south carolina where the most life threating storm surge is expected over the next few hours. myrtle beach now experiencing some of its highest water levels ever recorded. hundreds of thousands in south and north carolina without power now and that is the case for almost two million people in florida. about a quarter of them in hard hit lee county. the sheriff of that county joins us in moments. and senator lindsey graham is as south carolina now feels ian's wrath. we begin with our chief

but for a lot of these individuals in the safe, south and north carolina that are about to be hit by and they don't see that often . so it's very worrisome to see it now traveling up the coast and being able to come in as a category one to some of those areas. i know the governor has already declared a state of emergency in north carolina and just hoping that they're seeing florida now and not taking any lighter precautions, they should be doubling down with their, with their services, making sure that every was prepared. and for those that need to be evacuated, to be evacuated 1000, that was the main thing i was happening in florida. a lot of people tend to stay. but as we saw with these major surges that were coming up with in the water, i mean, it was, it was taken aback by a lot of people. well, certainly, yeah, worrying, worrying images there that we're seeing and wearing news. nicholas snyder, a journalist in miami, thank you. thank you. well, here's a reminder of the top new story this hour. the kremlin is preparing to formally incorporate for regions of ukraine friday ceremony

south carolina coast. it isn't just south carolina and north carolina, it is virginia and maryland and west virginia where will advance northward. we are looking at fairly substantial rainfall totals across south carolina. as we look at this, all the way from charleston and into the north carolina coast we could see substantial rainfall. four to eight will be the common comments but there could be 10 to 20 inches. as the storm system approaches the coast if it were charleston, midday. that is about the time of high tide. that will produce a storm surge of four to seven feet possible. not just charleston but sullivan's islanders, buford, garden city, surf side, myrtle beach. i know this area so well. i hope you have a plan and kept your important personnel documents. if you are stranded that you have a plan for that as well. and hopefully people have thought about this in advance way before the 85 miles per hour category 1 hurricane ian begins to trek closer and closer to the coast. >> yeah. excellent advice. thank you so much. those living in ian's path are taking no chances. coastal communities are braci

and myrtle beach. again, the worst of this will be to the north and the east over the storm makes landfall. and then it brings a bunch of moisture up into south carolina south carolina, north carolina and ultimately virginia. rain will be a huge part of this. a detailed look at where the heaviest rain will be coming on and win. think about this afternoon into this evening is where you will see a bunch of rain across the region and i will leave you with the rainfall totals. flooding will be a huge concern. widespread 6 inches of rain, but definitely areas up to 8 inches of rain and a foot piled on top of the storm surge on the coast. flooding is one of the major concerns. back over to you. >> todd: i covered hurricanes for fox and myrtle beach a couple of years ago. that was basically a mist there was still a lot of problems associated with the most. i hesitate when this happened gets to myrtle beach. thank you. ten people are dead and 200 residents in the dark after carving a destructive path through the state. >> carley: extensive recovery after cat 4 laura naples south f fort myers. what is the damage you are seeing? we see a little bit of it behind

winds are continuing to track north, closer to south carolina and north carolina. he will keep keep a close eye on it. nonetheless, daytime highs in the bay are a little about average. for now, back to you. >> there is a look at the other top stories. in the bay area, these schools will be closed today following the shooting that wounded six. three of them are still in the hospital. police say they're looking for at least two suspects likely tied to gangs. we have the latest from the officers. >> we are not sure how they entered and if the door was unlocked or already open. those are things that we will confirm but it does not look like they reached the school. >> police say the shooting was gang-related but would not say who may have been involved. >> we are trying to determine which individual they were targeting but we do know that they were intending to take some some violent action against someone. >> we know this will affect a lot of people in our school for a long time. >> reporter: of the six who were were shot wednesday, two victims victims were students a

there is widespread flooding and millions without power this morning. georgia, south carolina, and northa within just days. drew:drew: back here at home, it is all about sunshine, a warmer afternoon. quite nice around the shoreline. mid to upper 80's along the coast. kumasi: number six, a scheduled maintenance is causing several delays on several lines. the good news is it is just about 10 minutes but it is going to be antioch and consistent that san francisco lines impacted in those same directions as well. kumasi: number seven, vice president harris visited the demilitarized zone overnight that separates north and south korea. harris met the south korean president to talk about the threat from north korea, peace in taiwan and the economy. julian: shakira has been ordered to stand trial in spain for alleged tax fraud. andrew dymburt has the details in today's first look. andrew: this morning, one of the biggest superstars in music. ordered to stand trial on six counts of tax fraud. shakira is accused of failing to pay 14 point 5 million euros in taxes on income earned between the two ye

