but from jacksonville, florida, through brunswick, georgia, savannah included, that would be tybee island all the way up toward hilton head and just south of myrtle beach. >> it's a hurricane watch that is in effect. so, again, we just need to make sure that we are still paying very close attention to this, especially if you're joining us along the coastal regions of northeast florida, georgia, south and north carolina, where over the next five days we could be talking about another five to eight inches of rainfall, generally eight to 12 inches of rain, jane , is what we could pick up, as in again, slowly turns up the east coast of the continental united states. >> thank goodness, just 12 hours ago, making landfall, hurricane in just after about 3:00 p.m. wednesday near fort myers and cape coral. foxworthy's robert ray was in fort myers, florida, in the height of the storm. >> oh, i see these massive storm coming into the downtown area like this or as these area is . so you and i want to turn the camera so you can see exactly what is happening. it's block after block of water that has com

tybee island and simon. this is a pretty good indication of what we're looking at for tomorrow afternoon. if this poses right and the track shifted just a little north of charleston it's going to carry these winds up through several states. we've got eight states right now where the river levels are at or above flood stage already. and that's part of the problem that we've been dealing with with all the water rescues from areas of acadia to orlando to winter park and of course kissimmee. the list goes on and on. it's just unbelievable what we've been witnessing. and so terribly sad. >> and it's going to get worse. tom sater in the cnn severe weather center. thank you so much for that update. a tragic update now. the death toll in florida from hurricane ian is now at least 17. today rescuers are doing what they can to reach people who are still trapped by the floodwaters. as far inland as orange county, home to orlando. but first listen to the lee county sheriff, home to fort myers, describing the situation h

uncertainty, yes, it could fall, between this cone, regardless, you got hilton head down there tybee island, off the coast of savannah, georgia, there we could see very heavy rain and flooding being an issue nonetheless. here is the track, with the future cast super imposed. this is what the radar could look like this time tomorrow, and we could be looking at bands with deep reds and pinks. that heavy rain, on top of the surge and that's going to be prompting the issues for flooding, and the timing for that would be closer to lunchtime, and i'd like to also say high tide just after the 11:00 hour, near charleston. so here is the surge map. this is something else we've seen that was up in the latest update from the national hurricane center around 11:00 this morning, four to seven foot storm surge on top of the deluge of rain with the system in parts of charleston. and even from savannah, down to brunswick and jacksonville, we're going to see heavy rain, and then one area that i'm going to be talking a lot about this afternoon is st. augustine. they have experienced a ton of rain and floodin

simons island, tybee island there along the coastline of georgia. three to five feet of storm surge is expected as we go through the on thursday into friday. now, michael, these are very low lying areas. i lived in georgia for quite some time in any thunderstorm that comes through brings in some flooding, especially for charleston. you all know all too well king st. james island takes on that water very quickly. not only do we have rain in the forecast for the coastlines of georgia and south carolina, but bringing that added risk for storm surge, flooding is going to be a very key component. and you really need to heed the warnings, prepare as much as you can, especially opening up your eyes tomorrow morning. >> yeah, you know, it is one of those things, especially during, like high tide, when you have those king tides, astronomical tides. >> and unfortunately, that's kind of coincide with one will see that the peak storm surge. and so it's just adding insult to injury. >> and so you really need to make sure that are remaining hyper vigilant if you'