so here in the tampa bay area as _ the last few hours? urs? so here in the tampa bay area as you see - the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area as you see a - the last few hours? so here in the tampa bay area as you see a lot l the last few hours? so here in the| tampa bay area as you see a lot of wind that has been coming through. the winds have been up anywhere between 130 mph. first responders are responding to calls. we have a couple calls about being down but overall we haven't seen the aftermath of the storm we know we will get a lot of the rain which will get a lot of the rain which will flood a lot of the low—lying areas of the tampa bay area. since the storm has hit we know there is a lot of flooding down south which is the counties below us and of course with all of the resources we were able to prepare for we have the resources available and ready to assist the other counties down south. we are hurricane ian had a big impact on. just south. we are hurricane ian had a big impact om— big impact on. just listening to what

the population of the bay area, tampa bay area has grown tremendously just over the last few years. in a sense, that's a good thing because those newer residents haven't been through a hurricane and haven't been threatened by this so they are the ones that typically do heed the warnings and evacuate as necessary. but like we said before and what the governor said now is the time to execute your plan. we are past making a plan. it is time to execute that plan. >> bill: he had mentioned that storm hurricane charley, it was 2004, 18 years ago. 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 g

the worry is 12 inches of rain and the storm surge of perhaps ten feet into the tampa bay area. that would be historic. >> it would. they are talking about this, comparing to the 1921 hurricane that did not have a name that brought devastating damage to the tampa bay area and they are fearing this could be very similar to that, and we are talking about four times the amount of population in the tampa bay area from 100 years ago. this is the latest for hurricane ian, still a category 3 storm, even though it lost its water source for several hours, still looking very intact and that is scary because now it's going to go over high octane fuel of the gulf of mexico with temperatures close to 90 degrees and not a lot of wind shear to tear it apart. 125 mile per hour sustained winds, a cat 4, the pressure is dropping. so that means a stronger storm from 4:00 a.m. abundant moisture over land and now hours of fuel to go through across the gulf of mexico and the worst case scenario, is the center of circulation over the tampa bay area and bringing a wall of water. this is just like a push

tampa bay region. nicole valdez is live in tampa with the very late rest. nicole? >> brian, good morning. tthe biggest concern for the tampa bay areaches is that storm surge threat we have heard reports we could be expecting anywhere from 5 to 15 feet storm surge in areas all along the water. why we are seeing hundreds of thousands # of people being asked to evacuate. begging the sheriff to listen to this warning not to try to ride this out here. no matter how long have you lived in the state of florida or how long have you been v. experienced storms here prior to. we are seeing signs people are listens. they are boarding up their homes and packing up the cars with essentials and getting ready to drive as far as inland as they can. some suggest at least 20 miles as we could start to see the impacts of hurricane ian here in the next 36 hours or so much though the hundreds of thousands of people six counties along florida's gulf coast see the impact next 24 hours. >> brian: you stay safe too. getting to d-day for you to evacuate. let's keep in florida. former florida attorney general pam bondi joins us now. you are in tampa. what are

challenges is convincing those that have been here for a long time and are used to near misses in the tampa bay areao say, but this is the storm we have all feared. the way tampa bay is situated, a rush of water coming in could really be detrimental to the area. they said this could be a 100-year storm, we haven't seen anything like this for 100 years. convincing floridians who have been here their whole lives, they are used to storms coming and diverting, please adhere to evacuation orders and getting the new floridians, we have people moving from all over the nation, broken records last year, we need them to understand this is no joke. if we tell you that you need to evacuate, especially if you are near water, do so, get inland. with past storms, those who thought they could ride it out ended up fearful for their lives when water came in and that puts first responders at risk. please heed the warning and look for evacuation routes and where shelters are. >> todd: we often turn to attorney generals to find out what their state is doing when it comes to price gouging, people trying to get supplies t

scenario would be for hurricane ian to stall right off tampa bay so for it to go south would certainly alleviate a great deal of damage to the tampa bay area. >> understandably still though if we look at what we heard from meteorologist jennifer gray and the map we saw with 5 to 8 feet of storm surge in the tampa bay area that could sit there for hours. >> yes. >> do you get to a point you're worried you can't sustain this because we know that the ground is saturated and not places for the water to go. >> we already know that. we understand that. we have in preparation emptied out the storm ponds. taken care of the ditches. put as much water out the dam as we can but if the surge is that high, 8, 10, 12 feet that there's no place for that water to go. as you recognized the tampa bay area is saturated from the normal summer storms so that again is a worst-case scenario to have a storm surge that comes in for hours upon hours with no place to go. >> i know you spoke with the president this morning. what is the biggest concern at this hour? >> the water. making sure that the residents understand the severity of this. no matter where it lands.

