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n ordered to evacuate as hurricane rita now is bearing down on the stateshr gulf coast in just a moment.t. florida governor rhonda santos will join us first herest with the very latest from thisrs category three storm weather. in meteorologist ian oliver is with us in thisoliver. looks like its going to be a direct hit right over. looks like somewhereoks li nortr fort myers, right towards tampa. >> yeah, anywhere from naples. igto the southern part of tampa bay, the mouth of tampa bay:...

Cycle, youre talking aboutr ont nine feet of water on top ofop normally dry ground across that entire barrier island.le e the whole area there irrn fortos myers beach, thats one threat ,the storm surge. weve also got the hurricane conditions that will spread far inland. at dad then look at look this, ths darkrk red , including perhapsea the tampa bay area. >> that s 15 to as much as 20 aroun inches of rain. if youve been around the tampa- bay area that amount of water will lead to catastrophic f...