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struggling to recover more than a week after hurricane ian devastated parts of the state. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." we begin with multiple development in ukraine that are unfolding right now. first, a fuel tanker exploded on a strategic and symbolic bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the blast sparked a fire which emergency crews are trying to put out, according to pro russian officials. now they also say that two spans of the road to the bridge h...

Karins who is going to tell us with be for folks who havent been following this as much as you and i have. >> three things threaten lives right now. the storm surge is coming in, the northern eyewall over the top of ft. myers and we have numerous tornadoes that keep coming in to areas on the east coast. it is not safe yet for people from melbourne area to space coast, ft. pierce, jupiter, all the way down through west palm beach and ft. lauderdale, miami and even the keys. you kind of want to ge...

Theyre starting to wander around down there in the keys but every now and then youll get a squall going that will slap you pretty good. of course, if we have a lot of considerable wind damage thats still taking place, there it is. there is still really intense rain and thunderstorms. this area is the northern eye. thats still into the ft. myers area. thats shifting north. this was a good trend for the storm not to go right along the coast. >> it loses its energy if it is going on land. >> over l...

This is the northern eye, right in here. thats the leading edge. >> just getting up to ft. myers now. >> thats the eyewall. thats where we still have the chance for significant wind damage that will still sound like the train outside your door. trees will come down. thats when you want to be in your shelters. areas around that, i can zoom in on. some of these small towns that are very close to this. theres ft. myers there. san carlo park. cap t captiva, winds are probably very strong. youre gett...

Very hard to come by over the next few days. ali, the wind is starting to pick up again. it is starting to blow and debris is being thrown around so were going to have to fall back to our suvs and probably head little bit south but well check back in with you in just a little bit. >> i understand. you get to safety as that wind picks up. is he getting the back end of this? i want to listen in to the weather channel for a moment while i catch up with bill on whats going on. jim cantore on the wea...

Those palm fronds flying around and a huge tree went down in front of a wendys. animals even getting pretty confused about this weather. weve seen some squirrels and ducks be in places they probably shouldnt be in. all of this continues to change by the minute. but ft. lauderdale may not be in the eye of the storm, but we are feeling it. >> thats important to note. if we can show you the bands that are going around ft. lauderdale. well show you the bands of the storm. its consistent around miami...

Real eyes on. you are not -- it is not just marathon you are worried about right now. youre hunkered down with a bunch of officials from a few places in the central keys. right? >> yes. i apologize just to talk about mayor triathlon. we got everyone with us and were checking and going along the way as we go. were concerned about all of our families all throughout to the entire florida keys and the best message to get out to everybody is were doing our absolute best and were going to work all nig...

Anywhere around the place. they dont get these sorts of things. and atlanta is in a tropical storm warning. so this is important to understand how big this thing and how it is not done. it is going to hit the georgia coast. youre going to get into alabama over here and youve still got florida. not even anywhere clear of all of this. lets go to kristen dahlgren in ft. myers which is now getting -- seeing a pixelated picture here because it is actually pretty serious now. ft. myers is getting the ...

Right, were right at the edge, brian. right at the edge. wow, look at that. yes, it is. >> going to just show -- explain whats happening to jim. he is now the -- the eye is passed over. >> hes located in the ft. myers area. he was saying that he saw some brightening. he may actually be in between the bands. it does not look like -- ft. myers itself, the eye is still down here in bonita springs. he may have been in between this heavy band and a little break -- >> where he sees some sky and it loo...