and it was only ankle deep at that point. but it only took about a couple of hours until it was about 3 foot, like waist height for me basically and i'm about 6 foot. >> amanda, is it overstating matters to say the dog helped save you? >> i think if he hadn't started to bark at that time, we probably would have woken up because the bed would have been wet, and by that point, you know, we wouldn't have saved the important documents that we saved, which hopefully are going to help us with the insurance, and just a couple o

blayne, homes in the orlando area have 1 to 2 feet of water pouring in. what are you seeing and hearing there. >> i'll say, jose, the rain is less intense than the last time you and i spoke but it is just as steady. and that's really what officials are concerned about. those reports of flooding that are becoming more and more frequent as we hear -- not just flooding. some reports of water going into businesses, water going into some homes. but roads completely -- highways that are shut down. a large stretch of the florida turnpike is closed. we just got video from the fire and rescue here in orlando where they are having to go one by one and rescue residents from a senior living facility that's not too far from here. we spoke with a pio who says they have about 100 or so residents that they have to evacuate. they've done 60 so far. they're going in as these floodwaters are creeping into this building. they're having to do through and make sure that these residents can get out and get to safety. that's just one area that they've had to rescue. we also know

>> 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