city are you okay? rescuers, helping guide residents through submerged intersection, since, having been turned into a lake. then, there is this. the electricity crisis. the storm, knocking out power lines, in more than 2 million homes, and businesses, which have been plunged into darkness, across the state. meteorologist, pedram javaheri, tracking ian. he joins me. pedram, ian may have weekend, but is unleashing very dangerous conditions. where does it stand right now? kristie, we ve got the latest update from the national hurricane center. 11 hours overland, since it made landfall. you will notice, still, a category one. a drop from 90 miles per hour, to 75 miles per hour, leaving this as a low-end, category one hurricane. notice, on the back side of the storm system, the cloud field, beginning to break. as far as clearing skies, around portions of marco island, around areas up towards tampa. all of these areas, finally, seeing drier weather persist. just east of i
closures, across the region. expecting much the same for areas of the carolinas, in coastal georgia, as a strong, tropical storm is in the reason. so, here is what we are looking at, storms, expecting to weaken to around 65 miles per hour, is landfall that has shined over the course of georgia, and south carolina. still, 70 plus miles for hour. with the dark and florida, i wouldn t be surprised if we see a few hundred thousand more, scattered about georgia, south carolina, and north carolina, from friday, into sunday, as the system moves in the direction. there goes the center of the storm, and seeing some final landfall, across this region on friday morning. as far as it s concerned, upwards of 10 to 15 inches with the radar estimates of, 20 inches across this region, and we do expect another round, as maybe, 6 to 10 inches, on the
as far as clearing skies, around portions of marco island, around areas up towards tampa. all of these areas, finally, seeing drier weather persist. just east of it, winds are gusting 115 miles per hour. the system sits a 30, 5 to 45 miles per hour south, as a skirt eastward. we do expect it to read merge over the atlantic ocean, in the coming hours. here, possibly, to re-strengthen it, before it makes a third, and final landfall, across the borders of south carolina, and georgia, on friday morning. notice, these absurd wind gusts, these incredible wind speeds, as high as 100 miles per hour in, a few observations. from some of these, this brought the wind measuring devices down. so, essentially, there are holes on the map as far as wind speeds, and a lot of areas. if these observations sites were completely knocked off line, from the ferocity of the storm system. there it goes again, look at the radar imagery, still bringing in strong thunderstorms, in, and round, areas of orlando. the
hours. sitting with 75 mile per hour winds, still her category one, and still it is 24 a miles per hour, over the atlantic ocean, right on sunrise, and potentially, trying to strengthen before makes a third and final landfall. it was especially north, and still doubt it here with hurricane watches. the storm surge was extensive across the coast, and still measure this. this is 300 miles of close line, and underneath storage warnings, possibly for, maybe six storm surge across portions of the carolinas coastal georgia. it was the western area of florida, finally, getting to see calmer condition with coming to rise with the damage left behind. the storm system, pushing into orlando, and certainly, seeing disruptions, not only transportation, schools
there s a potential that could reintensify, and, really, could be problematic for the friends across the coast of georgia, and the carolinas, noticing additional rainfall threats, exceeding ten inches in those areas. having yet to see significant rain. this is a valve ink story here. evolving story. pedram, you are across every data set, underscoring the supersize storm. pedram javaheri, thank you so much, we will talk again soon. hurricane ian, wreaking havoc, as it moves through early county, and southwestern florida. take a look at this video, from the town of fort myers. this building was ripped from its foundation, and swept away in the storm search. it was used as a temporary outreach center. and, in the nearby city of fort myers, the water, rushing into a street, turning it into a river. water levels, and fort myers, still running high at this hour. the strong winds, continuing to push the storm surge on shore, flooding the area. about 96% of the city, still,