so the store i'm in right here just south of tampa. he would are not currently open. have a few people and we are about to get open. we have got a parking lot full of folks out there that want to eat. as soon as i'm done with this it's back to the grill. >> ainsley: i know that a lot of your employees that work in these waffle houses they expect -- they need this money. they need a paycheck. when do you think you will start opening again? >> oh, we are going to be opening up this morning. most of the places that were not damaged we do have some damage down there, we will start to get down into those markets that have been affected in such a grave way. we will get down there today with generators get things open in those community that need us the most. >> ainsley: what kind of damage are we talking? >> so, i don't have a full damage report now but what i have heard we have got broken windows and high rise signs that are knocked down. i don't think we have lost any buildings. we didn't have anything right on the beach. but port charlotte, port myers, that punta gorda a

a slight wobble in this storm and we could see a major variation, but for right now coming in south of tampa. as far as the timing goes, 2:00 p.m. on wednesday is looking fairly good for us to start seeing those hurricane force winds and the hurricane starting to make landfall south of sayre so thea. if we see it make landfall farther south, closer to fort myers, that's earlier in the day. the farther north you head, then we're headed towards wednesday night and to thursday morning territory. now the deadliest part of a hurricane, the storm surge, and that is going to be the biggest issue because really the entirety of the western coastline of florida is very vulnerable to storm surge, and right now we've shifted that 8 to 12-foot surge south of tampa. i want to show you what will happen this is the wind field, i'm sorry, of the hurricane tomorrow afternoon and evening, and you can see that southerly flow pushing water into areas like the port charlotte bay there into fort myers, and then we get the outflow coming through tampa. they are still going to be impacted though by heavy rain if the

right now coming in south of tampa. as far as the timing goes, 2:00 p.m. on wednesday is looking fairly good for us to start seeing those hurricane-force winds and that hurricane starting to make landfall south of sarasota. if we see it make landfall farther to the south,that's earlier in the day the farther north headed into wednesday night. the deadliest part of a hurricane the storm surge that is going to be the biggest issue. really, the entirety of the western coastline of florida is very vulnerable to storm surge right now we've shifted that 8 to 12-foot surge farther south of tampa i want to show you what's going to happen here so this is the wind field of the hurricane tomorrow afternoon and evening. and you can see that southerly flow pushing water into areas like the port charlotte bay there, into fort myers, and then we get that outflow coming through tampa there. they're still going to be impacted, though, by heavy rain if the storm does take a more southerly trajectory now here is a look at the impacts when it comes to the rains. we're talking

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

this is where it it is tracking, just south of tampa, allowing for storm surge to be a big issue for a lot of people locally. this is just in the tampa bay area. current cons current conditions are really mild. we are starting off the week with mild conditions across across the board but we will see see a midweek warm-up. partly cloudy skies for us today as low low pressure is still the driving factor. we are seeing cooler temperatures and an onshore flow keeping us nice and and brisk. it will be a little n in the 80s. we will see 90 is returning by friday as high pressure starts building its way way in, warming us up. that is the big weather story. is a midweek warming trend. nonetheless, we are above average for the next eight to 14 14 days, issued by the climate prediction center. as we take a look at these afternoon daytime highs, 80s are in the forecast. that is not bad. 60s along the coastline is average. even in san rafael, we are 77. this is beautiful trail walking weather. weather. you can take your bike out. we're expecting 70s through 70s through san francisco and 8s and u

the storm, pro directed to make a direct and potentially devastating strike south of tampa, starting tomorrow night. but hurrican ias so massive, forecasters say evee in the state could feel its wrath, with rain reaching the coast starting tonight. christin benavidez now with the latest from st. pete. >> reporter: the storm has stred and those along florida's gulf coast will start seeing rain and and worsening conditions tonight. >> overnight and into this morn, some of the modeling that has been done is now projecting a ll south of tampa bay. >> reporter: storm surge is thet concern. fra's governor says it could be historic. >> in some areas there will be c flooding and life threatening storm surge. >> reporter: residents up and dn the gulf coast are boring up, sg up and filling sandbags, trying to get ready. seen's tremendous size was seen from the international space station. >> we are doing the best we cano prepare. >> reporter: a state of emergeny has been declared in every florida county. forecasters expect ian to impact just about everybody in the state. >> some of the countie

i think that anywhere south of tampa, up toward tallahassee, you need to be prepared for this storm system because jog to the left or right or north or south will mean the difference between the worst of the storm surge, the worst of the winds issue the worst of the heavy rainfall. go further out in time, there is consensus, national hurricane center thinking landfall around tampa bay area, we still have, again, some uncertainty. that is why i say if you live anywhere south of the tampa area toward panama city, cedar key, you need to pay attention to a major hurricane in next 24 to 48 hours and completing your plans. if you are told to evacuate, do so now, hurricane warning for tampa territory sarasota, tropical storm warning south of that and hurricane watch toward ocala. we think the worst impact is around the tampa area, again, as we go into the next several hours, we will refine that forecast. obviously so vulner ashl coastline, officials say evacuate if you live in some of the areas. storm surge warning from south florida all the way up to tampa, means the worst of the counter clockwi

