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Expected to last through the night, essentially, nine, 10:00. some of the worst hours for this storm in st. petersburg. we expect to hear more about the wind damage, more downed power lines, and the biggest concern, the flash flooding, of course with that surge coming in and then a deluge of rain upwards of over the next few, hours spread over the next few days as we all know how slow-moving the storm is expected to be. 3 to 4 miles per hour for an area where you have low structures, built up al...

Gov. Henry McMaster previously declared a state of emergency ahead of the powerful storm.

About excessive amount of rainfall that weve seen. >> history shows us just all weve got to do is look at what ian has already done, and thats an indication of what we could see in the future. so places like orlando, if folks are visiting friends and family down that way, were talking about that threat for perhaps life threatening flooding in parts of orlando. >> thats right. and all of this happening now at this point when most of us are off to sleep. danger that is happening outside our window...

48 hours? >> i, theyre great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, thats the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, its the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and also freshwater that falls from the sky. so, we are going to see heavy, heavy rain falling. this is the worst-case scenario. we had a category four storm, a really strong, one almost category five storm. also, really wide, about...

The caloosahatchee river in particular. >> absolutely. and so those those, you know, storm surge came through there. theres still some residual flooding and residual waters. we actually have our military vehicle that our police department actually utilizes and thats out there. and thats what were utilizing to be a water recovery is able to actually get through, you know, roughly about four or five feet of water. and thats what were using, utilizing to get to our residents. so its still a lot of ...

0 >> and i just want to send a quick thank you to our first responders. i mean, you see these images of them cutting down trees, trying to remove the debris so that we can get our days back to normal. but we still have quite some time to get through. >> and were going to do, you know, it is the firefighters, its the police officers. >> it is just everyone working behind the scenes. >> and hurricane ian water in parts of southwest florida, streets and buildings completely flooded, power knocked o...

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0 we are going to pray for all of our people down there in florida. we love you. stay safe. and well talk to you tomorrow. tucker carlson is going to continue to cover the storm, and hes up next. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the hype turned out not to be hype. hurricane ian slammed into florida this afternoon, and caused shocking destruction. we want to begin tonight with a story unfolding as we speak. joining us first from fox weather is hurricane expert brian n...

Laura, hurricane ida, last year, similar intensity. and it looks like this was also is going to produce a huge amount of rainfall as well. flash flooding is going to be a system stand. suspenseful threat. a high risk for assessed rainfall by the prediction center across central portion of the state, including tampa. so all types of flooding expected from the storm system. flash flooding, coastal flooding, storm surge flooding, and its possible that with the storm slowing down, on a partial flori...

Is possible. tampa bay times released a in award winning series called rising threat. the report shows that the healthy combination of shallow water flatland around the bay make it even a small surge can move inland. the threat is exasperated dated of course with climate change, and left cities like tampa bay particularly vulnerable to flooding. and tampa at, one and nine bill properties could see flooding from category one storm. for the big questions tonight as we track the storm or the foreca...