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off of the gulf coast there. we're not going to get a sense of it until tomorrow. but yes, it looks pretty path down in. >> and we'll be talking about this later in the hour. thanks, chris. and thank you for joining us. hurricane ian continues to create a swath of -- in made landfall just after 3:00 this afternoon in southwestern florida, near k o'connor, a island off of the coast of fort myers. ian came ashore as a category four hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds. just a few miles per hour shy of a category five. only for hurricane stronger than that have made landfall in the un...

we had some of the strongest winds here so far. >> good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are continuing live coverage of hurricane in, the category four storm made landfall on florida's west coast this afternoon, and it is still battering the state with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. right now, more than 2 million homes and businesses in the state of florida are without power. let's get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? >> i will look...

earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. >> there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. -- i will take a knee. oops. i'll have to take a knee there. >> -- >> okay. you guys got it -- i'm going back out. >> the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let's go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. miche...

down, you have trees that are down, you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands, in some of the coasts, but some of those inland places off rivers and off these inlets, you know, you're likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead. so that is a hazard and just please be aware that that is something that you -- if you weathered the storm to this point, going and doing and getting involved in that is just totally not worth it, and we want to minimize any harm to anybody as...

washington. president biden is about to arrive at fema headquarters. the president approved a major disaster declaration for florida and spoke with governor ron desantis. >> you have power lines that are down. you have trees that are down. you have a lot of hazards right now. today is about identifying the people that need help, who may still be in harm's way, but also beginning the process of rebuilding some of the things that we need. >> the tropical storm continues to barrel towards the atlantic ocean where it's expected to regain strength and make a second landfall tomorrow along...