tampa bay. few outliers still want to take it over 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

, we're coming by and letting everyone know we're in a mandatory evacuation situation. >> the tampa bay area, in its final hours of hurricane preparations. tampa bay police making last-ditch efforts to warn residents to leave flood zones now. >> we're reinforcing the idea that you're in an area that you need to evacuate. >> this is not a drill. >> this is not the time to stay. >> serious warnings to residents here. this vulnerable area expected to be in the crosshairs of hurricane ian as it barrels towards the west coast of florida. >> we have over 120 miles of coastline just in the city of tampa. >> at least 2. 5 million floridians under various evacuation orders. it's a storm that's predicted to cause water damage like none before it. >> we're talking about 10 or 15 inches of rain on top of the surge. that is unprecedented. no infrastructure is built for that. >> with this hurricane, a direct hit is not necessarily going to cause flooding. the slow-moving storm's predicted to stall just off the coast of tampa bay starting wednesday evening. >> going to be in our rivers, going to be in our

the tampa bay area. d when we are talking about a 10-foot, 15-foot storm surge, that is going to go over top of homes and inundate cities around the area and move well inland. they haven't had a hurricane this strength in 100 years. 1921. we didn't even name them back then. so that is the biggest concern. people are urged if you live in the tampa area, you need to listen to your local officials. this is the worst case scenario if the track comes true as we are predicting it right now. let's take a look at the satellite imagery. moving over western cuba made landfall earlier this morning. the eye still intact. category 3 storm. 125 mile-per-hour winds at 130. that's a cat 4. and we are expecting that in ths very close to the west coast of florida. latest tracking worst case scenario for the tampa area that bay will be inundated. this will be like a bulldozer moving water in. and we are talking about close to 2 feet of rain in the tampa area. here is where we have our hurricane warning. want to make note fr

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 upper 80s, where we want to highlight the friday being one of the warmest for us. we will keep you updated but

. >> how many specifically for the tampa bay area coming to rescue efforts from the state? >> in the tampa bay area for rescue? well, i mean obviously we have enough assets and we understand this is a big, big impact that the rescue efforts are not going to be limited to one municipality or one county. you'll potentially have more. my hope is that you're not going to need massive rescue efforts the further away you are from the storm. i also have a huge amount of confidence in the folks in the tampa bay area. you look at sheriff's departments, these are very first rate operations. they have excellent ability to respond to that. kevin will be here, our folks will be here if needed, but our sense is that the further away from the storm, probably the local responders are going to be able to handle that. here in southwest florida, you're going to have all those local responders out but then you're also going to have all this support, coast guard, fwc, you're going to have national guard. i mean, this is a really, really concerted effort, and that's just the reality when you have

can you talk about why the tampa bay area is so vulnerable when you're looking at five to ten foot stormn. >> sure. the issue with the tampa bay area is the shape and how it is lined up relative to hurricane ian's forecast track. the bay opens up to the southwest and if ian ends up taking a path that puts the strongest onshore winds into the bay, that is what could make that situation a lot worse. if it ends up on the other side, and you get offshore winds from the bay, it won't be remotely as bad. >> gotcha. so if the storm goes up through the bay like it has been looking for last little bit, do you think it is shaping up to be a perfect storm in the worst sense to be headed at the tampa area? >> yeah, the worst case would be if the eye tracks just to the west and north of tampa which could place the eastern or on shore eye wall on the bay. that is the worst case, that is how you maximize the storm surge there. >> i've also been reading about separa separate and apart from the storm itself but adding to the concern is king tides setting in this week as well. how could the timing of this

