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unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. lets get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. >> we have a lot to talk about and its going to continue ...

Back home at once. we could see 2.5 million people screened at airports nationwide. maybe besting the high number that we saw back on july 1st, alex. >> yeah, hopefully just as smooth as everyone heads home over the weekend. pete muntean at national airport here in washington, d.c. thank you so much. now millions are facing a very cool and possibly rainy holiday forecast. cnn meteorologist tom saider is here. tom, the south getting ready for soggy weather? >> yes. i think, alex, it will get we...

Weekend out in colorado springs. of course, that follows that phone call that the president made to governor glenn youngkin down in virginia as he has noted that once again heading into this thanksgiving there will be families who have empty seats at their table due to gun violence. >> arlette saenz with the president in nantucket. thank you so much. people are celebrating thanksgiving all across the country today. in new york at the macys thanksgiving day parade, tom the turkey kicking things...

Walking through flood waters who was attacked by an alligator. his wife rushed to get him help and left to get medical attention for him. when she came back, the 71-year-old man was nowhere to be found. the sheriffs departments say they believe he was attacked and killed by this alligator and theyre searching for his body now. >> wow. scary situation. thank you both. ida isnt done yet. parts of the eastern u.s. bracing for possibly more flooding from what is now a tropical depression. and in a...

With in the coming hours. and another high tide eight hours from now. again, were not out of the woods here yet here in connecticut. well check out the damage across the river. >> yeah. look, very important aspect of this is the water table. you have saturated ground. it makes the trees and the root systems weak. its easier for them to come down. youll have pooling of water. and then for the power guys, the men and women who to out to fix it as first responders, you got to get the trees out of t...

One fire in oregon has become so fierce its creating it own weather. the heat from the bootleg fire is forming storm clouds with lightning and strong winds. that fire is burning so fast. it would scorch through central park in about 45 minutes. south in california there are seven large fires currently burning in more than 200,000 acres have burned there so far this year in that state. thats more than five times greater than at this same time during last years record breaking season. let me turn ...

At this time last year. this week its now five times greater. and, again, were going to have more of these popup storms with the lightning really creating havoc for the firefighters even again today and the next couple weeks. >> is there any relief in sight for the fires? >> well, there is some rain as mentioned. its not going to be a lot to help areas of the northwest, but the monsoon is helping. i think theres six large fires in arizona. this comes with lightning. the problem with all the extr...

Area across long island. starting to see the colors of green. thats getting into a little bit of a heavier downpour. its not dramatic. its not monsoon rains but it is in blue light. but that all plays a role in the visibility and low cloud deck. obviously its going to be something theyre going to be watching. we have the hour, hour and a half delays at the airports around the region. >> tom, thank you so much. tom on the conditions of the new york weather as we cover this helicopter crash landin...

If youre just joining us, theres been a forced helicopter landing on top of one of the buildings in midtown manhattan. a couple blocks shy of central park. we dont know the conditions on which this helicopter had to crash land. thats how we just heard it from the governor. it started a fire. people in the building heard the shake, apparently the fire is under control. as bryn was just reporting theres one confirmed fatality and one confirmed injured. thats what we know. more than 100 fire person...

Because theres reporting on the ground that, you know, some of the shelters are not going to be open because theyre not equipped for this. >> so, i cant address all of the shelters, but we have four in bay county and i just came from our center. yes, theyre all ready for this storm. theyre ready for a cat-4 storm. >> good. >> which this could be. >> right. thats what were hearing, it could get stronger. tom saider, our meteorologist told us that. the shelf and the shallower water, the temperatur...