direct hit from the dangerous hurricane. we have the storm s track. and tonight s eye on america, hurricane hunters fly into ian s powerful winds to show us the new technology they hope will better predict a storm s path. and cbs s ben tracy got a first hand look. this drone can literally go fly around the insides of a hurricane? yes. this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting tonight from fort myers. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. and as we come on its air tonight, ian has regained hurricane strength as it moves into the atlantic. taking aim at georgia and the carolinas. but what it left behind here in florida is unimaginable in scale and historic in reach. the president saying tonight, this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. we witnessed the trail of destruction this category 4 storm left. florida governor desantis said today this is a once-in-500-year flooding event. the hurricane-
and georgia. major cities prepare for a direct hit from the dangerous hurricane. we have the stories. this is the cbs evening news. the winds. for power is fully restored. tonight the state s of georgia, the carolinas and virginia will all have de claired a state of emergency ahead of ian s expected landfall tomorrow. we have team coverage tonight. all throughout florida andpbeyoe will start us off north northed for meyers. i know the damage where you are is quite extensive. norah, for this home, the damage is total, completely destroyed this home. now if you go downt the block will you see homes like this, will you see other homes with roofs ripped off and the occasional one show unscathed. we are four miles from the water so this was all wind damage. as daylight broke the path of destruction left behind by hurricane ian was devastating. block by block fort myers beach looks like it was hit by a bomb, only small pieces of debris remain where homes and businesses once s