. >> the tampa bay area, in its final hours of hurricane preparations. tampa bay police making last-ditch efforts to warn residents to leave flood zones. now >> we're reinforcing the idea that you're in an area that you need to evacuate. >> this is not a drill. >> this is not the time to stay. >> serious warnings to residents here. this vulnerable area expected be the crosshairs of hurricane ian as it barrels towards the west coast of florida. >> we have over 120 miles of coastline just in the city of tampa. >> at least 2.5 million floridians under various evacuation orders. it's a storm that's predicted to cause water damage like none before it. >> we're talk about ten or 15 inches of rain on top of the surge. that is unprecedented. no infrastructure is built for that. >> with this hurricane, a direct hit is not necessarily going to cause flooding. a slow-moving storm's predicted stall just off the coast of tampa bay starting wednesday evening. >> going to be in our rivers, so to be in our streams, it's gonna be in our canals. it's going to be in our sto

we were fortunate in the tampa bay area. however, our neighbors down south in the fort myers area were not as fortunate as we were . so tampa bay, we had some trees down. but very minor flooding. but we had that doc here, the emergency operations centers and ibelieve they are the gold standard in each of our counties . now again, in fort myers on the pictures and i'm going to go down there trying to help with the congressman down there. but people have lost their homes . of course, their cars. they are really destitute now and they need us now morethan ever . the disaster declaration will be very helpful. unfortunately i think the governor was right that it is a 500 year storm. in the tampa bay area we had something like this in1921 . can you imagine? we were very fortunate. our neighbors down south were not. and then of course central florida, the orlando area and all the way through again, the flooding is just horrible . and i really feel for these people, catastrophic. >> we are seeing headlines that say fort myers is gone

tampa bay is gratitude. so many people here are beyond grateful this storm did not do more damage than it did for the tampa bay areaapologize, we are near tampa general hospital, i know you are hearing that helicopter make a landing, not sure where the helicopter is coming from. as we look at video across tampa bay, we know trees have gone down and power lines are down, with strength of the winds we feel in tampa bay in the late afternoon to overnight hours here and that was really where a lot of power outages for the hillsborough county have come from, about 600,000 are in this county and many are waking up in the dark trying to go through the next phase of this storm. interesting and unique, in fact, was they call reverse storm surge, which was all the water being sucked out into the bay instead of flooding many of the roads here, which is again, a better outcome for tampa bay than many prepared for initially, unfortunately, the images out of southwest, florida and fort myers, some words indescribable. people are saying their homes are gone, they have been flooded, the storm surge there catastrophic and tampa bay

businesses along the coast. >> janice: absolutely, when you talk about tampa, one of the most vulnerable areas, the coastline, bay area, the water coming up into low-lying regions, if you have nine foot, 12-foot storm surge, that will inundate this area. the forecast looks like cape coral and that would spare tampa, anywhere along the coast, be prepared for impact. >> carley: people in cape coral need to be worried, of course. because of janice dean said, florida businesses are providing essentials like gas, sand bags and food while inflation still takes a major toll. >> todd: peggy davenport just outside tampa joins us now, peggy what have you done to prepare? >> good morning, how are you? yes, we have prepared as much as we can, we've gotten our food sources ready, shopped early and got ready and waiting to see like the extent of the damage. i'm concerned about the flooding and i'm concerned about power outages, obviously power outages, we will not be cooking for our customers. we are taking it day-by-day or minute by minute to get ready for the storm. >> carley: you own a meal delivery service and many people

katrina, for a little bit of time, we thought it would come to the tampa bay area. the storm doesn't come to your area, but then what are you praying for? it shifts and goes to another area and devastates and destroys a town like new orleans. these are devastating shifts for whoever it shifts to, and in this case, shifting to charlotte county and this fort myers area, it's one of the least populated places on the gulf coast of florida, but if you live there and you've made your livelihood there, it doesn't matter that it avoids a metropolis like tampa. it hits your home. for this punta gorda community in particular, looking at hurricane charley from 2004, i was looking at pictures and they are devastating. i saw a church that is reduced to rubble and the only thing left was a steeple and a cross on the top. there's a really good article by fort myers news press where they talk about this same community that was hit so hard by a category 4 storm is preparing to get hit again, and they talked to a resident named kevin doyle who said it was harrowing, terrifying, and he

hurricane coming. >> the last time the tampa bay area >> be safe. >> reporter: why did you draw that >> because there's a hurricane coming. >> the last time the tampa bay area took a direct hit was in 1921 and only five major hurricanes have come within 50 miles since 1851which wa mayor frank hibard >> there was talk of charlie which was originally coming right at clearwater back in 2004, and so a lot of our older but this storm really has put a lot of fear into folks. >> usually we've been really lick, and the storm doesn't hit us dead on in the tampa bay area this one doe residents who have been here a long time, they can be complacent because of the number of near misses that we've had, but this storm really has put a lot of fear into folks. >> usually we've been really lick, and the storm doesn't hit us dead on in the tampa bay area this one does feel a little bit different. >> reporter: that fear sending people like david aboard his boat "kokomo." >> pretty anxious moments. >> reporter: checking the lines to prepare for feet of water after shoring up his home. are you worried abo