flash flood threat through today and friday focusing on northern part of florida, north central florida and that track moves into georgia and south carolina, watches and warnings going through the next 12 to 24 hours for north florida, georgia, south carolina and then we'll have to see what happens as it goes toward the mid-atlantic, hurricane watches in effect because that system is going to hold together as it moves into the atlantic and brings hurricane-force gusts into portions of northern florida and toward coastal georgia and south carolina and remember, we're going to see that storm surge because counter clock wise winds will push the atlantic side water in toward the coastline, that will be really dangerous, as well. peak storm surge will cause damage in the next 12 to 24 hours, so we can't forget our friends in georgia, south carolina and north carolina, as well. the worst of the storm is over, but we are still dealing with impacts from north florida, portions of orlando in toward daytona and the carolinas, we have to be concerned about this region, as well. we haven't seen the worst footage yet, it is hard for emergency crews to

with lots of those old live oak trees, so i'm worried about all the branches coming down south and north carolina governor owners also issuing states of emergency , though it's calm now in raleigh, north carolina, residents like jeremiah terry are worried about possible flooding and is ready to move some of his belongings. probably some of my recording stuff. just i have speakers and stuff, so i'd be worried about that. remnants of hurricane ian are expected to hit the north carolina virginia border by the weekend and then head out to sea around tuesday. but in the meantime, even washington, d, c and maryland could get up to three inches of rain. canon andrew, thanks to andrea, a news photographer covering the hurricane is earning praise for dropping his gear to help a family reach safety. take a look. hurricane is do americans what cyclones are australians, isn't it? but this one is as big as florida that is massive. keep going. okay it's an enormous, enormous storm there now. fine we're just so you see there, cameraman glenn ellis, with an australian station notice the family struggling to carr

wide area with heavy rain, especially where you see the dark oranges here in virginia on to south carolina and north carolina looks like the heaviest rain and maybe some as far north as new jersey before this is all done. this thing will move out and be gone out of the picture, really, by the end of the weekend. >> john: bryan, we were just talking about that before we went to president biden that he has already approved a disaster declaration for the state of virginia. when we look at that huge swath of rain, that's just enormous. how much rain do we expect it to bring to places like north carolina, tennessee, and virginia, and how long will it be hanging around? >> well, so this rain that we are looking at here is going to take us through the weekend, kind of rain totals. the heaviest rain, and the biggest problem with the rain, i shouldn't say the heaviest rain, the biggest problem with the rain is you know, the rain amounts, let's say 3 to 8 inches in this orange area. but when you get that in mountainous areas, then you know, it rains over a big area but then it all drains down not river or the

but that means it's bad news for that to the north and south carolina. what's the latest there? t i don't want to hearts and prayers out for those in florida and to our neighbors to the north and south carolina. what we got happening right now is the forecast that had previously called for a direct hit of a tropical storm to savannah. it's now change and shifted east and it seems as though with eta forecast it's moving a little bit more for the ace, so it looks like a direct hurricane now, that will make landfall just east of north east of charleston. >> so the situation as far as leading up to this as because supply chain is what a lot of people are concerned about here. there's reduced hours at your ports and other ports in the area. and all the vessels that we're in port now being basically sent out to sea, right? is that how it works? >> that's correct. on wednesday evening, we have seen working vessels, at least 6 pm, we wanted to make sure we can clear the vessels, and get them out of harm's way before any tropical force winds arrive. and we successfully did that. and that

and produce a lot of rain is in ms. inland it's going to be a huge rainmaker inland for south carolina and north carolina more than six sensorsread basis of course the storm surge threat along because we can zoom in for a closer look at that a lot of yellow and orange in the forecast indicating a storm surge on a widespread basis more than eight feet tall so keep that in mind i'm about six feet tall to feed on top of that is the wall of water that will be moving inland on the right side of the circulation around here, our weather is a different story. it will be com. high pressure means light offshore wind tomorrow not strong enough to boost the fire threat but warmer temperatures could trap some urban pollution but the worst we will see over the next couple of days is our air quality dipping into the moderate quality in a few spots most of us will seek good air quality as we head into early next week looking good towards the san francisco area upper 60s and low 70s around the bay down to 77 in san jose other spots still in the low to mid 80s temperatures will be a couple degrees warmer tomorrow that's the warmest day we will

and it could bring up to 12 inches of rain to the state. wind speeds are estimated at 85 miles an hour. a hurricane warning has been issued for coastal areas along south carolina and north carolina. storm surges could reach 5 feet. more on that in a few minutes, but we're going to start in florida where governor ron desantis called ian a 500-year flood event, and president biden said it could end up being the worst storm in history. christian benavides is in kissimmee, florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this is a retirement community in orlando where over 100 people had to be rescued. in fact, we were here as the national guard brought out a couple of residents being tied down in southwest florida. we're now getting a sense of the destruction. near fort myers, search and rescue teams brought residents of sanibel and captiva to safety and scoured barrier islands for signs of life. >> people were surprised how quickly this storm turned and ended up being trapped. >> reporter: hurricane ian ripped apart parts of the sanibel causeway, cutting access by land. across florida the destruction can be seen from the air for miles around. at the storm's p

