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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...

just after 3:00 p.m. east coast, the eye crossed over a barrier island near ft. myers, florida. this is a live look at the satellite right now. you can see the immense size and strength mof the hurricane. the winds are 150 miles an hour. thats just shy of making this a monstrous category 5. this was the scene just ahead of landfall captured by a storm chaser in pine island, florida. these conditions are expected to worsen in the coming hours, believe it or not. more than 850,000 custom...

to be seen. there are programs that fema has. but it is not going to be commensurate to having had a policy. this is an issue we will have to d deal with. we deal with this. when you have this about the homeowners policy will cover certain things, but the flood policy covers probably the most significant risk for most homeowners in florida given the risk of flooding that we have in so many parts of our state. so were sensitive to that. there is, obviously, going to be some folks that a...

How concerned are you about what is happening, and frankly, there are people who are refusing to even evacuate. >> well, they are. good evening, laura. you know, gloria had it exactly right. we are about 25 miles south of where she is in clearwater. down here in st. petersburg, florida. and what we have told folks from the initial projections is that we need to run from the water and hide from the wind. and when we have a category four hurricane, now, even if it is 100 miles west of us, we still...

To have refuge. well keep checking with you, tom sater, thank you so much. tonight i also want to turn to tampa where the mayor says they face a devastating amount of water. its easy to see why after what tom has just articulated here tonight. our own ryan young is there. ryan, i mean, you rode along with officers with the tampa police department today. they were going door to door in a mandate evacuation zone. were the residents complying? what is it like on the ground as youre seeing the con...

Sitting right on top of us and its going to be here for a while, were told. certainly -- and if its at this rate and this pace and rain and wind at this force, this is going to be a heck of an experience for a lot of people here. i cant imagine people who maybe have never experienced a hurricane before, some first-time floridians, they come here for, you know, the sunshine, come here to live on the water, dont expect to get this kind of water. certainly an experience. there is no sign of clearin...

Alabama was in the zone, as the national weather service a few minutes later said so. why is he doing this? >> i think all of this is done in service to his ego. he wants to constantly present himself as this chosen one, once in a lifetime president who can only defeat the most historic threats weve ever faced, right? so if he has the chance to hype the storm as something bigger than it is, of course he will do so, even if he has to take out a sharpie and extend the map westward. >> we dont know...

>> thats my biggest fear, is that some of those residents cant even afford to come back. theyre debating in washington about, you know, how much damage. i can give them an estimate. iver been through a hurricane before, and its in the millions of dollars. millions and millions, close to billions. >> and thats just one community of many. listen, commissioner sinegal, weve had the opportunity to talk a few times this week. im always impressed with your resolve. were looking and watching and we wis...

The emergency evacuation center some i took myself who regret staying behind. the problem they remember some hurricanes from 2004, when we had hurricane charley, francis and jean impact this coast. in 2004, we only got hurricane tropical force winds and this time were getting hurricane force. people were under the mane impression, well, weve gone through a hurricane before, we should be fine. now, theyre regretting it now that the winds are getting stronger. >> disturbing news you have people ca...

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