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myers and eventually up into the tampa bay area. interestingly enough, if we watch the track from the national hurricane center, it takes it up to a category four with 130 mile-per-hour winds. landfall as a category three. probably some sometime or as a category four, i should say. sometime in the afternoon or evening. look at how slowly it's moving. by 8:00 a.m. even with orlando and moving up and along the coast and reemerges off the atlantic by thursday morning as a tropical storm. then eventually becomes a low-pressure system into the weekend. if we look at the futurecast here, watch all of this water getting pushed out of tampa bay. that is why they have less of a concern for flooding for storm surge. instead, it's on the other side by ft. myers where you're going to be seeing the worst storm surge, the worst flooding rain, though, to the west side. this is a storm about the water both coming from the sea and from the sky. >> wow. david, thank you very much. >> sure thing. >>> ahead on "cbs mornings," we're going to be talking

as you heard ginger report there, the tampa bay area preparing for what would be the worst hurricane in 100 years. seen yore meteorologist rob marciano on the prp rations under way, the evacuations, the warnings, and what they are being forced to do at tampa general. >> reporter: tonight, florida families are boarding up their homes, filling sandbags, fueling up, emptying store shelves, and evacuating to safety. >> first thing that's going to go is the power and the water. make sure you have a little bit extra so you can take care of yourself and get out of town. >> reporter: officials in pinellas county, and tampa's hillsborough county, announcing mandatory evacuations for some areas, and encouraging even more to get out now, before it's too late. >> we expect to have to evacuate over 300,000 people, and it will take some time, which is why we are starting today. >> reporter: the tampa bay area now bracing for what could be their first direct hit in a hundred years. what is the one thing you're most worried about that may go awry? >> what i'm most worried about are the facts that --

>> we're pretty saturated here in the tampa bay area. but that's a normal storm season for us. ave this hurricane ivan, the prediction that it's basically going to slow down if not stall right over the tampa bay area for anywhere from 24 hours on, is something that we don't need here, without a doubt. >> listen. what should people on the line of the storm be doing right now? and how is the city preparing? >> well, we're always prepared. we prepare every year. we have exercises, we rehearsed. the last thing we want to do is be on the main stage of our hurricane island, but we have been preparing. we have called for an evacuation in zone a. we have a little over 120 miles of coastline in the city of tampa. so i think everyone is heeding that warning to get up to higher ground. we always use the adage of hide from the wind and run from the water, and that's what we're asking everyone to do. get out of the way of this water. >> so you're saying get out of the way. today, residents and parts of tampa have received mandatory evacuation orders, as i understand. and i just want to play

as he gets closer and closer to the tampa bay area. as it passes over florida, it maintains category 1 until it pushes past florida into the atlantic. backn the coast, our local forecast, mild conditions. yesterday's forecast is exactly today. we are dealing with below average s from san francisco down to san jose as that onshore flow gives us a nice pacific breeze. we are are expected to warm-up as we wrap up this work week. we will see temperatures ranging above e above average as the high temperature sits offshore. it changes the direction of the wind and brings a nice warming trend for next week. we will keep you updated. > >> we are already busy. if you are getting ready to head over to the altamont pass, we have those brake lights. no surprise. surprise. that is what we pretty pretty much the for that area coming out of tracy. adding to that, it is windy. we are getting reports of windy conditions. a wind advisory in effect and your travel time is just about 37 minutes from 205 over to the dublin in change. the san mateo bridge,

the florida department of transportation is suspending tolls in the tampa bay area and the polk parkway and midday bridge in okaloosa, and spence parkway and in santa rosa and all of the tampa bay area, pinellas byway and connector in broward counties ands with' continue to monitor the path of hurricane ian, we may do more toll suspensions in other parts of the state if that is warranted. some school districts have announced school closures for this upcoming week and you may see more as the track becomes more certain. if you want to look at most updated information regarding schools get that at fldo fldoe.org/storm info. and the florida national guard is activated 5,000 florida guardsmen as well as 2,000 additional guardsmen from tennessee, georgia, and north carolina that have been activated to help. we've also had five urban search and rescue teams that are activated. we have florida fish and wildlife commission mobilized and ready to support needed for thes and of course the u.s. coast guard is willing and able to assist in preparation and response. we've declared a state of emergenc

