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millions of floridians in this storm's path. those who have not evacuated are urged to shelter in place immediately. almost 800,000 people are already without power. that's according to florida utilities. the director of fema has warned that recovery from hurricane ian will be a very long road. that agency has already begun to pour resources into the state. in an event earlier today, president joe biden said he spoke with florida governor ron desantis and added he already requested aid saying, quote, the federal government is ready to help in every single way possible. ali velshi who...

unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. let's get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. >> we have a lot to talk about and it's going to continue to change in the next couple of days, and it very slightly, 20 mile an hour shift in the eye means...

there it is expected to explode into an intense, powerful category 4 storm. then ian will likely weaken a bit before charging ashore somewhere along florida's gulf coast. florida's governor saying the storm's massive size means the entire state, the whole state wail be impacted. and he has activated the florida national guard. cnn meteorologist tom seder has been tracking all this in the weather center. what is the latest? >> well, it continues to look a little disorganized, really. it is a tropical storm. it's not moving very quickly, alex. only at 12 miles per hour, but it's gettin...

it could threaten t the east cot powerful waves and powerful as well as. swells. could florida be in the storm track again. for answers all the models so far chief meteorologist rick reichmuth has been monitoring the storm from the fox weather center in new york. good evening, rick. >> rick: good evening, bret. not worried about florida at all they had enough with idalia. category 4 storm last night it went to a category 5 storm. went from an 80 mile-per-hour hurricane to 165 mile-per-hour cat 5 hurricane in about 12 hour period. unbelievable strengthening that's because it went over...

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