we have about 180,000 people without power in south carolina and additional homes within areas of north carolina. storm surge right now coming down a little bit. tides that are beginning to go out. we'll see this come on shore not at high tide, which is good news and spring made pier where we saw the third highest surge ever at 4.8 feet is down to 3.4. that's good news. another 1 1/2 days where we'll see this storm rain itself out across the mid-atlantic. 3-5 inches of rain for a lot of people. what a weekend in store and flooding concerns as well. >> thanks, rick. back to you as the news breaks. to molly line now live on the ground in charleston. molly? >> hi, trace. the rain has tapered off right now. as rick was talking about the bands of wind coming through, still getting big gusts of wind. take a look over my shoulder, this is the ashley river. the marina by the savannah highway and the james island highway. you can see the wind whipping there. that's one of the sails there flapping in the wind. we had a chance to speak with the dock master. he's ensuring the boats are tied down. t

south carolina: northeast at 9 miles per hour, holding steady. hurricane warnings now up and down the coast of south carolina. from just northards myrtle beach. it is a storm than that and we have tropical storm warnings now from eastern georgia wrapping up around into north carolina. a lot of water is going to be brought on shore with this storm. it's being driven by winds that have been consistent for the last 24 hours. gusting up to 25, 35 miles per hour. and it's that consistent on shore window that pushes water from the atlantic ocean up along the coast. can you start to see a storm surge on top of that stronger winds are yet to many do. this is the window field from the storm as it lifts itself from the coast. bring powerful winds and all that water that's lingering there and suddenly turn into storm surge at its peak 7 feet of storm surge. this is very low country across portions of south carolina. but storm surge will be seen as far as northeastern florida wrapping up around into the carolinas. areas will see a couple of feet from this system. this is our fox model forecast. give you detailed idea where the storm. ti

and tens of thousands of relief supplies to florida in preparation for ian. everyone's safety is our top concern. we have dedicated a very compassionate teams of red cross leaders in florida, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina. they're in contact with state, local, and tribal officials, and we will be ready to support the evacuation centers. as of this morning, staged in florida we have nearly 500 red cross responders and shelters and supplies for 60,000 people. those red cross teams have been responding to the request from local government to equip and open evacuation centers. and they're preparing now to deliver critical relief after the hurricane passes. after landfall, by the end of this weekend, over 2,500 red cross responders will be deployed to florida and other affected states. we'll work with our government, nonprofit partners and provide shelter, food, emergency supplies, care, comfort, and hope to the tens of thousands of people in the path of the hurricane. also, if people want to help their neighbors, we can always use local volunteers. just go to our website redcross.org, and there are a lot of ways to find where there are safe shelters. anyone who needs a safe place can go to find in

and then it continues to lift its way up across south carolina and north carolina and areas where you currently at 35 miles per hour. those are only going to strengthen in the hours ahead as we continue to track this storm. >> pete: we will, adam. thank you very much. intense water rescues are underway across florida today. >> jacob. [winds] that video from bonita springs, florida showing an elderly man who nearly drowned after his car was submerged in water. luckily a group of good samaritans saved his life. they call themselves the collier county cowboys and two of them lemme and his cousin ben join us now. first of all, let me ask what were you doing out in that? were you out looking for people and at what point was that in the storm? >> good morning, good morning. yeah. we were out and noticed that no news was reporting on -- i know we were kind of risking our lives but we wanted to see how bad it was out there. no one as out there covering it. we went all the way to the beach and we noticed that the surge and hurricane was picking up quite a bit. >> pete: your intent was to go ou

quickly that threat is going to shift up to georgia and south carolina and north carolina as we go through the evening hours and into tonight and tomorrow. >> so is the biggest danger to life the wind or the storm surge? >> well, generally storm surge has the potential to kill more people than wind. but wind can certainly be dangerous and lead to downed trees lines and very dangerous conditions. but it's usually water hazards. combination of storm surge and/or rainfall flooding that tends to kill the most people in tropical storms and hurricanes in the united states. >> and so where should people be evacuating right now? what should people in that zone be doing at this hour? >> well, people who live in these storm surge evacuation areas and places like south carolina in particular, coastal georgia, even areas in north carolina, if you've been asked to evacuate by officials you should do so. we could see storm surge inundation as high as four to seven feet above ground level, for example in the charleston area. and widespread inundation of four to six feet, hilton head, savannah, brunswick,

atlantic ocean re strength and into a category one hurricane and is now bearing down on the caroline as that means people in south carolina and north carolina, as well as part of coastal georgia, are preparing for a 2nd land fall from this storm later today, likely and what are we hearing from authorities intensive? what's next? i mean we've heard from president joe biden saying that this is becoming a major, our destructive still the search will continue in these hard hit areas. i'm in naples right now to my north a little bit. you have fort myers in fort myers beach authorities, will continue today, going door to door, trying to reconcile lists of people who might still be missing with their homes, trying to see if there are indeed more fatalities or more people that they can rescue. the recovery here in these areas will take months if not years. one data analytics firm said that this storm could cost $47000000000.00 in the state of florida alone. that would be the costliest storm ever to hit the state of florida since hurricane andrew all the way back in 1992. yes and bought and said it could be the deadliest in florida history.

