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I m john berman live in tampa, florida. this is cnn s special coverage of hurricane ian which is expected to make landfall sometime in the next several hours. we just got new information from the national hurricane center. listen to this. they had an aircraft in the center of this storm measuring sustained winds, sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. that is just two miles an hour short of a category ar5 hurrica and there is still time for it to strengthen. 155 mile per hour sustained winds. this could have a devastating impact as it makes landfall south of here. the expected landfall probably 100 miles south of where i am in the fort myers, punta gorda area. it could be devastating. ....
Concern even if you weren t near the bullseye. amazing. nbc meteorologist somara theodore, we ll continue to check in. thank you very much. let s bring in nbc news correspondent steve patterson live in st. petersburg, florida. steve, tell us what you re seeing. as somara said, even if you aren t close to the bullseye, you re still definitely feeling the effect. the wind, the rain has been hot and heavy for the last few hours. the wind gusts have been increasing as time has gone on. the worst of it not even here yet. we expect that to be 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. you can see the tide. this is tampa bay. we re at st. pete s pier right now. the tide has pushed out towards the storm into the gulf of mexico, where that storm is generating all that hydropower as it s made landfall south of us. ....
Supposed to affect tampa and made landfall south of the area, that is why i tell you, you need to be prepared south and north of tampa because we still have considerable honing in on the forecast. power outage forecast. we will certainly see power outages widespread for the area with tracking we have now, likely in and around west coast of florida perhaps for days. so people need to be prepared for power outages, not just for a day issue but days and that is why people are being urged to get your plans done today because the hurricane is coming wednesday and thursday. we re looking at potential of heavy rainfall and the tornado risk. we re not talking about strong tornados, but ones that could cause structural damage and he were is the indication of how warm the waters are and that is ....
Effect and police checkpoints are in force keeping those without official business away and out of danger. the situation is definitely very serious now. these guys are just finishing up looks like industrial type of hurricane shutters to protect from flying debris. so they should be done in a few hours. the worst of the storm is expected tomorrow. the first outer bands of rain from this hurricane are already impacting the keys as well as broward and miami-dade county. it is definitely going to be a dangerous storm by all accounts here. it could make landfall. the actual landfall south of here in venice. there is more than 30 hours from landfall actually happening. bottom line, this really could be the worst storm that the tampa bay region has seen in 100 years. dana. dana: good to have your expertise. you have covered many of these. we ll be in touch. ....
Taking the podium. it is anticipated to exit land in cuba very soon. it is now a major hurricane. category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. overnight and into this morning some of the modeling that has been done is now projecting a landfall south of tampa bay. i know we have talked about the cone of uncertainty where landfall was projected. we had it north florida and that has been consistently moved maurice into the florida peninsula. yesterday evening a lot of solutions bringing it into tampa bay. now it is bringing the landfall into the sarasota area. there is still uncertainty with where the exact landfall will be. just understand the impacts will be far, far broader than just from the eye of the storm happens to make landfall. in some areas, there will be ....