tampa bay where it is still a major category three storm. the latest guidance over the last couple of hours has shifted the tracks south of tampa so when the new track comes out at about 8:00 it will be interesting to see whether the track is shifted. back at home, it is quite a different dori. great -- story. gray skies giving way to sunshine. cooler inland compared to yesterday, lower 80's and 60's and 70's along the shoreline. warmer by thursday afternoon. here are some other high temperatures. by disney's hocus-pocus two streaming friday on disney plus. >> my god. >> yes, salem, we are back. we must lie. -- fly. >> we've got to stop them before it is too late. [screams] reggie: police have made no arrests after a deadly stabbing in union square around 4:00 yesterday at holiday plaza. the incident under investigation. kumasi: developments in the killing of a father and son in hayward. police have arrested a 22-year-old. sunday morning, police got a 91 one call about an altercation inside a home. officers found a 49-year-old man and his 22-year-old son stabbed to death. their names have not been released. in the south bay, a search for solut

tampa. the vast majority of models want to take it south of tampa.pically the average spread of air is say about 35 to 40 miles. tampa sits about 175 miles to the north. so i do not think it will end up back in the tampa zone. but it is certainly lolooking more likely that will take a a southern trajectory,y, which means it makes landfdfall soone, anand makes landfall as a stroronger system. and notice, tropical storm force wiwinds, john, will be fet some 140 miles away from the centerer. so even if it is not make landfall where you are, we are going to have dangerous conditions almost across the entire state of florida. so, certainla big story over the next 24 hours. >> and then some, i guess, pedram, thank you, we appreciate. it still ahead here on cnn, another phoon making landfall. noru bring the threat of major flooding to vietnam, we'll be on the coastal areas. we'll have the very latest, up next. typhoon noru has made landfall in vietnam, bringing heavy rains and winds to the tourist city of da nang. noru is expected to weaken as it moves inla

we're on the north shore looking south towards tampa bay. and originally three days ago we were concerned about a storm surge of may 10 to 12 feet. because the storm moved in further south, the winds are actually pushing all of this water out of the bay. it is happening up and down from here all the way down to fort myers. strength of the storm is pulling the water out of the bays. in some places dry. now authorities are say don't be deceived. right now the storm is moving onshore. once it moves onshore all the water will rush into the bay area. it is very low behind me. this will start to grow and we are in an evacuation area here. we could still see a storm surge. we're only just getting going and again as i say, harris, 100 miles north of the storm. i think the biggest problem will be the rainfall, trees coming down with winds up to 80 miles per hour later today and it will lead to power outages. we're seeing more than 200,000 in florida. governor earlier this morning said he is expecting millions of customers to lose power over the next 1

, suggesting it may make landfall early tomorrow afternoon and potentially south of tampa they are about to release an 8:00 p.m. updated advisory from the national hurricane center, so let's go there now. nationa jamie rome is with us, acting director of the national hurricane center jamie, i know how busy you are thanks so much i know the 8:00 update is the about to be published. anything of significance that has changed so far. >> nothing has changed the pressure is down a little bit, indicating that ian is still trying to intensify. as a hurricane which is what our projections are, to that's the last thing we want to hear as it approaches the coastline. can you see it here on the radar. it's within radar shot just e eye wall is right there, south-southwest of sarasota. i mean, this is shaping up if it makes landfall as a major hurricane, which is what our projections are, to be an incredibly impactful event for the florida peninsula. >> you know, you look at that radar that you're showing right there, and you can see that the eye wall is right there, and then outside it

tampa, north, south? right at tampa? if you in the outlying areas. do you leave? do you stay? >> brian: any state that can handle this it seems to be florida whether it was jeb bush or whether it was rick scott. they really are extremely organized and know how to do it. danielle sarah and diana adams are co-managers of seedlings in tampa bay. they say they are ready. tomi wered typicallywe wouldn'te precaution i'm glad we had the resources to get everything set up inside and protect our product and store. >> our customers are going to need us and we are not going to be able to be open to keep the doors open. this is a big impact on us as a small business. >> last couple of years for a small business owners. we have been competing with online. we have been competing with brick and mortar department and bigger time. when we have something like this it also throws another stick into the fire, i suppose. >> steve: they were telling us any have been at the physical brick and mortar and filling up sandbags. statement, they also have to protect the people that work there. they have g

