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Significantly, in the past hour or so. hurricane ian is a category two storm, but has dropped to record levels of rain throughout the state of florida. you talk about the damage, towards the south of, here about 90 miles away, where he and first made landfall. the damage is just catastrophic. an incredible amount of flooding, and water, going into those communities, as ian continues its path across the state. hurricane in, slamming florida s gulf coast, with new york category five strength. causing life-threatening flooding. overwhelmingly, it has been a surge that has been the biggest issue, and the flooding. the monster storm, making landfall with 150 miles per hour. i ve been here since the 70s, and this is the worst storm i have ever seen. i m looking at the businesses downtown, and they are all ....
You just have to be concerned about your immediate safety, because you cannot look around you, and process what is going on. special coverage of hurricane in, continuing in the hours ahead. major developments, another stories, that we ve been watching. ukrainian forces, making further gains in the donetsk region. geolocated social media video shows troops raising a flag in a small town. pro-russian forces, controlling a small pocket of territory in the area, but rookie onions, closing in on them, from three sides. cnn, the first tv crew with access to the areas around there, where fierce fighting has left little standing. here is nick walsh. hidden, but unstoppable. ukraine has not bragged much about its march south from kharkiv, towards surprise of donetsk. every rooftop, or treeline, suggests that they have just been too busy advancing. ....
Happening. let s go to gloria palomino, live in, tampa were 100 year long hundred year long streak continues. but officials are warning the worst is yet to come. that s right, john. but people here in tampa talk about the air being somewhat lucky, because it has yet to be directly impacted by our hurricane. days ago, we thought the hurricane was going to hit hard right here in tampa. now, tampa seems to have miss the eye of the hurricane. the worst has been missed by the area here as that storm clawed its way towards the west. and here in tampa, we are seeing several thousands of people reporting power outages. more than 450,000 people remain without power at this hour. hurricane in continues to move across the entire state, causing massive destruction and flooding in the area. hurricane ian slamming ....
We had some of the strongest winds here so far. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are continuing live coverage of hurricane in, the category four storm made landfall on florida s west coast this afternoon, and it is still battering the state with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. right now, more than 2 million homes and businesses in the state of florida are without power. let s get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? i will look at it with you, because it s right at the presses. we re still looking at a strong storm. we re looking at heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and we will look at what we are seeing in terms of wednesday, because we are holding on to the strength. let s hold back for a second because you saw wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this was a historical storm, if it is the big historical, catastrophic. we ll see what ....
I am so glad that we were able to pass the inflation reduction act, which a large portion of that will go to addressing a climate change. we have to come together, as i said, at the local and state level. we ve got to join the federal partners, and deal with this issue, particularly in the state of florida. congresswoman val demings, whose district includes parts of our, which is about to get the worst part of the storm, particular for the rainstorm perspective. thank you so much, stay safe. thank, you take care. that is all in tonight, hurricane in continues right now with alex wagner. good evening, alex. good evening, chris, as spectacularly destructive as the images have been, it s so abundantly clear that we have no conception of the true toll of this natural disaster, by a long shot. and particularly in that area right down there by fort myers beach, and the islands ....