so here in the tampa bay area as you see a lot of wind that has been coming through. winds have been up anywhere between 30—40 mph. first responders are responding to calls. we have a couple calls about power lines being down but overall we haven't seen the aftermath of the storm we know we will get a lot of the rain which will flood a lot of the low—lying areas of the tampa bay area. since the storm has hit we know there is a lot of flooding down south which is the counties below us and of course with all of the resources we were able to prepare for, we have the resources available and ready to assist the other counties down south. where hurricane ian had a big impact on. just listening to what you are describing there how do you start to prepare for something like this? what sort of resources do you put in place? so one of the things is, of course, communicating with different partners throughout the national weather service to see what type of storm it will be and what potential damage we will face. if the eye actually came through tampa bay and we noticed that the

the national hurricane center projects the tampa bay area could see up to ten feet of flooding. what is it like on the ground? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, we just heard this, hillsborough county are extending their mandatory evacuation orders not just for zone a but for zone b, and in this county alone, 300,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders, and we are seeing businesses closing and more and more gas stations running out of gas and putting these bags on the valves, and people are making the decision to evacuate areas that have been under orders, and they are assessing to see if they should stay or go. for a lot of people in florida, this is a normal part of their lives and many people here in tampa say in the past they have not evacuated but this time they are. listen. >> i have never left during a hurricane, but this time i have four dogs and my girls, and i will do the right thing and just get away and come back and hopefully nothing is damaged. >> tampa international airport are suspending all flights starting at 5:00 today, and all in florida right now seven cou

advisory, a storm surge warning for the tampa bay area and points to the south. we still have category 4, but it drops to a category 1. pay no attention to the category 1. because it's so vulnerable, the tampa bay area and sopoints southward are the most vulnerable points of florida. the bay is going to act as a catcher's mit. we have the hurricane watch and we have warnings to the south in the keys areas. but look at how much of an agreement we have between the u.s. model and the european. they were well off the last couple of days, so you want to see an agreement so you can get a better understanding of what this outcome may be. it may not end up like this, but this is unfortunately what we're finding, worst case scenario. but if i had worse news, and unfortunately i do, i've got to give it to you, it looks like the system is going to crawl at 5 miles per hour just offshore. instead of continuing that northward trend and then turning again to the right across florida, it puts on the brakes. take a look at this area of brown. this is very dry air, extremely dry,

tampa bay airport will suspend operations at 5:00 p.m. today and nasa moved the artemis rocket back to the hangar for trekz. >> look at this video showing a steady stream of traffic leaving the tampa bay area monday night heading inland to safety. people hunkering down as well, though. the storm perhaps testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get free sandbags. u.s. military insulations are moving aircraft and ships out of the tampa and jacksonville areas, and to give you an idea just how massive this storm is, nasa released this video of hurricane ian taken from the international space station. >> cnn's carlos suarez is in gulfport, florida. patrick in havana and chad myers our meteorologist standing by at the weather center. first to florida. carlos a sense of what you're seeing? >> reporter: john and brianna, good morning. a second round of evacuation ordered will go into effect here in pinellas county later this morning. a number in gulfport already boarded up. firewood up. this a sense of humor. wrote "good vibes only," also put down a number of sandbags all in anticipation of what we expect to be a pretty significant flooding. down at the marina, business aft

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bay area may play a role. in hurricane ins path or more than five million coastal floridians in the 250 miles from key west to the tampa bay metroplex, one of the nation's longest low level elevations. scenario we're talking about the potential of a six to attend foot wall of water going potentially half a mile inland under a presidential emergency disaster. fema is sent to coordinate any and all needs the state might have beyond its own resources, so that brought in a specific defict type one internet management team. there's only three of them the country they call in whatever expertise they can. there are 28 fema task force throughout the united states. there are eight in the state of california. we are one of them not yet called up mental parks. 90 member task force draws from 16 fire agencies from san francisco to the south bay up and ready to go based on what the impacts are for the hurricane deployment is dependent on fema's decision if summoned the 90 person team within 4 to 6 hours would fly on military aircraft likely from travis air force base, which told us it's on standby mode. also not called up yet pg an

