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Major Disaster Declaration Today for North Carolina, where the Category 4 storm has unleashed heavy flooding. Asheville and other cities remain mostly under water. Some are still searching for Loved Ones tonight. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper calls his states residents, desperate for help. Our prayers and condolences go out to those families in this terrible time. Even as the rain and the winds have subsided, the challenge for people there increases. People are desperate for help, and we ar...

Households in florida are reportedlyfl without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their thhomes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to effect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. Still what mayea bring the most danger areri the Storm Surges. Earlier today residents experienced flooding in places like pine island, which is just outside of fort myers. But flooding will likely get much worse across the sta...

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and it might strike hard there tomorrow. not only is this a life-threatening category 3 hurricane getting stronger, packing winds of 120 miles an hour, its also getting larger in its size. ians wind field is expanding, which can potentially expose more of florida to destruction. the storms exact landfall tomorrow does remain uncertain, but it could be between tampa and ft. myers. now, one of the greatest threats is the storm surge and it could reach up to even 12 feet in some areas, wh...

millions of floridians in this storms path. those who have not evacuated are urged to shelter in place immediately. almost 800,000 people are already without power. thats according to florida utilities. the director of fema has warned that recovery from hurricane ian will be a very long road. that agency has already begun to pour resources into the state. in an event earlier today, president joe biden said he spoke with florida governor ron desantis and added he already requested aid s...

unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. lets get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. >> we have a lot to talk about and its going to continue ...

there it is expected to explode into an intense, powerful category 4 storm. then ian will likely weaken a bit before charging ashore somewhere along floridas gulf coast. floridas governor saying the storms massive size means the entire state, the whole state wail be impacted. and he has activated the florida national guard. cnn meteorologist tom seder has been tracking all this in the weather center. what is the latest? >> well, it continues to look a little disorganized, really. it is...

it could threaten t the east cot powerful waves and powerful as well as. swells. could florida be in the storm track again. for answers all the models so far chief meteorologist rick reichmuth has been monitoring the storm from the fox weather center in new york. good evening, rick. >> rick: good evening, bret. not worried about florida at all they had enough with idalia. category 4 storm last night it went to a category 5 storm. went from an 80 mile-per-hour hurricane to 165 mile-per-...

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