which is 70, five 80 miles south of the tampa bay region. that's the biggest concern here. shift of the track has migrated a little farther to the south, that means it comes at a little bit stronger, it certainly comes in quicker as well, as opposed to taking that northern track and making landfall later thursday night, wednesday. morning and notice, the impacts will be felt across the entirety of the state of florida, especially the northern and eastern side where tropical storm conditions are going to be felt it certainly when you look at the rap allow flow with a storm like, this you're going to get coastal regions of the carolina as well. this is kind of a setup of the model guidance. see this gradually really tighten up here. and portions of tampa or italy in the forecast so, now it's shifted a little further south from them. and brings the storm system across this region into the early afternoon hours. i want to bring in the storm surge potential. because when you take a look at the threat here for portions of florida, we know that when the largest most prone regions t

you can just make out the position of the storm then to the south tampa, which is where we are initially thought. the storm may be making it seats worst impacts. that's now just to the south of that, but a lot, a low lying ground across a good part of southern florida. we're looking at a storm surge. may be 2 to 3 meters, much southern florida. you're lucky to see well heights of around one meter. so that is of course, going to be something of a problem. that's a storm will then just make its way out of that east. the side of florida as we go on through the next couple of days, eventually pushing back up towards the carolinas. but some of these parts carrie could see maybe as much as 30400, maybe 500 millimeters afraid in the next couple of days. ok button thanks very much . now, vietnam has downgraded typhoon north to a tropical depression, but warned people to stay alert. hundreds of thousands have been evacuated from their homes. schools are closed on 2 provinces, have imposed curfews about 40000 soldiers and 200000 militia members have been mobilized for rescue and relief operations.

the hurricane is expected to be a category 4, hit landfall south of tampa.a few days ago in the tamp bay area, we were very concerned about storm surge at eight to 10 feet in tampa bay, which would have completely inundated most of the lowying areas in the barrier islands. now it looks like it has turned. turned a little to the right, more toward the east. it will make landfall south of the sarasota area, which is south of tampa bay for those people were not familiar with the florida area. it will still be a very strong storm for people in the area expecting very strong conditions. it will also move through the center of the state and cause a lot of rainfall as governor desantis mentioned in the clip you played. we are bracing for winds, rain, through the area. juan: would it have meant if the storm had made a direct hit on the temp area, tampa say pete, obviously saint pete out even further westward, even more exposed. tampa is considered onof the most vulnerable cities in the world in terms of storm surges? >> that is right. hurricanes of this drink have n

so look at the, i mean landfall just to the south of tampa in cale costa on wednesday afternoon. and when it made that landfall, those winds were sustained at 250 kilometers per hour. had that been 250 to 253. that would have been a cat 5, but really 2 or 3 kilometer per hour when it's negligible, all of this was catastrophic. and we had about 5 meter high storm sewers. so when you get those winds, it literally picks up the ocean and shoves it further inland. so i wanted to give you an example. this is a storm search in action. this is time. lots video of about an hour. look at this road just under water and see some of the homes in the background there. that is the 5 metre high storm search that we were dealing with. ok, let's talk about where it is right now. we've talked about how powerful the wind has been. the storm surge but rain also a concern is wall. so i think north of orlando, about half a meter of rain or half a years worth of rain over the next 24 hours in. we'll then move out to the atlantic. we can into a tropical storm, so that says we head toward friday, watch wh

fort myers, about 100 miles south of tampa, is among the places hit hardest video showing vehicles in debris from destroyed buildings floating in flood waters. some homes completely gone. people are trapped in others that remain. the city is under right now. a 48 hour curfew except for emergency workers in brenton, florida, about 45 miles south of tampa, you can see strong winds ripping apart a houseboat. rainfall they're expected to total nearly one ft. over the course of the storm. flooding is also putting local water plants at risk right now, brandon 10 officials are asking residents to reduce their water use as one of the wastewater treatment plants there is full and could overflow . hurricane ian made landfall at k. acosta this afternoon as a category four hurricane with maximum winds reaching 150 miles an hour with more now on this intense storm, let's check in with our chief meteorologist, bill martin. yeah ian started out well, got up to category four this morning came on shore like that dropped quickly to a three. then do it too. now it's down to a category one. you're lookin

had a major hurricane since 2017. >> janice: erma was actually supposed to move into the tampa area and moved southf tampa. they were relieved about that. but i don't want people to let their guard down just because it might move south of the area. they need to take this very seriously. and we can hope for the best but we need to prepare for the worst, which is happening right now. >> ainsley: when did you say you think landfall? >> janice: wednesday around the dinnertime area if the tract is correct. >> brian: thank you, janice. buccaneers went to miami, the whole team. south florida for the most part, the east coast will not be as impacted. for continuing coverage of hurricane ian download the fox weather app. or stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv device. >> brian: let's talk midterms. when you talk about midterms for the longest time we thought abortion is going to be the key. the economy is going to be -- is going to be the linchpin. and those two things are important. what's emerging every day and sadly because all you have to do is look around whether it's a big city or small to