area. i think tampa bay will be spared. right now, the water level is going down because the winds coming out of the east and pushing the water out towards the ocean. it's interesting to see how that develops during the day. you mentioned governor ron desantis earlier this morning, he also said, if you planning to get out in this part of the state, it's already too late. take a listen. >> it's no longer possible to safely evacuate. it's time to hunker down and prepare for this storm. this is a powerful storm that should be treated like you would treat if a tornado was approaching your home. >> reporter: i think biggest threat will be the winds, the possibility of power outages more than 30,000 utility workers around the state to jump into action. i think the next 12 hours will be very telling as the governor said, it's going to be a very messy day. >> ainsley: they did have a warning. i'm surprised all the boats behind you. you think they would remove those expensive boats. thank you so much. storm chaser brett adair join u

tampa. this area in tampa bay hasn't seen a major hurricane direct hit in about 1100 years.ne, 100 years ago there were a lot fewer people living here now this is a metro area with upwards of 3 million people. so, if you go out on the roads this morning, it appears that most people are hunkered down. they're waiting for impact here. not many people out. most people, 2.5 million people under mandatory evacuation orders appear for the most part to have gotten out and gone to higher ground. and remember, this is not just a landfall story. this story is going to be had the continuation of this storm as it slows down and moves inland. sure it will lose some of its wind power. but the rain will continue to pour down, as it moves over towards orlando. it will cause flash flooding. trees and power lines down. we're already seeing about 20,000 power outages in south florida so far. and as it goes off the east coast of florida, it could even cause storm surges in places like the st. john's river on the east coast. storm surge in jacksonville, as it starts to move up the east coast, pe

is rain and storm judge nearly 7 million people along the west coast of florida including the tampa bay area under a storm surge warning. >> it is a largest concern in northwest florida. 90% of concerns are water. >> reporter: 8 to 12 feet possible. around tampa a record surge is expected. >> going to be a lot of water why there's no doubt about that. a storm slowing down for 24 to 48 hours and continue wously dumps rain into the tampa bay area is devastating hurricane ian is expected to dump two to three months' of rainfall by friday. possibly 24 inches in tampa. >> you can't stay in the home. it takes 18 inches of water to be life threatening. >> reporter: the airport taking no chances. >> with the storm and the intensity of the winds we will close today at 5:00 p.m. no more commercial flights. >> reporter: evacuation orders expanding since monday with shelters open. >> i have never been in the hurricane. this is my first time. and my first time at a shelter. but i feel better here than if i would be alone at home. >> reporter: those riding out the storm racing to get sandbags facing lines

. >> reporter: the tampa bay area in the final hours of hurricane preparations, tampa bay police making last ditch efforts to warn residents in flood risk zones to leave now. >> we have to let them know you're in an area you need to evacuate. >> this is not a drill. this is not the time to stay. >> reporter: serious warnings to residents here. this vulnerable area expected to be in the cross hairs of hurricane ian as it barrels toward the west coast of florida. >> we have over 120 miles of coastline just in the city of tampa. >> reporter: at least 2.5 million floridians under various evacuation orders. it's a storm that's predicted to cause water damage like none before it. >> you talk about 10 or 15 inches of rain on top of the surge, that's unprecedented. no infrastructure is built for that. >> reporter: with this hurricane a direct hit isn't necessary to cause flooding. the slow moving storm is predicted off the coast of tampa bay wednesday evening. >> it's going to be in the rivers, streams, canals, storm water drains and ditches. >> reporter: sandbag locations around tampa close to

. >> specifically for the tampa bay area when it comes to rescue efforts from the state. >> in the tampa bay area for rescue. i mean, obviously we have enough assets that, and we understand this is a big impact that the rescue efforts are not limit today one municipality or one county. you are going to potentially have more. my hope is you will not need massive rescue efforts the further away you are from the storm. i also have a huge amount of confidence in the folks, in the tampa bay area, you look at the sheriff's departments, these are very first rate operations, they have excellent ability to respond to that. kevin will be here, our folks will be here if needed, but our sense is, is that the further away from the storm probably the local responders are going to be able to handle that. here in southwest florida, you are going to have all the local responders out and then also have all this support, coast guard, fwc, have national guard, i mean, this is a really, really concerted effort, and that's just the reality when you have such a significant impacted spot. so, hopefully they don

guidance of the model tightening up here pushing it closer to land and unfortunately closest to the tampa bay area as early as wednesday night into thursday morning. over the past couple of days we've had some variability. 48 hours prior to landfall, a 15 mile average area for where this could spread. this will strengthen beyond where it is right now from a category 3 up to a category 4, possibly maintain that intensity over a span of 24 hours over to wednesday morning. that track is most concerning. a lot of people kind of think you have to make landfall for this system to make the most impactful imprint across portions of western florida. at this point even a close push with a storm of this magnitude and major hurricane will have significant impact. you've got to look at the coastal region of florida. we know this is forecast to slow down. once it does, the latest models coming in for rainfall amounts. color contours on the top of the charts around the tampa bay area. both models showing a 20 inch spread of rainfall on or over the next 20 days over florida. there is a storm surge threat with an