it is really crunch time for south carolina and north carolina with ian approaching and should make landfall twice on the west coast of florida and now south carolina. but north carolina needs to be on the lookout too. we just saw a report of a 66-mile-per-hour gust at folly beach. so you can see that thing approaching, that's just south of charleston. they got a preemptive flash flood warning saying only essential travel should be happening because it's so much rain and that surge already is going to begin throughout the morning hours. the surge as it approaches could reach four to seven feet along much of the coast of south carolina. that's why you're under a hurricane warning. look, once you get that surge, look how vulnerable charleston and the areas surrounding with six plus feet, you can flood for miles inland. so unfortunately this does come closer to high tide. we'll look for the landfall later this afternoon north of charleston which then would put them on the back side. more like a myrtle beach getting slapped with the front end of it and then that heavy rain, five to ten inches of

century, and the one reason all of these people, middle-class or wealthy, are leaving the north is to find greater economic opportunity in states like georgia, florida, south and north carolinaessee, arizona, utah. that is what governor desantis put his finger on it that will be a big issue going forward, where do you go for economic opportunity? ashley: i find it interesting that desantis has been all over the country and in some of the big battleground states, you know he is involved in a close race with democrat charlie crist in florida but certainly laying down a marker on the national stage. >> this is a direct rebuke to california governor gavin newsom who keeps -- keeps attacking governor desantis and suggested people move from florida to california. the census bureau has made clear over the last several years that migrations from california are significant, florida indeed has the greatest number of migrations of any state in the union. if they want to pick on governor desantis over flying 50 migrants to martha's vineyard they should feel free but states like florida have a great story to tell and i have no doubt it will become an issue as we head towards 2024 and the

south carolina. hurricane watch for georgia and northeast florida coast and a tropical storm warning. a tropical storm warning into northolina. a huge wind field. widespread impact from the center. storm surge is an issue along the south carolina coast as well and georgia. we could see four to seven feet in the charleston area as ian moves onshore tomorrow. >> we have this incredible video of the reverse storm surge in tampa bay. the water was sucked out. this morning, the sheriff joked that tampa could have its water back. explain to us, how does this happen? >> as the winds circulation around the hurricane blows count counterclockwise, so the winds were blowing out of the north and northeast. that pulled water out of the tampa bay region, like on the other side, they are blowing out of the south and southwest and pushing water on the coast in that direction. we have the opposite problem. we have the northeasterly wins -- winds to the north of the center there. >> when it hits land again, what are you expecting the people now in georgia, i guess north of savannah and also south carolina to go through? >> brunswick, sav

let's take a live look from south carolina as hurricane ian takes aim at the georgia, south carolina and north carolina co, carolina coast, gaining strength strength becoming a category one one hurricane again. coming up, michael george will be live from from folly beach in south carolina with the conditions there. first let's look at this morning's top stories, three schools on the king of state campus in oakland will be closed closed following wednesday shooting that wounded six people, three are still in the hospital this morning. police are looking for at least two suspects likely tied to gangs. >> we are trying to determine which individual they were targeting but we do know they were coming out intending to tae to take some violent action against someone. >> there were at least two shoos two shooters and one accomplice, accomplice, the group breaching the front entrance of the school immediately firing off more than 30 rounds. many are now asking how the shooters got in so easily. >> we are not sure at this point point how they entered. if the door was unlocked or if it was already opene

north and northeast. but those wind field is enormous! it's 600 miles! extending all the way from the coastal sections of north central florida, all the way up to georgia, into south carolinao feel the effects of this increasing as we go through the early morning hours, and then about midday. we think about midday, early afternoon, is where we are anticipating landfall. where is landfall going to be? difficult to say now. if you had asked us about six hours ago, everybody was staring at charleston. now perhaps somewhere between charleston, myrtle beach. i don't want you to think that, charleston is going to not be impacted by this. it certainly will. because we know charleston is deeply affected by the springtime rain. our thunderstorms. still a beautiful area, but here is what we think. it's out over the warm waters here. going to travel towards the north, and it this last path, it does appear as of charleston is going to be in that bull's-eye. wind gusts perhaps 60 miles an hour, however, it does look like midday, that's when we see some high tide. and we could see some of the storm surge there between three and seven feet certainly possible. and it'll continue this way

and heavy rainfall. we could have water rescues up here to the north as well in parts of south and north carolina. >> wowhank you very, much appreciated. >> thank you so much don. >> first responders have been working nonstop all across florida to help people in danger. earlier, i got a firsthand look. [noise] >> this is what we're saying now in orlando, rescuers from people who have been stuck in their homes, one of the votes that they are using if you go around, here you can see all the folks who were on the scene. the people who have been rescued here. how are you doing? what are you thinking about all of this? >> it's kind of crazy. i'm actually, i've been searched train, community response team. we have or did the training here in the park for this type of thing, but it's, like no one can plan for this type of thing. >> there are people who are waiting in the water, this very day in this water to try to get to these people out. the water really in some places, neck-deep, some of these folks who are going. it and say just because we are being told by the rescue people here to be careful, because ther

