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100 miles south of here. lets go to carlos suarez. carlos, tell us what youre seeing. >> reporter: john, emergency officials this morning are telling folks that live in the tampa area to expect some flooding, that is still associated with tropical storm -- tropical storm, excuse me -- hurricane ian which is now a category 4 closing in on a category 5. where we are right now, we are getting a bit of a break, its been raining for the most part of the morning, the wind has been strong enough just t...

Its still in this area, which is putting officials on edge. in the meantime, theyre mainly focused on the wind damage, the flash flooding, the power outages and power poles that have gone over, started fires. and first responders cant get there because its too dangerous. thats the situation that could happen here, especially as it gets dark and makes it that much more dangerous. already more than 100,000 customers in this area without power. there could be several more as the night goes out, but...

Forecasted to get the brunt, the eye of the storm, the wind here is already immense. already i have to brace my knees where im standing. this is st. petersburg pier. youre looking out over the bay. a lot of the water has pushed out with ian coming in. but the wind is now almost blowing sideways, you can see the trees, the immense amount of rain, the wind. the danger, though, is not what happens now, its what happens later. its what happens on the back end with the storm surge that may be 8 to 10...

Category. what is she experiencing in punta gorda? >> most likely winds close to 100 miles per hour gusts. just like bill, experiencing that for much of the afternoon. what an exhausting experience for not only our reporters out there, but the people that maybe didnt evacuate and they are living through this and you have indef several more hours to go. torrential rains across this area. look here. you can see those areas of bright red, orange and yellow. this is where the heaviest rain is. we ar...

Think more damage. now, what does happen is now we about the get the back eye wall here, move on shore, the wind direction will change. think of that debris and stuff open your house that was maybe weakened from the first batch of wind. now youll have wind coming from the complete opposite direction that will cause additional damage. so starting to see on the radar picture here, you see where the eye is. theres no weather going on really so to speak. this is all about to change. this slow-moving...

0 maybe it knocks something else loose that had been hanging on. thats what were encountering a lot here on the ground. >> neil: hang in there. just incredible. so the storm rages on, and will, were told, for at least another 24 hours, as it continues to slowly, and i mean slowly make its way north. that will do it here. "the five" is now. >> hello, everyone. its 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." >> the worst case scenario is unfolding for millions of americans. hurricane ian making lan...

This placement just offshore, counterclockwise flow around the storm, its gonna share water right into portions of tampa bay. the waterways and in lets are all gonna really take on as much as 10 to 12 foot storm surge from wednesday into thursday, don. >> thank, you i want to bring you now st. petersburg, florida mayor -- and former fema administrator under president barack obama. good evening, gentlemen. i, governor ron desantis has declared a state of emergency. he says to expect heavy rains, ...

House republicans that want to take charge next year. but first, my friend richard louis are here with the headlines. >> hey, ayman very good evening to you. or continue to trap tropical storm in as it heads towards florida. it is now generate maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour according to the national hurricane center. and the storm watch has been issued for the florida keys. even expected to produced heavy rain and flooding over jamaica and cuba before that. flash flooding and rain...

People may be caught off guard but this one. it might be a major hurricane in the next 24-48 hours. it became hurricane at 5:00 a.m. and we are expecting rapid intensification over the next couple of days as it makes its way across cuba and then into the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. heres the bottom line, rapidly intensifying today and tonight flash flooding is likely in the cayman islands, and mudslides possible. those along the florida panhandle and the west coast need to prepare no...

The. storm surge was enormous. that would be affair with this one. just because the winds weaken doesnt the storm surge does. after this mess is done, and i will fast forward to a different map, rain will be an issue. floridas sandy soil soaks it in. once we start talking about 3 to 6 inches of rain in the mountains of georgia, north carolina, in the appalachians, we worry about flash flooding. >> i remind people that katrina was headed this way until one hurricane report one afternoon and it sh...