this one looks like it is squarely headed towards tampa and south of tampa, sarasota for the landfall. looks like tampa hopefully will skirt the worst of what was thought that could happen there because it's so low lying. but really the whole state is in a situation where they have to be really careful. >> bill: i agree with you on that especially the middle part of the state. we'll talk about this storm tomorrow, the day after. it is going to -- it may drift back out over part of the atlanta ocean and georgia and may parts of north carolina and south carolina as it moves up the shore. >> you see the damage in terms of wind and what's whipping up the coastline here. we have all been in situations where we've covered these. you look at everybody preparing and then inevitably it takes a turn to an area that wasn't necessarily expecting the brunt of it. that's where we are now. governor desantis has been on a lot obviously and warning people all over the state they need to take it very seriously and he also said if you didn't get out yet, it's too late now. now it's time to hunker down a

what the outcome is what the outcome is, and i think in tampa bay right now we're a little blessed because the storm unfortunately is going southt scenario for the tampa bay area, not so much for the people down south of us. stuart: what's your insurance situation like? >> [laughter] we're some self-insured and some not. stuart: that doesn't sound great >> we'll look at that after the storm goes by. stuart: okay, you're standing right next to one of your restaurants now. are you about to close it? >> it's closed. its been closed since monday, and the reason pinellas county chooses to do that is because we're on a barrier island and it gives, it's very smart for how they do it. they get everybody off these barrier islands first and then trailer parks, they get people out of there, so our community is really on top of this. stuart: excellent. frank chivas, bay star restaurant group. thank you very much for joining us sir we appreciate it and the very best of luck to you. >> thank you. stuart: yes, sir, you got it. >> we can get prayers, thank you. stuart: okay take that too. still ahead, senator john thune, attorney general of fl

but tampa bay would really luck out if the center of the hurricane made landfall south of their area. that would be really bad news for sarasota, fort meyers and cape coral. but for tampa, that offshore broez instead of the on shore breeze would make a world of difference. >> you're dm in part of tampa that you're in an evacuation order. what are you yo hearing from people there? >> that's right. in hillsborough county, what's known as zone a, is under mandatory evacuation orders. this gas station here is one of the first stops that a lot of people are making before they continue their journey more inland. we spoke to one man this morning who said he lived in tampa for over a decade. he said he's never evacuated in the past. but this time from watching the models, hearing the warnings, he decided to pack up and go. listen. >> i have never left before. they are showing this one is movering slow so they are predicting a lot of water. i live south of tampa. >> this one feels different. >> yes. >> reporter: there are mandatory tack vags orders in seven counties. you said it earlier. you c

it's moving on shore right now, taking aim at the fort myers area just south of tampa bay. is was fort lauderdale earlier. all the way down in south florida. winds were reaching -- very high winds. the storm itself is now reaching 155 miles per hour and you can see the wind speed, 155. the movement, that's of such concern. the movement is at 9 miles per hour. the wind gusts, 190 miles per hour. and we're here in the bradenton area. you're seeing right behind me, this is sarasota bay. and then behind sarasota bay is the gulf of mexico. we've been experiencing some very, very intense wind gusts and the rain has been nonstop. but, but take a look at that radar image. it's showing you the most intense part of the storm and yet to arrive to florida. it is a potentially life-threatening storm. and as you can see, the eye is hitting right in fort myers. julia ainsley is with us this morning. i want to kind of go over what federal officials have been preparing for and what it is they're going right now. >> we just heard from deanne criswell as they look at this life-threatening stor

here is the south part of tampa bay all the way up moving up toward orlando which is only right therend then back down toward naples. that area will pick up winds of 110 or higher. and then here, this is this orange, this is hurricane to 110. so a large swath of area is going to lose power. we already have 104,000 in florida already without power and more rain going to come down, this is going to be flooding. pumps aren't going to be working, you know, rainfall coming down to 2 feet. high, high risk of flash flooding today, same story for tomorrow. and a tornado watch. let me show you why. open this up right here. all of these storms that are coming on shore, here is palm bay, here -- i mean, all the way through here, west palm beach, here is fort lauderdale. these storms on the east side, this is the east coast of florida they are rotating. they have already shown you pictures of those rotating storms last night. that will continue today. >> chad, up until yesterday when the expectation was the bulk of this would hit tampa, we talked a lot about the architecture of tampa with all tho

