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Now i'll see you tomorrow evening. I'm kaitlan collins. This is the source hurricane helene is about to slam into florida and i expected to make landfall and just a couple of hours from now, it's now an extremely dangerous category four storm and winds are now up to 140 miles per hour. If it stays this strong, it'll be the strongest storm to ever make landfall in florida's big bend region. That's the area that we're keeping a close eye on. This hour, more than half 1 million people there have already lost power. And forecasters are predicting tonight that the storm surge in some areas could be...

>> the noises were heard by a canadian p-3. and that was this morning and some yesterday. >> reporter: the noise described as banging sounds at regular intervals in the department and homeland security briefing are now described as less specific than that. but still, the focus of the search. >> we need to have hope, right? i can't tell you what the noises are. what i can tell you, and i think this is the most important point. we're searching where the noises are. >> reporter: the sounds picked up by buoys like this one dropped from planes. and then listening for any sounds of life fr...

♪ ♪ >> reports said at least four people are dead after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked japan. >> the country secretary one buildings were demolished and the disaster. emergency crews are still working to rescue those trapped under the rubble and president biden is pledging to provide whatever help is needed. good afternoon, in new york, happy new year, and he did. >> happy new year to you, rich, i am in los angeles and we began the special edition of "fox news live" with matt finn and japan quade spirit of matt, what more can you tell us? >> right now most of the western...

>> 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...

this storm will only continue to intensify. if you want to leave, as the governor has said, now is your last chance. we cannot send first responders into harm's way because you decided not to leave. >> 155 mile per hour winds. that is what hurricane ian is now producing as it bears down on florida's coast. i'm john berman live in tampa this morning. brianna keilar is in washington. this is cnn's special live coverage of a storm that is getting more powerful by the minute. the national hurricane center just reported it had a plane flying through the center of this storm measuring sust...