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it's moving on shore right now, taking aim at the fort myers area just south of tampa bay.his 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 sto

just for the tampa bay area we have over 3,000 line personnel that are coming in from other companiesget our power back up and running. we have about 200,000 people that are out of power in the hillsborough county area right now, we are getting that back up and moving and crews moving down south as well. maria: what about insurance? we know that many insurers have pulled back from florida, so it's a tough situation to begin with. are you counting on insurance here? >> without a doubt. there are a lot of people that are going to be counting on insurance and hopefully they will be fully insured but we've seen the property insurance prices rise in the state of florida. we have seen a lot of the insurance companies go out of business, it happened in my home as well. i had to change to a different carrier. those were issues really down the road that we are going to look at having people get the funds to fix their homes and their businesses back up but right now we are focused on the safety of our community, of our residents, the residents of the entire state making sure everyone is safe ri

>> fortunately, the tampa bay area did not take a direct strike. for our neighbors to the south. obviously, never fortunate when you use the word hurricane in the sentence. but we've never seen the impacts of our neighbors to the south at. see we are expecting 12 or 15, 20 foot storm surge. we are seeing significant winds. wind gusts in some locations. 65 up to 70 miles an hour. we are seeing significant rainfall. the ground in tampa bay saturated. over the course of the next several hours, we are gonna completely saturate the ground even more. we four hands on deck, all the city departments working. we are encouraging to stay safe and stay secure. i just read this out right now. >> policing in america, we hear a lot about crime. police departments want to search, protect public safety and whatever the community needs. we walk us through what the department and officers are doing. as you mentioned, a coordination with first responders and the time are public safety in a very real sense so paramount in florida. >> we have a multifaceted approach. ob

we were very fortunate in the tampa bay area, however the neighbors down south, fort myers, was not as were. so, tampa bay you know, we had some trees down, but very minor flooding, but we have the emergency operations centers and i believe they are the gold standard in each of our counties. now, again fort myers was not good, the flooding, i mean you see the tv, the pictures and i am going to go down there and try to help and get in touch with the congressman down there. but people have lost their homes , of course their cars, you know, they are really destitute now, and they need us now more than ever. so the disaster declaration will be very helpful, and i and -- and unfortunately i think the governor was right, it is a 500 year storm. in the tampa bay area we had something like this in 1921, can you imagine? we were very fortunate. our neighbors down south were not. and then it went into central florida, the orlando area and all the way through. again, flooding is just horrible and i really feel from these people, catastrophic. >> we are seeing headlines like fort myers is gone and

those who have homes in the tampa bay area are taking it seriously since the weekend.f people packing as many sandbags as they can into their cars, rushing to the grocery stores to get hands on water, batteries, food, medication, all the things that they might need if things get bad and stranded in their homes or need to evacuate if those ordered are issues. this is the time to get out. not to wait until thursday or friday when we could see this thing hit florida. >> harris: nicole, thank you very much. appreciate it. education is shaping up to be a major issue ahead of the mid-term elections. new survey shows 77% of people say it's very important to them. just 22% say not that important. house republicans understand that big number on the left. that 77%. and they made it a centerpiece of their mid-term plan called the commitment to america. remember we showed you live when they rolled that out. a new opinion piece with this ex apt. amid of host of examples of school boards or administrators utterly refusing to be transparent, item one in the parents' bill of rights is

mandatory evacuations are already underway in some of the low-lying areas surrounding tampa bay. >> this could be the storm thate have hoped would never come to r shores. >> reporter: officials have asked others in the area to voluntarily evacuate, knowing it it could take some time to move hundreds of thousands of people out of hurricane ian's path. >> for all practical purposes, get out, right now. everybody needs to go. >> reporter: the national hurricane center predicts ian could bring life-threatening storm surge of up to 10 feet in and around the tampa bay area. that is due to the storms track in the high tide when it is set to arrive. >> this is like a wall of water coming in and it will come in very rapidly. this could push houses off of their foundations. their foundations. >> reporter: florida officials have been urging all residents to stop up on essentials, at this grocery store in fort myers, cases of bottled water disappeared in seconds. the state is facing a storm about 500 miles wide. >> you will have really significant winds, it will knock knock over trees, it will cause

