city are you okay? rescuers, helping guide residents through submerged intersection, since, having been turned into a lake. then, there is this. the electricity crisis. the storm, knocking out power lines, in more than 2 million homes, and businesses, which have been plunged into darkness, across the state. meteorologist, pedram javaheri, tracking ian. he joins me. pedram, ian may have weekend, but is unleashing very dangerous conditions. where does it stand right now? kristie, we ve got the latest update from the national hurricane center. 11 hours overland, since it made landfall. you will notice, still, a category one. a drop from 90 miles per hour, to 75 miles per hour, leaving this as a low-end, category one hurricane. notice, on the back side of the storm system, the cloud field, beginning to break. as far as clearing skies, around portions of marco island, around areas up towards tampa. all of these areas, finally, seeing drier weather persist. just east of i
there s a potential that could reintensify, and, really, could be problematic for the friends across the coast of georgia, and the carolinas, noticing additional rainfall threats, exceeding ten inches in those areas. having yet to see significant rain. this is a valve ink story here. evolving story. pedram, you are across every data set, underscoring the supersize storm. pedram javaheri, thank you so much, we will talk again soon. hurricane ian, wreaking havoc, as it moves through early county, and southwestern florida. take a look at this video, from the town of fort myers. this building was ripped from its foundation, and swept away in the storm search. it was used as a temporary outreach center. and, in the nearby city of fort myers, the water, rushing into a street, turning it into a river. water levels, and fort myers, still running high at this hour. the strong winds, continuing to push the storm surge on shore, flooding the area. about 96% of the city, still,