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This is going to be a catastrophic storm, it is going to be a potentially deadly storm. Florida prepares for landfall. This is going to be a punch to the base. Face. The fema administrator will join me live. Then it they give the money to illegal immigrants. The expresident using the disaster to spread his lies. What are they talking about? stop it. The dangerous consequences of using a tragedy to get yourself elected. Don't listen to anything or anybody who is trying to make you more afraid than you already are. All in starts right now. It evening from new york, at this moment, hurricane mil...

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....

12 feet higher, devastating communities like for the myers, naples and some 2 million homes and businesses are without power in florida, that is 20% of the entire state and 96% of fort myers is in the dark. one official saying it could take weeks for the power to come back on in some areas. floodwater inundating areas like naples and port charlotte. these are pictures of that area leaving some people who decided to ride out the storm trapped in their homes, others rescued from their cars, berman. the danger also continues, we should note. >> reporter: it absolutely does continue. the...

But the good news is it wentiret the 11:00 update. so we have lifted our mandatory evacuation. doesn't mean we're 100% out of the woods. we still will have tropical storm force winds until tomorrow morning. so people will have to be careful. there may be some gusts at that time low hurricane levels. so it' not totally done. but we're looking a lot better today than we were just sick hours ago. >> dana: so are you saying the news here is that because of this turn and it's staying off the coast enough that people can return to your area now? >> that is permitted. the people, the bridges have reo...

Along with heavy rain and snow. this is called the bomb cyclone. it's getting stronger by the hour. looking who are, the national weather service is warning this really is a life and death situation. you have evacuations under way. there are thousands of flights canceled. many planes are grounded in new york. conditions are only going to get worse as the day goes on. cnn's brynn gingras is joining us now. >> reporter: life and death situation as you mentioned. that's what officials are calling this we're seeing this storm happen in stages. less than an hour ago, we were seeing heavy rain comin...