was when it first hit florida that first push, but it will pack a punch as it turns north and heads up to south carolinanorth carolina. and this is going to cause tropical storm force winds to spread way far inland, probably further inland than people are anticipating. people in raleigh, i want them to know these tropical force winds could spread inland as ian works its way back into the southeastern united states. >> what regions right now, jaime, are the hardest hit as far as you can share with us. >> yeah. unfortunately, that storm surge that we had talked about in the last couple of days unfolded for southwest florida. it appears the worst of it is just to the south of where the center made landfall. so, you know, naples and fort myers area really badly hit. the footage i have seen thus far. and we won't know the full magnitude of the disaster for a couple days. it takes two or three days for a disaster to reveal itself. but the footage i have seen is just absolutely heart-breaking. >> can you give us a little bit more on what folks in south carolina and florida need to brace for over, let's say, th

north carolina and even georgia. joining me now, jenny black, ceo and president of planned parenthood's south atlantic council. ates 14 locations across north carolina, south carolina, virginia, and west virginia. jenny black, thank you so much for joining me. do you and other advocates of reproductive freedoms the hope in a state ballot measures when it comes to protecting abortion access? >> right now, what is happening in south carolina is, as you said, we are just days away from a potential near total abortion ban. the house passed an extreme ban on abortion that now the state senate will take up within days. despite the majority of south carolina not wanting this. if the senate passes this bill, they will shamefully be denying the will of their constituents. and restricting access to abortion in almost all cases. so, those ballot measure certainly give others another opportunity to make sure that their opinions are heard. >> the south carolina abortion ban was amended to include exceptions for rape and incest up to 12 weeks into the pregnancy. that is better than an outright ban. but explain to our viewers

senator, i thought of that a lot as i saw those trucks with tags from texas and georgia and south carolina and northlso think about the folks that decided to work at that hotel where you're staying at. and all those workers are staying at. these are folks that stayed at the hotels not at their homes taking care of their families so everybody could have a safe place to stay. senator, it's great to see you. i thank you very much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. take care. >> i want to bring in sam brock in venice. it's in recovery mode. and sam, i know that the signal is not an easy thing to get. we're going to try to have this conversation. try to deal with mother nature and the difficulties that it creates when the signals are just super saturated as well. where are you and what are you seeing? >> i will apologize ahead of time if i start to break up. it's very challenging in the aftermath. >> sam, with deep regrets, i am just going to have to ask that we reestablish, try to reestablish communication. one of the things we were just commenting with the extraordinary technical folks here

tracking over course of the day to hit land and come across central florida and come back up georgia, south carolina and north carolina and virginia. we got to get ready ourselves. we had an important call to get ready for that. we're really focused on florida. making sure that they have all the resources they need. again, i think they are extremely well prepared. governor desantis is really great leader. i look forward to helping them any way we can over the course of the next few day. >> todd: there's other news this morning. your students in your state staging a walkout to protest your state policies for transgender students in public schools. do these kids not understand that these policies are in place to allow their parents to keep them protected, to protect these very kids? >> this is a moment for all of us to step back and actually assess and fully understand what these draft policies are about. we first want to love every kid. we want to make sure we are protecting their dignity, privacy and safety. the difference in what our policies is focused on is bringing parents fully in. my predecessor issued

you can start to see the rainfall here picking up coastal c area of georgia into south and north carolinaainfall is on the northern flank. that's what we saw in florida. that rain is going to be moving in ahead of our rainfall. and here it is, a category 1 tomorrow afternoon, maybe sometime between 1:00 and 3:00, puts it right near charleston, historic charleston, which floods easily with four or f 5 inches. and now we're going to be looking at pretty good winds and heavy rains. but it's just to the north of there, so maybe they miss out on some of the heavier surge but not by much. >> we've seen the damage coming out of florida. how about the storm surges? is that equally a threat in places like south carolina? we're talking about the amount of rain would be enough. the storm surges, you've told us so much about that, is that a risk there too? >> it's a big risk. it's a big deal. it's called the low country for a reason. when you have 4 to 7 feet in along coastal south carolina into charleston, it's going to push that water well inland and flood charleston. how far in will it go? we stil

north carolina, south carolina and a bit of georgia seeing that as well. as a result, we do have a flood watch. that is ingrained for portions of virginia, north carolina, south carolina, and georgia. also looking at those flash flood warnings. that means flooding is happening at this moment. where we see the red, that's where we see the flooding happening. we saw that on radar, where we see the darker colors. 15 million impacted by the flood alerts. we're concerned for life threatening flooding, storm surge once again, it has been such a water story with ian, and will continue to be so. 13 million people impacted by tropical alerts today. where you see the red, that is a hurricane warning. we're expecting hurricane conditions later on today in south carolina, charleston, myrtle beach, all up and down the island. so here's that storm surge threat. it was such a devastating scene in florida. we're seeing images upon images of what storm surge can do. the power and ferocity of water. we're concerned about that today. probably around georgetown, south carolina