. >>> you are looking at the west side of south tampa, florida, the churning water.following the breaking news down in florida, hurricane ian officially making landfall about an hour ago along the southwestern coast. winds near 150 miles per hour. devastating. making ian a high end category 4 hurricane, almost a category 5. carlos is in tampa where the water is being pulled out of the city. tampa's mayor was warning, don't let your guard down. is the city prepared? >> their hope is folks don't venture out just because there's not a lot of rain and wind to speak of right now. that being said, some 50,000 customers across the tampa area are without power at this hour. over 7,500 are at a hurricane shelter. as you said, this is how the bay looks at this hour. you can see the riverbed out here. ian's strength has taken the water out into the gulf of mexico. it's pulling water from the nearby river. that water has to make its way back in. the expectation is, the worry is when the water comes back in, we are looking at a storm surge between five to six feet. then when you

i live in south tampa.e feels different. >> yes. >> florida prepares for a

in almost every computer model this morning which would take the storm south of tampathe northern side which would be great for tampa, horrible for venice or fort myers. i want to take you to our drone and this new tool we're showing you, it is a live telestrator. what you're seeing there is bay shore drive, that's what i'm on. this is obviously extremely susceptible and current track five to ten feet of surge possible. what that means, you push water towards the hillsborough river and would converge there and end up flooding for some places miles inland. that's why this is a storm that has not tested the infrastructure of tampa. you see all the homes west of there. there's old tampa bay on the other side you'll see on the horizon in just a moment and that right there is where we end up seeing water and flooding as well. we'll keep an eye on this storm drew: i am abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma. mostly sunny skies this afternoon, 60's and 70's along the shoreline, 80's inland. warmer thursday >>> coming u >>> coming up, one of the bst-known businessmen in america, steve

north of cuba and west of the florida keys pushing up into the florida west coast weakening right south of tampary 3. the big effects here are going to be the storm surge, especially just south of tampa. it's looking like and then also the very strong winds risk of tornadoes inland. and then, of course, flooding risk as the storm passes up further north into florida, comparatively calm here in the bay area after a early september that brought wild swings back and forth between record-breaking heat and some early-season rainfall. we're take it a step back from any of that. we do have the storm system immediately to the north and west of us. what it's not going to do is really change up things much for us. you can actually see that cloudy blanket passing by later on today. that line of clouds pushing through. that's the cold front from that system. that's not going to result in any chance of rainfall. all it's going to do for us is keep us pretty mild both today and tomorrow, keeping our temperatures out of the 90's in the 70's to really mid-eighties that are very warmest 60's for your highs and s

and south florida relocated its saturday game against east carolina from tampa to boca raton. e, the university of south carolina, although a safer distance from the storm has moved up saturday night's game against south carolina state for tomorrow night. we'll also have to watch the tampa bay buccaneers tomorrow night against the chiefs. if theirs is impacted. and the braves and in atlanta also until question this weekend. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," we will go back to florida for another live report as millions of people brace for hurricane ian's landfall. >>> plus, we're going to take a look at the biden administration's response to the biggest hurricane of his tenure. we're back in just a moment. id. i'm dead! [screams] all these old rules are made up. so why not make up something better? ♪ a bunch of dead guys made up work, way back when. ♪ ♪ it's our turn now we'll make it up again. ♪ ♪ we'll build freelance teams with more agility. ♪ ♪ the old way of working is deader than me. ♪ ♪ we'll scale up, and we'll scale down ♪ ♪ before you're six feet underground. ♪

tampa. but looking like the brunt of this storm will be south of tampa. but again, that danger zone ranging anywhere from tampa to naples, full palestinians have been killed during this riley ride on a house in the jenin refugee camp. the occupied west bank of a 40 others, a wounded more than 30 israeli military vehicles. and bold doses was seen in the area. local people say one man who was killed was the brother of rob housing. he's accused of carrying out a mess, shooting and television in april. john hendrick joins us live from ramallah. now john, what more can you tell us about this rise? what is raid last 8 hours it began in the early morning hours is really forces fired a small missile into the home of relatives. of rod has him is father and brother were wanted by police for questioning. we know, as you say, 4 people now are dead. some remain in critical condition and dozens are injured. and after that project i was fired, fired into the building. it went up in flames. that's called a pressure cooker tactic. it's designed to get people out of the bu

wow that's pretty rapid intensification, but it is going south of tampa. which is in their favor. d north would not be good. but four. myers does not look good. sarasota fort myers that looks to be where the bull's eye is going to be here. sometime here today is it's moving pretty pretty fast here so you can see the circulation boy. it went from just off of cuba all the way in 24 hours to see that 1 55 moving north northeast and nine i mean, it did. maybe it'll hit cat five. i mean, they might have to update that. it's really close, and you can see the track have to give credit to the uk forecast model, which is not really considered a hurricane model is more considered a global model for troughs and ridges and stuff. it had its south more so than anyone else will. now look, everyone's coming in lockstep here in between tampa and ford myers, so gold started the uk model. usually it's an outlier, and you can see category four. now. once it moves inland, it does weaken. looks like though it's going to go offshore and then go back up the atlantic and here we go start to move in an ext