tampa bay. now you have a lot of solutions bringing the landfall into the sarasota area. there's still uncertainty with where that exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall. in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge. and so if you're on florida's gulf coast, from naples all the way through the tampa bay area and some of the counties north of that, that could be something that happens. and it will certainly happen in some parts of florida's gulf coast. i know there's folks in southwest florida who remember hurricane charley was projected to make a direct impact into tampa bay. and then it turned and went into southwest florida. i would just say the track may end up doing something similar, but this is a much different storm. charlie was a lot smaller, it was powerful, it was a category 4. most of the damage from charlie was from wind. and wind destruction. what we have here is really historic storm surge and flooding potenti

we have 300 ambulances supporting special needs evacuations in the tampa bay areas and hundreds of generators and pumps have been staged in the tampa bay area to prepare for the flooding we're anticipating. monitor your local weather service for updates, make sure you're commencing your storm preparations. visit floridadisaster.org/getaplan to see some of the things that may need to be done. for all of you new floridians who haven't been through one of these before, understand, remain calm, there's no need to panic. listen to the folks at the local level. listen to what they advice in terms of preparations, any evacuations. if you are going to be in your home when the power goes out and you have one of the generators, those generators must be operated outside the home. every year we tend to have people that operate it inside their home. you will get poisoning from carbon monoxide and we have fatalities from that. we've had more fatalities in recent storms from the use of the generators than we've had from the direct impact of the storm itself. just understand it's great to have a generator, o

catastrophic winds and of course all the fresh water flooding that we're expecting to see you across the tampa bay area. we've already seen devastation across the sunshine state. take a look at what it's done to areas in the keys. you'll see here it's already -- it's actually the third highest storm surge ever recorded on the a island there. meanwhile, there are people doing this. they went outside, they're taking selfies, it's beyond dangerous and it is never what we want to see. millions of people across the sunshine state are being told to get out, grab your sen essentia, grab your safe things and get out, preferably to higher ground, preferably inland or a hurricane safe building. if you haven't evacuated already, and you're in an area where you it is mandatory, emergency officials are essentially begging you at this point. governor ron de santis says you should not wait any longer. soon. it could be too late. again, it is only a matter of time until we see the worst of those conditions of hurricane ian start to really impact florida's gulf coast here. now, while the threat of storm surge has lesse

, things are going to get a lot more dangerous pretty quickly over the next few hours for the tampa bay areaut all the way down towards that south florida area. southwest florida area i shall say where we are expecting to see a really big chunks of that storm surge threat the hurricane hunters calling hurricane ian life-threatening and extremely dangerous storm as it makes his way over the coast of florida. over the day talking about threats of flesh water flooding. as the storm slows down all that rain is going to be falling here for 24 to 36 hours. that's why we are talking about the chance of seeing anywhere from 15 to 20 inches of rain. let me show you a map here. if you live anywhere in the areas shaded in red, you should have either already evacuated your home or be doing that as of right now. officials hone thattible who needed to evacuate, those under those mandatory evacuations would have left by last night. if you have not done so at this point, there is nothing more to wait for. unfortunately, it's getting too little, too late, you got to get out before things get bad here. we hav

. >>> good evening, the tampa bay area is preparing for a potentially catastrophic hurricane. a worst-case scenario, say local leaders. the likes of which they have not seen in more than a century. more than 300,000 floridians are already ordered to evacuate as hurricane ian intensifies rapidly. it is now a category two storm and strengthening. ian is expected to slam western cuba tomorrow morning as a category three hurricane, then explode in strength to a category four before the storm's center passes excruciatingly slowly within 10 miles of safety. that means that the tampa area will be on the nasty right side of the storm, maximum inundation from storm surge and drenching rains. we have a live look in tampa where the mayor has a simple warning, if you can leave, leave now. more than 100 years the city has dodged major hurricanes, tampa is incredibly vulnerable to water very shallow, with many in low-lying neighborhoods where flooding would be devastating. this is a view of hurricane ian from space recorded by the international space station. the acting director of the nati