and cause flash flooding as well, this is the latest radar picture. heavier rain just as where the center of it now is to the north of myrtle beach, kind of crossing between the south carolina and north carolina area. but we're going to continue to see that threat for power outages. you get the idea here. i think we've got as you said 70,000 in north carolina. about over 150,000 in south carolina. storm track for this. we have a little time to go. notice by the time we get to tomorrow afternoon, we have winds 15 miles an hour. the wind event is tapers down throughout tonight and in to tomorrow. a makeup calmer wind event. we have a lot of rain to get through. we'll some some spots of 3-5 inches of rain and that will cause some flooding and also the continued threat for opportunities across eastern areas of north carolina and virginia. a lot of population zone cutting a cross the i-95 corridor. heavy rain i'm sure in south jersey. probably some heavy rain at times in new york city, long island. so we'll see problems across those areas. that's where you see the flood threats are. anywhere you see the green, that's where we'll have flooding tonight and tomorrow. by the time we

it is expected to curl back as a tropl depression into south carolina and north carolina into the next next couple days. in the bay area, we are seeing a little bit bit of the marine layer. daytime layer. daytime highs are expected to go to the 70s and even low 80s near pleasantom. > >> watch us after this newscastn our sister station and streaming and streaming service cbs news bay area. if you stay here, cbss is next. we'll get just some war for those hiccups. >>> a catastrophic situation as you see is unfolding this morning in florida. the massive storm, ian, continues to tear its way across the state. welcome to "cbs mornings." our focus this morning on the people of florida hammered by one of the strongest storms ever to hit this country. entire neighborhoods are flooded, and we don't even know the full extent of the damage yet. we'll have full coverage from across the state. >>> first, let's go to today's "eye opener". >> are you guys okay? >> reporter: there is a dumpster just floating by like a log. >> millions are in danger in florida and desperate for help

life-threatening storm. >> we are expecting the storm to continue making its way to georgia, south carolina, and into north carolina. maintaining tropical storm force winds, deadly storm surge, and rainfall of up to 12 inches. as many have said, hurricane ian is going to be a storm that we talk about for decades >> meteorologists say ian may have dumped up to 30 inches of rain in some areas already a one in 1,000 year rain event for florida. they say in some places like orlando with where they spent the day evacuating people from flood waters jesse kirsch is live in orlando for us tonight jesse. >> reporter: shep, you can see behind me, this community is still flooded out. officials say right here, they had to make around 30 rescues earlier. the biggest concern in orlando was the rainfall how much water was going to one in that it would run out of places to go we have seen that become to be a reality here officials say at this hour, we're still looking at more than 100,000 people in this county without power. thankfully, it is cool out tonight, which means people aren't going to be missing air conditioning

and south carolina. still, 70 plus miles for hour. with the dark and florida, i wouldn't be surprised if we see a few hundred thousand more, scattered about georgia, south carolina, and north carolina, from friday, into sunday, as the system moves in the direction. there goes the center of the storm, and seeing some final landfall, across this region on friday morning. as far as it's concerned, upwards of 10 to 15 inches with the radar estimates of, 20 inches across this region, and we do expect another round, as maybe, 6 to 10 inches, on the eastern side of florida, before it's all said and done. so, as a result, the weather service to the extensive area of florida, it is within two, to three months of rainfall, and is well accustomed to heavy rains. still, when it comes to this landfall, and it is the first strongest system with these wind speeds, with 150 miles per hour. it was 150 miles per hour, and to say the least here. when you see the damage potential, moving from one category, to the next, when you're very close to a category five. when you see the scale of earthquakes, going for magnitude six, to seven, and is a category three, through four, has the damage poten

we are expecting the storm to continue, making its way to georgia, south carolina, and into north carolinataining tropical storm force winds, deadly storm surge, and rainfall of up to 12 inches. as many have said, hurricane ian is going to be a storm that we talk about for decades. but from the moment hurricane ian became a threat, we already had the right teams in place, who were ready to answer the call of those that need us most. to the heroic first responders and search and rescue teams that have been running towards danger to save lives, to the brave medical teams providing compassionate and lifesaving care, to the local, state, and federal emergency managers working side by side to tackle challenge after challenge, to our meteorological partners who have been providing us with critical weather data hour after hour, and to the voluntary partners providing food and shelter to those who have just lost everything, i thank you, all of you. we thank you, and our nation thanks you. now, we know that the next few days are going to be difficult. we have some very complex problems that we are

