coverage of hurricane ian. still very much a hurricane. still extremely dangerous bearing down on orlando this mor morning at this moment. we will go there. there are so many different stories to this devastating storm. one of the most powerful ever to hit florida with winds of 140 miles per hour on landfall. at this point, 20 inches of rain have been measured in so many different locations including here in tampa. you can see some of the limited damages even here in tampa. that appears to be roofing or some kind of siding just torn off of the building. that s just part of the story. the real story is south of here, venice, port charlotte. fort myers. i m hearing a helicopter above me. which is a good sign. maybe they re leaving from here to go help people in need further south and there is so much need. enormous storm surge. 12 feet in some places. just swamped. familiar cities, naples, fort myers. you can see rivers just floating down the middle of the street. as i said, th
yeah, that s right, look, as you mentioned it s weakened now to a tropical storm, but weakened or not, ian is still one for the record books cutting this brutal path across florida s west coast. as much as 20 inches of rain fell in some areas. this morning, there s 14 million people under flood alerts. more than 2 million homes and businesses are without power across florida. and that intense flooding that berman mentioned there in places like fort myers and naples, here you re seeing pictures of those areas, it s leaving people who decided to ride out the storm just trapped in their homes. berman. yeah, the sun will come up soon. cnn has live team coverage up and down the coast. up into orlando, where the storm has yet to hit. our first report is from our randi kaye in punta gorda, florida, rand di, i am so happy to see you well this morning. thank you, john. good to see you as well. we got up early, we re trying to make our way to fort myers, which we know was so hard
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great middle of the week. clearly they are playing that song for you, katie. she has some kind of wonderful. it is good, great day so far halfway between christmas and new year s the weird we saw a couple of poinsettias on the left and right but are you celebrating christmas? katie: why not? the tree is still on fox square. it is not new year s yet and i think it s great to have a couple of days. griff: rachel said we have to abide by the 12 days of christmas and not take any trees down here that will not happen on this show. katie: everything has been great. i am with you guys this morning. griff: a lot happened the last 24 hours, obviously regarding the border supreme court keeping title 42 in place against the white house s wishes for now. katie: and title 42 dropped, we could see 14,000 encounters every single day at the border, which would add up to 5 million illegal crossings each year. joey: lucas tomlinson is live, what do you got? speak with the s