. >> overnight and do this morning, some of the modeling is now projecting landfall south of tampa bayave talked about the tone of uncertainty where the landfall was projected. we added north florida a couple of days ago but that has consistently been moved east. mark: ian

tampa when i'm standing right now. well, this storm is shifted slightly. south of tampa is going to be the, the worse it area will be in the south of what i am us towels or cities like of like sarasota for example, right now as we speak to myself one hour away. that be it being hit by, let's say the 1st, the 1st hits of those strong winds. now we know from the forecast that e n is approaching slowly. florida right now, as we were speaking, and it is a carrion winds up to 14140 miles an hour. if this forecast remains the same and handled 40 category 4 or 5 almost hits, our shores is in florida, it will be of catastrophic nature. and all the forecasts and the dark ones especially will, will become true. you will see 1st, a scenario of sort surge, which is a known phenomenon when these hot waters will fuel this, this e n. a storm and push it with a 150 and 40 miles. now force of winds, these water will just eat out all those shores, you know, in florida as a tourist, because there's thousands of people chose to live on the war. they have houses, maybe higher, 34 fe

has it heading straight towards south of tampa bay? 2 and a half million people are now under evacuation orders. governor ron desantis is urging floridians along the gulf coast to seek higher drier ground. president biden declared an emergency this week authorizing the department of homeland security and fema to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance. >> yoon is moving toward western florida at approximately 12 miles per hour. and at this time, we're expecting landfall somewhere between fort myers and tampa. by the time it reaches the shores of florida. the storm is going to slow down to approximately 5 miles per hour. and this is significant because what this means is that floridians are going to experience the impacts from this storm for a very long time. >> across the state public schools, colleges and even theme parks have shut down through thursday. flights have been canceled in and out of the area well. kron from meteorologist kyla grogan is joining us now. she's got more on the storm's path. kyla when it slows down, t

i live in south tampa. so it's a flood zone area. >> this one feels different. >> yes. >> florida prepares for a monster storm, with landfall expected tomorrow. governor ron desantis is going to be put to the test, forced to actually do his job. when he's used to spending most of his time hanging out on fox news and owning the libs. >> the approaching hurricane is also changed the january 6th committee's plans. we have our hands on some documentary footage of roger stone laying out trump's plot to steal the election. which the committee is expected to show when the hearing is rescheduled. >> also tonight, the senate takes up the electoral count act to protect democracy. and we're going to try to answer this question of why republican lawmakers still genuflect to trump and promote his lies. >> we begin with florida, bracing for ian, a major hurricane that could submerge large portions of the gulf coast. and it will be a test of leadership. governing, you see, is hard. it's unsexy, and not always television f

for floridians such as tim tullis, who lives just south of tampa. it's wait and watch and worry about this winds of 90 miles an hour or more gusts up to 125. uh rainfall. um ranging 7 to 15 inches. what's not going on at the lake behind his home is ominous, beautiful tropical birds, mostly. ah and it's um, usually very busy, um, all during the daylight hours. it is now totally void of any any wildlife. wait watch and worry. indeed tom baker, ktvu, fox two news, and we're gonna be taking a closer look at the effect on residents in florida and how they are bracing for this powerful hurricane. we'll have a live report from tampa coming up in just a few minutes and hurricane ian is also forcing the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u. s capitol to postpone a hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. that hearing was supposed to be the ninth and final hearing before the committee issues of final report. a new date for the hearing has not been announced. there's also no word on who may testify. since it was created last year, the

you can see the pressure 950 millibars there it is as a cat 4 going in south of tampa. it looks like between fort myers and tampa is where this will come ashore. then it goes right across central florida before it gets into the atlantic. again and then picks up speed again as it heads up the coast a little bit there. so this is this incredible storm. this is a loop of the last 12 hours. you can see how it went over cuba. the western side of cuba and then made its way back into very warm water that is in the upper 80's that is giving this incredible strength. and it is allowing for the rapid intensification that we're seeing this very symmetrical eye here. now throwing all of these bands of rain already into the keys at this hour. these are the florida keys that you see right here also into miami. and these storms can spawn tornadoes rate. these little cells that pop up are very powerful with all that wind coming out. this is an incredible storm. there's no way to say it. i have friends and family in this area and all of them are heating this and are evacuating and going

south of tampa. we heard the words like decimated, strong powerful words that describe the storm. but where you are, some sense of rev assurance. you're seeing power is back on given the trees and power line have been down throughout the night. >> yeah. good morning. power is sloily reconnected in the area. for example, right behind me is a sarasota bay. behind that is the gulf of mexico. sarasota area is just behind us. sarasota is side by side with sarasota. we're seeing heavy damage. and large swaths of of this county, sarasota county, are still without power. bradenton, a lot of areas without power. yesterday the governor of florida said that there were 42,000 people ready to step in and different -- 30 different locations in the state of florida waiting to immediately come into the area that have suffered power outages as soon as possible. and it's already starting to get possible for areas like sarasota, bradenton when we see strong winds. but certainly not as strong as we were seeing just an hour or so ago. i want to turn to someone who has flown into the eye of the storm.

