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n ordered to evacuate as hurricane rita now is bearing down on the state'shr gulf coast in just a moment.t. florida governor rhonda santos will join us first herest with the very latest from thisrs category three storm weather. in meteorologist ian oliver is with us in thisoliver. looks like it's going to be a direct hit right over. looks like somewhereoks li nortr fort myers, right towards tampa. >> yeah, anywhere from naples. igto the southern part of tampa bay, the mouth of tampa bay: stl still a reasonable scenaril o ao here. this is a monster of a storm, still a category three ,...

Cycle, you're talking aboutr ont nine feet of water on top ofop normally dry ground across that entire barrier island.le e the whole area there irrn fortos myers beach, that's one threat ,the storm surge. we've also got the hurricane conditions that will spread far inland. at dad then look at look this, ths darkrk red , including perhapsea the tampa bay area. >> that' s 15 to as much as 20 aroun inches of rain. if you've been around the tampa- bay area that amount of water will lead to catastrophic flooding. those are all the threats that we're watchingg. thwatching as we moveple of through th...