believe it will make landfall as a category one tomorrow somewhere on the coast of south carolina, georgia, south carolina and northa, all bracing for storm surge. and rain. while that the attention they're now turning to the storm heading their way here in florida, tens of thousands of crews were pre positioned. they are working around the clock to get the power back on, at least where we are andre and st pete beach. they have been successful power back on folks here, just trying to clean up some of that light wind damage that we had. we know that members of duke energy had to use tropicana field where the race plays a staging area to get the but feel crews there out into the streets and restore power. that process is going to be continuing for the next several days and weeks. lauren blanche reporting for us live from safety beach, lawrence. thank you. check out this video of the aftermath of ian cruise in a fire truck captured video down power lines sparking in the rain overnight. there was lots of videos and reports of this happening across the state. the winter haven fire department says conditions are still ve

and charleston, south carolina, also in that. here's the reason why, because category one storm, ian , currently going to be moving toward that north northeast northeasterly trajectory and through the day today and tomorrow, it's about 65 miles per hour. there is a slim chance we could see some strengthening as that head towards the southern eastern coastlines of georgia and south carolina. >> that would take place by friday morning into friday afternoon. and it is one of the reasons why along some of the coastal areas, we have tropical storm warnings in effect for places like tybee island to savannah. >> but we also have a hurricane watch in effect. >> why the reason for this hurricane watch it is because as ian moves back over the very warm waters of the atlantic ocean, there is a very slight chance that we could see some minimal strengthening, only about 10 miles per hour strengthening would send it back into a hurricane should it become a tropical storm here as it works over land. but from jacksonville, florida, through brunswick, georgia, savannah included, that would be tybee island all the way up toward hilton head and just

let's see if that stays true with georgia, south carolina and north carolina as the flash floods hit that part of the country. what we're seeing is something that people have learned from katrina. don't go around arguing with each other. make it work. >> neil: we have learned a lot. so far here what's going on in florida and to your point to see if it extends to south carolina, north carolina as now it targets maybe as category one hurricane again, as soon as tomorrow. because of the experiences we dealt with and you dealt with at the time, there are signs that people are trying to heed those warnings and reminders. michael brown,s that very much. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: one of the things that has come up ahead of the president's planned visit to florida, they're try to coordinate a place and time and the president doesn't want to get in the way, the accusations that he may have prematurely some say unfairly in the oil industry some say about whether prices are already unnaturally high for gas and the rest and the president's warning not to rig those or take advantage of a crisi

their lives, even tonight, the thing has escalated to a category 1 and people and cut charleston, south carolina, and northving to face this and here we are talking about climate change. this is not the time to do it and i hope everyone show some restraint. >> jesse: judge, if floridians had used solar panels -- >> jeanine: would not have -- >> jesse: how would they turn the power back on? >> harold: it wouldn't have made a big difference. i have been through a hurricane and lost our house so i know like don lemon knows, it one time maybe dman bit of difference. the bottom line is people on the left are so focused on politics, power, and winning, that at every turn, every opportunity, they bring politics in. when amy klobuchar says now, now that we have seen this, now we know the democrats have to win in the midterm, that don lemon and joy behar at all the rest of them, biden now threatening the oil companies, saying you better not get those gas prices up. i mean, these are people who don't have the ability to empathize, to understand what happens when you lose everything that is familiar to you, when you

south carolina. i think we'll see large areas of power outages once again. not as much but it will impact a large area here. from eastern georgia running up through south carolina and northy. the winds are there. the ground will be saturated. saturated ground and wind you knock over trees, power lines begin to go. the hurricane warnings are in place from savannah toward myrtle beach in a large area around it tropical storm warnings. so much moisture in the system flooding will be my main concern. here are the winds. current gusts 40 miles-per-hour getting close to that. it has been going on for 24 hours, 36 hours. the water has already pooled up here along the coast, harris. because of that, this is what i'll leave you with. the most dangerous thing. 4 to 7 feet of storm surge. seven feet of storm surge could be devastating. the threat is still there. folks in low-lying areas, you need to be careful. >> harris: the mayor of charleston said stay in your house. stay put so you don't become a reason for first responders to have to respond. thank you very much, adam, for the update. let's get more first-person account now. radio host and cape coral resident posted this video

forecasters predicting life threatening storm surge along the coast of south carolina and georgia into north carolina and northeast florida continues. here is what we believe we know. the governor is telling us 700 have been rescued so far. primarily in charlotte and lee counties. that's along the gulf of mexico, southwest corner we pointed out a moment ago. you have 40,000 linemen on the ground. they will need them in order to restore power. >> dana: they have restored power to a significant portion already. it is impressive the work they've done. there is a long way to go. 14,000 people in shelters. also a call for everybody to make sure they are being very smart in using their generators in order to protect people from any problems there and from electrocution and also from carbon monoxide. follow those instructions very, very carefully. >> bill: we are tracking ian and get back to that in a moment. we listened to governor desantis. >> pine island, sanibel, those are going to be rebuild efforts. the sanibel bridge had breaks in multiple parts of it. it was not where the water and pylons w