big question is where models show several potential scenarios with a direct hit anywhere from south of tampa to the florida panhandle. just don't think that if you're not in that, i that somehow you don't have to make preparations because the last thing we want to see you see it start to really bear. east quickly and then have folks who are not prepared. florida's west coast is uniquely vulnerable to storm surge the shallow shelf of the gulf of mexico push massive amounts of water onshore. this is tampa bay, a massive body of water that spans 30 miles to the gulf of mexico. only 11 ft. deep with the right wind, that water gets pushed up the bay piling up. until it reaches downtown and has nowhere else to go flooding the core of the city. meanwhile 1500 miles north, the remnants of hurricane fiona have now turned deadly in eastern canada. good morning. jesus he's at least 20 homes have been swept into the sea from this small town in newfoundland. authorities say a woman's body was found after a towering wave hit her home. forecasters say fiona is now the strongest storm on record to hit canad

inundated areas taking the search there, we know know in some areas tonight, south of where we are, south of tampa, we expect those to continue well into the day tomo. day tomorrow. >> thank you so much, jason, stay safe out there and hopefully you have a chance to dry off now. > >> well, cbs news is partnering with the red cross on florida relief efforts. you can donate, by following the link on your s. your screen. > >> we are going to take a look at where that storm is now, and what it means for tomorrow, and where it comes back on shore again, because it will come back back on shore again for parts of of the eastern united states. > >> plus we need to talk about our warm up going into friday. we will do that coming up next. > >> plus, will the hurricane mean mean more at the pump? the prest the president to oil and got gas gas companies tonight. > >> the 49ers took to the gridiron to tackle cancer. >> new video out of san leandro tonight, where a fire surrounded fire surrounded this house, where it burned to the ground. luckily the property was vacant. here is what is left of it tonight. by th

category four storm when it makes landfall across that west florida coastline, potentially just south of tampa. low lying areas, these towns and cities only one metre above sea level, and we are talking about storm surges of at least three to 3.5 metres, that has the potential for some catastrophic damage and it will also produce 500 to 600 millimetres of rain, which ails our rain into significance, really. but we've seen sharp showers across the north and east. this rain down to the south—west will slide away over the next few hours. we keep the show is going perhaps to the coast throughout the night. inland, clearerskies, the coast throughout the night. inland, clearer skies, a touch on the chilly side first thing tomorrow morning. but hopefully fewer showers around and the wind is not quite as strong as we go into tomorrow. this area could bring a rash of sharp showers by the end of the afternoon. we start with a few showers across aberdeenshire and with that northerly wind, although a little bit lighter, a few showers running down through wales and south—west england. through edinburgh, do

tampa. there will be surge in port charlotte. and now if the storm, and we don't want this to happen, if the storm is south of tampa, there will be inverse surge. so all of the numbers that you see here, all of the forecasts could change with a change in the track. the united states, the american model is running right now and will be done soon and then the european model will be done about 2:00. they both agree there is a lot of dry air in north florida and there is going to be a lot of rains across central florida and as soon as the dry air wrapped into the storm, the storm begins to die. for me that can't happen soon enough but it will begin to die as we tear apart the storm. there is the heavy rainfall regardless. at least a foot of rain in some spots. >> good reason for that anxiety you mentioned on the west coast of florida. chad myers, thank you very much for that. >>> with you should note that a mandatory evacuation order has been issued for parts of hillsborough county, florida, including the city of tampa. residents there right now are filling sandbags and boarding up ahead of the hurricane. we saw long lines outside of

continued this evening and officials arwarning about a significant storm surge that could hit tampa and southor to hard. the mayor of tampa joins me now from the emergency operations center in the city. mayor, thank you for being here. can you give us a sense of how preparations are going now? >> we are finished with the preparations. we have been in that for quite some time, but have called for a mandatory evacuation in zone a. for those not familiar with tampa, we have 120 miles of coastline in our city, so zone a are those individuals in close proximity to the water, so we have evacuated individuals in that zone and have given or 50,000 sandbags out. we have prepared as much as we can in tampa. our residents are heeding the rnings on leaving for higher ground. we have told them you do not have to that the state. we just need you to get the higher ground out of the storm surge, which at this point it still anticipated to be anywhere between 10 and 15 feet, which is separate catastrophic. correspondent: indeed. i want to ask you about those evacuations. the head of fema echoed a concern that

