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with devastating winds, storm surge and flooding. our correspondents are in the heart of some parts of florida right now. were tracking ian in the weather center as we bring you live special coverage of this hurricane disaster. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> this hour ians brutal assault is still very much underway. hurricane force winds. brian todd is on the scen...

off of the gulf coast there. were not going to get a sense of it until tomorrow. but yes, it looks pretty path down in. >> and well be talking about this later in the hour. thanks, chris. and thank you for joining us. hurricane ian continues to create a swath of -- in made landfall just after 3:00 this afternoon in southwestern florida, near k oconnor, a island off of the coast of fort myers. ian came ashore as a category four hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds. just a few miles pe...

is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many citi...

earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. >> there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. -- i will take a knee. oops. ill have to take a knee there. >> -- >> okay. you guys got it -- im going back out. >> the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some are...

down, you have trees that are down, you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands, in some of the coasts, but some of those inland places off rivers and off these inlets, you know, youre likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead. so that is a hazard and just please be aware that that is something that you -- if you weathered the storm to this point, going and doing and ge...

the devastation in very direct terms. >> the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. >> take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelter...

the governor talked about how impressed he was. these are dangerous missions. im grateful for the brave women and men in federal, state and local governments working as one team risking their lives to save others. and were going to learn a lot more in the coming hours. but we know many families are hurting. many. many are hurting today. and our entire country hurts with them. because its been all over the country we have seen so many crises. but in florida today, its the epicenter. wer...

ian now setting its sites on the south carolina coast, as we come on the air, with the tropical storm expected to strengthen back into a hurricane as it moves, look at it there, very slowly across the atlantic and back towards the east coast, after a trail of destruction in florida. people there are reeling now from one of the worst storms that has ever hit them, and doing what they can to start picking up the pieces. sanibel island, captiva island, a storm surge, with a huge chunk of ...

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hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all over the world. youre watching cnn newsroom. im kristie lu stout. it is now 2 am on the u.s. east coast. almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stretching 700 miles across and getting stronger. causing a nationwide blackout in cuba, ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained winds just shy of a category four. and alon...