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The news we got just over the last 15 minutes from the national hurricane center is that sustained speeds of two miles an hour short of a category 5 storm. tell me how that changes the dynamic. >> it changes the dynamic because if anyone did not evacuate, they are in trouble. they are. their life is now being threatened. if you know someone who has just been, your dad, your grandpa, your uncle who doesnt want to go, zone a, zone b, they need to go now. some places around zone c may be wanting to...

Work, its been really hard since for a few months now. >> carley: are you in the evacuation zone? if so, have you thought about leaving? >> im not in the evacuation zone, the number or letter e. a and b are starting to be evacuated. my kitchen is in zone b, im concerned it will flood, well figure that out when it happens. were super close to the air force base, we get power pretty quickly issue but i have to wait and see. oh, i dont know. >> todd: deep breath, peggy davenport, youve got this. >>...

That was unpredicted and a direct landfall of the eye wall with this particular storm no matter where it is-t hits is going to be a catastrophic event. we are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. >> the evacuation order, i believe just came this morning. is that correct? and if so you could speak to people who feel rushed and they dont know where to go? >> yeah, i mean, we have two different evacuation zones in our city. zone a and d. we have zone c and d. so our recommendation if yo...

And then all facing seditious conspiracy charges. the impact this one trial could have on others surrounding january 6th. lets start with hurricane ian battering cuba before lowly making its way towards florida. joining me, bill karins, and ellison barber. ellison, lets go to you. the national hurricane center projects the tampa bay area could see up to ten feet of flooding. what is it like on the ground? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, we just heard this, hillsborough county are extending their ma...

Starting at 5:00 today, and all in florida right now seven counties have mandatory evacuation orders, and in this county they just expanded it to include zone a and zone b now, and if you are a florida resident and you want to double-check what your zone is, go to floridadisaster.org/knowyourzone . and also follow local guidelines, and if they are in an evacuation zone to leave when they are told to. they say you dont have to leave the state necessarily, just move somewhere that is higher, move ...

Zone a and zone b, mandatory evacuation. for the last couple days weve been talking about how the timing was right to get out while the getting was good. authorities are now saying if you didnt heed the orders to get out of the low-lying rares, now is the the time to hung e down. -- hunker down. shelters are very full. those people are in for a long couple of days as well. you can see right now you cough tropical storm force winds -- tropical storm dpoirs winds blowing in here. the barometers be...

Know he has a question for you. chad. >> mr. mayor, you are watching zone a, zone b, hillsborough. now that the storm should travel right over tampa bay, are there any changes in the evacuation zones from what we knew 24 hours ago? >> no, theres not, chad. it is still a zone a ezackuation. the issue in zone a will be the amount of the surge and the height of the surge. unfortunately, this will take place at a time when the high tide is at its highest, which will be tomorrow morning. so all those...

Speak, as best we can, the challenging part of that is staffing them, making sure we document all the human beings that are coming in, the pets and no rules and restrictions. were urging everyone to get out of zone b, get to a shelter, were providing public transportation so were in full force. >> how long is that public transportation going go? i know youve told people call 211 if they need help to get to a shelter. youve tried the number and its tough getting through. >> we are certainly exper...

Youre going to be. look at the radar summary. this is the future radar. by 10:00 tomorrow morning the eyewall over key wst. and by later on in the afternoon, the eyewall right over you with wind speeds in excess of 130 miles per hour and that storm surge being deadly, water kills more than the wind kills in a hurricane. need to be out of that water away from the water. chris cuomo has been talk about it all day, how its been coming up in miami because the water in the air just pouring onshore he...

Where you can see the water right here, probably about 8 feet over the water, so there will be water all throughout this area. and as we go back -- as we join chris cuomo in miami beach as well, it does bear repeating that mayor here has expanded the evacuation zone to zone b, which is downtown south and west down river and for anybody who has not evacuated at this point but needs help in order to get to a shelter, the mayor is saying call 211. that is the number they of set up. call 211. and th...