joining me now is the mayor of sarasota, florida, which is a little bit south of where i am, kind of on the other end of the tampawith us. the outer bands of the eyewall making landfall south of where we both are, what are you expecting over the next several hours? >> we just made the decision just now to withdraw all of our police officers from the streets just because of the sustained wind pressure that we've been having. over the next few hour, we're anticipating that everyone will heed the governor's warning and stay hunkered down. it is too late to evacuate at this point. so everybody in zone "a" and "b" will be feeling the effects of this hurricane first. they will be feeling the storm surges and the winds. and that is why we tried to evacuate them a while back. but our main priority is the safety of our residents and we've been preparing for this for years. for this particular hurricane, we've been preparing since last week. we saw the impact it could have. so our utilities department ensured that our generators were ready to go, public works began clearing the storm drains. we have fortified all of our ci

a storm surge is going to be the big concern, especially around fort myers, up to just south of tampa. we are expecting landfall today as that happens, the storm will weaken but still dumped inches upon inches of rainfall. the way up into areas like orlando pushing a little bit further northward. definitely weakening to tropical storm status as it moves inland. but really the big concern there is that storm surge of upwards of 9 feet likely over 10 feet from fort myers again, up through tampa. so the storm definitely going to be leaving a big impact out there across a whole lot of the bay area. now, what we do have right now is conditions out there on radar that are nice and dry for the bay area. futurecast shows that we are going to be holding onto these clear skies on to the rest of this forecast today. so that's not going to be an issue for us. this low to our west is scooting to the north of us cold front. that's going to be sliding on in. that's not going to do anything more then just keep us relatively cool. so today's daytime highs at or very warmest only going to be in the low

complacency with people getting caught up in earlier forecasts, that it would be in the tampa area, and now that is it is coming south, a lot of people were thinking, okay, it is going to be tampa, it is going to be tampa, we will be good down here, and ourselves, and now we see the updated truck and all the models are trending, it will be further south towards tampa. i also spoke with a couple residents around here who said they left tampa for here, because they figured it would be safer here. so, undoubtedly a scary situation for everybody. i think really just become pleasantly. >> that is alarming to hear from people who thought they would be safe where you are now, i guess, tampa will still be getting a lot of rain, but not that significant storm surge. what will you be looking for in the coming hours, given your experience with this? especially, i know you will try to stay somewhere safe, but what are you looking for in terms of knowing exactly where that guy is sitting? >> so, now we are getting to the point where the models are becoming almost useless. we are using our own radar, we will pretty much now cast t

that storm was on a path to hit tampa or parts south of it and it took a right-hand turn and really the force of that storm and the upper right-hand quad rant is what socked i believe it was the town of punt yeah gored yeah and the devastation was enormous. you don't know where this storm could make a decision. >> exactly that. these storms have a mind of their own and charley is that great example. right now it is projected to come right through the tampa bay area. of course, we are standing by ready to respond and are ready for that. like the governor said, counties all the way seamount way to the south need to be prepared if something similar happened like what happened in 2004. >> dana: what can families expect to find when they get to a shelter? describe the shelters to them so they have a little more comfort in getting there. >> shelters are kind of a last resort. we would like you to try to evacuate inland 20 miles or more if you have friends and family to reach out to and seek that for evacuation. but these shelters are not a luxury hotel. they are not even a low-end hotel. they

so i give you a play by play of exactly what happened that i making landfall just south of tampa wednesday afternoon and look at this during that last fall. those winds were sustained. 250 kilometers prior, so it was pretty much teetering on the brink of a category 5 storm and we saw a storm surge, 5 meters high. so those winds 250 kilometers per hour, literally picking up the ocean and shoving it further inland. so here's an example of that storm search. this is time lives video over the course of an hour, this street and some of those homes in the background just under water, and that will continue to play out as we head toward thursday. so let's track out where ian is right now, and not only is this a big wind event, it's going to be a large rain event. so north of orlando, i think we could pick up to about $500.00 millimeters of rain, half a meter of rain, or half a years worth of rain in the span of a few days. now, by friday in will weekend. it's now a tropical storm out into the advantage, and it's going to spread significant rain to that eastern side of georgia and south carolina.

occurred, especially right around fort myers, gorda, other areas like port charlotte, out there just south of tampa. the storm will the carolinas. not going to be gathering in the additional steam as it does. so they'll but we are still seeing some very heavy rain bands that are circling back on towards the coastline. just north of fort pierce between jacksonville right up there near the georgia border. as you can see from tampa to fort myers. it's quieted down a whole lot now, which is good news. no additional rainfall there. storm surge should begin to work its way out. starts a lesson now that will give the opportunity for crews for aid to get in there. with that recovery as quickly as possible. now, back here at home, we have look, we have a very calm morning comparatively. not a lot going on here. just some partly cloudy skies this morning in a mostly sunny afternoon ahead of us, this pleasant streak of weather that we've had for your last week of september continues today here locally. we are in the midst of a little dip in the jet stream that is now working its way out a bit of a resurgence