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hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states. and around the. world i'm john. vause with the cnn center in atlanta. almost nine hours now since hurricane eta made landfall in southwest florida. and this monster storm continues to cause widespread flooding. and storm surges in 12 feet high in places. tonight, -- statewide. like trustees outed more than 2 million homes and businesses, and the power grid so badly damaged parts there are concerns it may need to be rebuilt. ian arrived at the state went just shy of a category five. it's since been downgraded to a category 1, but...

coverage of hurricane ian. still very much a hurricane. still extremely dangerous bearing down on orlando this mor morning at this moment. we will go there. there are so many different stories to this devastating storm. one of the most powerful ever to hit florida with winds of 140 miles per hour on landfall. at this point, 20 inches of rain have been measured in so many different locations including here in tampa. you can see some of the limited damages even here in tampa. that appears to be roofing or some kind of siding just torn off of the building. that's just part of the story....

>> yeah, that's right, look, as you mentioned it's weakened now to a tropical storm, but weakened or not, ian is still one for the record books cutting this brutal path across florida's west coast. as much as 20 inches of rain fell in some areas. this morning, there's 14 million people under flood alerts. more than 2 million homes and businesses are without power across florida. and that intense flooding that berman mentioned there in places like fort myers and naples, here you're seeing pictures of those areas, it's leaving people who decided to ride out the storm just trapped in th...

parts of the state on a slow, this is really an issue, it's churning on the destructive crawl north. orlando now in the crosshairs of this historic storm that's produced record rainfall and storm surge. power outages are a major problem with more than 2 million customers in the dark across florida. water is just everywhere in many communities. in port charlotte, the storm blew the roof off of a hospital and it flooded the intensive care unit. ahead, we're going to speak to a doctor there, how they managed to protect patients and what the conditions now. fort myers has experienced som...

top of the hour, this busy thursday morning, i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. welcome to our viewers. the breaking news we are following this morning, hurricane ian leaving just stunning devastating destruction in florida as a hurricane then a tropical storm. still pummeling the state though. 14 million people in florida are currently under flood alerts. 2.5 million businesses without power along with homes. they're rescuing people trapped inside flooded homes. governor ron desantis spoke about the devastation so many are waking up to this morning. >> there's 1.5 million outages...