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off of the gulf coast there. were not going to get a sense of it until tomorrow. but yes, it looks pretty path down in. >> and well be talking about this later in the hour. thanks, chris. and thank you for joining us. hurricane ian continues to create a swath of -- in made landfall just after 3:00 this afternoon in southwestern florida, near k oconnor, a island off of the coast of fort myers. ian came ashore as a category four hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds. just a few miles pe...

is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many citi...

Power now. The winds are extremely high. And water is rising. Just clinging to i dont know what that is. Theyre flying around the streets. A cinder block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. Theyre coming through. We had some of the strongest winds here so far. Good to be with you this morning. Im francis rivera. And im philip mena. It is 4 30 in the east. Thank you for joining us for this Special Edition of early today. The strong winds of ian already impacting Daytona Beach a...

through pitch dark southeast florida. many power outages are reported throughout the state, and already there about 2000 flight cancellations for today, many of them for orlando, tampa and jacksonville airports. it has been >> it has been downgraded to category one hurricane, but its still very dangerous. the winds are slowing, but catastrophic with life-threatening flooding. >> we get life updates on its path and destruction. >> in orlando, there were estimates that as much as 20 inch...

>> in port charlotte is just north of where ian made land fall. they were hit from above and below. the storm surge flooded the emergency room and tore apart the fourth floor roof which is where theic intensive care unit is. doctors there forced to evacuate the hospitals sickest patients. >> the top of the hour, ian is posing a serious flash flooding risk. it movesin closer to orlando. the he feblgts are being felt along the west coast. this is video here from daytona beach. this morni...

without power now. the winds are extremely high. and the water is rising. >> you can see forces of trees just clinging to -- i just dont know what they are -- they been flying through the streets. >> its a center block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. >> no word on the back and now, and the great eye wall is coming through. weve had some of the strongest winds here so far. >> good morning, im philip mena. >> good to be with you at this hour, im frances rivera. its...

power now. the winds are extremely high. and water is rising. >> just clinging to i dont know what that is. theyre flying around the streets. >> a cinder block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. >> theyre coming through. we had some of the strongest winds here so far. >> good to be with you this morning. im francis rivera. >> and im philip mena. it is 4:30 in the east. thank you for joining us for this special edition of "early today." the strong winds of ian alread...

earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. >> there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. -- i will take a knee. oops. ill have to take a knee there. >> -- >> okay. you guys got it -- im going back out. >> the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some are...

age. >> bianca nobilo is at windsor castle for us. this is obviously an emotional day for the royal family. >> reporter: emotional, historic and poignant. in half an hours time there will be the final farewell to the late queen elizabeth ii, and that will take place in a private burial ceremony. we have very few details about that, but it just involves the closest members of the royal family. this morning we had the grand funeral in westminster abbey, and then the committal service her...

the desperate scene unfolding in ukraine. a miracle in the rubble, 24 hours after what is one of the worst attacks yet on civilians, rescuers pull a woman from an apartment building destroyed by a russian missile. our matt gutman reports with the scene with much of ukraine in the dark tonight. the close call at one of the countrys busiest airports. two passenger jets nearly collide on the runway, coming within 1,000 feet of each other. how a tragedy was narrowly averted. disturbing...