cuba saw significant flooding and, is just now getting power back in some areas after nearly the entire island was plunged into darkness. now this morning, is ethan s world toward tampa, residents woke up to this eerie sight. nearly all the water had receded out of tampa bay. the storm pulled all the water from the shore as it s winds whipped around, counterclockwise, before shoving it back towards land hours later. around the same time, the natural hurricane center increased their predictions for how much storm surge ian will bring. the revised estimates stand 12 to 18 feet along the coast, from inglewood to benin a beach. you can see here in the purple section on this map. you have seen waters rise to record-breaking levels throughout the day. that s naples. naples, florida, the water road six feet above the normal high tide, nearly submerging cars. in fort myers beach the storm surge has driven the water 8 to 20 feet, flooding homes, leaving some residents trapped. one fam
worried about being life-threatening, the storm surge, now beginning to recede, and we still don t know exactly how bad. we know it was worse and for myers, vinita beach, down to naples. that was where the peak storm surge was. we don t know how high, possibly 10 to 12 feet in fort myers. if so, that was catastrophic. we will see those pictures tomorrow. the water will be gone but you ll see how high the water goes and the damage did. they just issued a flash flood emergency. this goes from sarasota to sebring. this is on the north and west side. this is the rain portion of the forecast that is very concerning, what they are calling widespread life-threatening flash floods. this is why we have a flash flood emergency. they re telling people in this area to get to higher ground because the water is rising quickly. already reports of 17 to 20 inches of rain, and it s still pouring in that region. that s what happens when you have a slow-moving hurricane. it s only moving at eight miles a