and it's not over. we are expecting the storm to continue making its way to georgia, south carolina and into north carolina. maintaining tropical storm force winds deadly storm surge and rainfall of up to 12 inches, a store storm, that experts say was made stronger by warming waters. now people all across florida are seeing the true cost of climate change. particle hain al jazeera and the us state department says it supports an investigation into the death of palestinian boy palestinian media reported the 7 year old fell to his death as he was being chased by israeli forces in the town of taco in the occupied west bank is really army has not released an official statement regarding the boy's death, but there have been denials in his really media that soldiers were chasing him. still ahead on al jazeera, a nationwide strike brings france to halt as workers demand the government action on the rising cost of living and british prime minister less trust, defend tax cuts, the triggered chaos on the market. ah, ah, i suppose the story is still about ian. it's crossed the florida now and is just coming out over o

and it's going to expand to the north. storm surge is the biggest deadliest threat with this thing. there you see the alert area for the south carolina coast up into north carolina. let's look at the observations right now and it's going up, look at this. spring made pier, that's myrtle beach, on the grand strand. and charleston, no storm surge threat there. so the northern part of the south carolina coast and up into north carolina, three and a half feet above high tide, above the normal high tide level and the tides are going down there now. so the push of the water from the hurricane. now, just now coming ashore as landfall is imminent there in south carolina. and then we have the winds. alert for strong winds that can take town trees goes all the way inland, to winston-salem, north carolina, on top of heavy rain is a significant part of power outages. by tomorrow it will peter out in terms of wind in the mountains, but rain is going to be a significant threat. this is 3 to 5, 5 to 8 inches of rain here all across the parts of south carolina, north carolina, up into virginia, and look at this, we widen out this rain shield, heavy

and rainfall is going to be moving up into the local country of georgia, into south carolina and north carolina. some spots up here could pick up another 6 to 8 inches of rain. and with a wind gust of 60 to 70 that could make some problems. another thing that could make a problem, especially for charlton, for muriel's inlet, those low areas, muriel's inlet marsh, we're going to get surge here, we are going to get more surge, because the wind is going to push that water up against the atlantic coast this time. not the gulf coast. we're going to watch that. some of these gusts that i saw yesterday, i mean, cape coral, 140 miles per hour. down here at the bottom, you know why it's looking at 10 or 110, actually the wind meters broke. that's how we got there. this is what we're dealing with right now. this is the storm that we're dealing with. this flashing area to daytona, these are flash flood emergencies. there is flash flooding occurring right now. and rescues are likely taking place in this flashing green and black box. that's where the weather is the worst right now. john. >> so, cha

south carolina. we are going to see a storm surge, lots of trees in south carolina. a stor so certainly some power outages -- it's gonna continue to move to the north and we're going to see the rain move to the north mid-atlantic -- alicia, back to you. >> michelle, thank you for reminding us that this is an ongoing, developing threat and that is going to have a long tale, it's important for all of us to keep that in mind. joining us now msnbc public health analyst and disaster expert, dr. erwin redlener, thank you for being with us. the first hours of daylight, thanks for being with us. so much to process. how do the officials prioritize? what did they tackle first? >> alicia, thank you for having me. this is a really, really rough storm. and we are really just in phase one. that is the initial flood, that's a storm surges, and the winds, and all of that -- is just the beginning of what is going to have to be dealt with. so the very first job come daylight and even maybe starting before daylight is the search and rescue operation. we have to find where the survivors are and get them to safety. this is a very arduous and a dangerous job for the first responders. but

south carolina, have been dropping sandbags into place to prepare for possible flooding. at least three shelters we know of are open in that area energy companies in south carolina and north carolina are prepositioning utility. rouz to respond to power outages. people in south carolina don't expect to see the face the type of widespread severe damage that we're seeing in florida tonight. emergency managers in florida blame at least 17 deaths on the storm, and that number is expected to grow. a power outage tracking website shows more than two million homes and businesses in the state are without power tonight. fox news madeline rivera shows us how storm victims are coping with the damage all around them. i'm in awe over such destruction. it's just it's horrible here, carving a path of destruction along florida's gulf coast. after making landfall wednesday as a category four hurricane now millions remain without power and florida as search and rescue efforts are underway to help those who did not make it out in time evacuated step out of your front door, calling the damage in areas like fort myers catastrophic, with president biden, saying ian could be the deadliest storm

georgia, south carolina and north carolina also declaring states of emergency, with ian forecast to moveir way in just days. forecasters are still warning that ian still has the potential for heavy rains, strong wind conditions, and storm surge conditions on top of that. hurricane watch is now called for georgia and south carolina. justin finch, abc 7 news. back to you. julian: thank you. meanwhile, an australian news crew helped say families trying to get out of the flooding. kumasi: take a look. >> a hurricane is to americans what cyclones are to australians. but this one is as big as florida, that is massive. >> keep going, keep going. it is an anonymous storm -- enormous storm. we are just hoping people through the water, that is our camera operator. julian: the cameraman noticed a family struggling in the background of the shot. in the middle of the live report, he put the camera down and rushed back to help with the camera rolled. a reporter at the scene confirmed after the report that the family was ok. a note that you should not do this, he also could have gotten trapped in the f