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cuba saw significant flooding and, is just now getting power back in some areas after nearly the entire island was plunged into darkness. now this morning, is ethan s world toward tampa, residents woke up to this eerie sight. nearly all the water had receded out of tampa bay. the storm pulled all the water from the shore as it s winds whipped around, counterclockwise, before shoving it back towards land hours later. around the same time, the natural hurricane center increased their predictions for how much storm surge ian will bring. the revised estimates stand 12 to 18 feet along the coast, from inglewood to benin a beach. you can see here in the purple section on this map. you have seen waters rise to record-breaking levels throughout the day. that s naples. naples, florida, the water road six feet above the normal high tide, nearly submerging cars. in fort myers beach the storm surge has driven the water 8 to 20 feet, flooding homes, leaving some residents trapped. o ....
through pitch dark southeast florida. many power outages are reported throughout the state, and already there about 2000 flight cancellations for today, many of them for orlando, tampa and jacksonville airports. it has been it has been downgraded to category one hurricane, but it s still very dangerous. the winds are slowing, but catastrophic with life-threatening flooding. we get life updates on its path and destruction. in orlando, there were estimates that as much as 20 inches of rain could have fallen, and it s been hammering the area for hours. let s go right to jesse coach who was there. i hope you re someone save, you were talking about having to go to higher ground earlier, especially the location being too dangerous. yes and at this point we are dealing with pretty consistent rainfall here. there were bands of it earlier, we continue to see gusts of intense wind. but the rain is been falling for hours. and you can see we talk to a short while ago with t ....
Ahead and again we are still hours away from the worst of eons impact, the brunt of the storm to be hitting this part of the state of florida. it is still sweeping its way towards us. this is what s going on ahead of time which just gives you an idea of the wingspan of in and how much an impact it is having well before reaches the areas it s touching. that s something else, look at the flooding in the wind damage to come, and of course the alligators that you mention. jesse corruption or, lana jessie thank. you between human and wildlife literally washed away. let s go now to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. either, guys in more jesse s, as he mentioned he s gonna see the worst of it still. we re gonna see heavy rains also really gusty winds. that s gonna bring us some wind trees, power lines. you see some additional power outages. let s give you the additional latest on eons. we saw winds gusting over hundred miles per hour in so many spots. ....
Are watching behind me, with this rain pummeling this area of the state, this is still hours before the worst of eons impact is expected in this part of florida, which should give you an idea of how powerful this storm is. even in the northern bands, we re getting the outer suites sweeps of ian wright. now this is already this bad. we are seeing. it is largely rain and wind. i m telling you that right now we are seeing the strongest gusts now, and they seem to be a little more sustained. earlier they were little pops but now the winds are picking up, more consistently, here in orlando. as of 2 pm officials have said they do not want anyone left on the roads here. we did continue to see a couple of cars but largely the roads have been ghost towns in the evening. they have open more shelters here. we know one that is at capacity here in orange county. the major theme parks, disney, and universal, i shut down now. ....
Officials say people should be on the road, so it s likely the people are likely riding at the storm where they are. just to put a punctuation point in this, what you are seeing the right wind which is not that bad, but this heavy rainfall, this is hours before we expect to see the worst of eons impact in this part of florida, which just speaks to the ferocity, the ferocious nature of this storm and what it continues to do as it makes its way across florida. guys back to you. wow, something else. there are concerns, there s flooding, there is the wind but also these gators and other critters that might come. jesse curtis, we appreciate you breaking it down for us, the concern there are now at this hour in orlando. the cities around orlando and southern florida are also feeling the brunt of hurricane ian as it moves to the state. joining us now is angela e.t., city commissioner for the sydney, florida. angela, i want to ask, you are a life long resident of south ....