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Being restored, water still rising and gushing through. bridges washed out. what are the days like after the storm and fema's response to that? >> it's really important point, shannon. we worry a lot about the direct impacts in the storm itself as it is making landfall. but we see so many more injuries and sometimes more fatalities after the storm because there are so many dangers out there. but i can say is people need to stay vigilant right now. standing water brings with it all kinds of hazards. has debris, it could have power lines, it can have hazards and that you just do not know about. ...

To be knocking at their door, especially because the storm shifted eastward just hours before making landfall. we want to take you now to another area that saw an enormous surge of water, and that is arcadia, florida. near where hurricane ian made landfall where we find cnn's nadia romero. she is standing on a highway that looks like a river right now where supplies have been coming in and out all day. nadia, you were sharing with us when supplies got shipped, people picked them up. clearly they are in need of basic supplies. things like water. >> reporter: yeah. very basic necessities to just...

About, since last wednesday, we didn't have one named storm for the entire month of august. that hadn't happened in 25 years. and then it really started to blow up. september 10th was around the peak of the season, so we're past the peak, but this is when the activity picks up. all of cuba lost power, and most of them are still without power. making landfall, we're now at a category one. look at the bright yellow, these are tropical storm force winds for the entire peninsula, we lose the hurricane-force winds tonight, into tomorrow morning, but then we'll find this. also producing a 3 to 5 wit...

Per hour. it is expected to make landfall just hours from now. >> let's go to our colleague john berman, he is with us live in tampa. john, good morning to you. what can you tell us? >> yeah, good morning to both of you. 155 miles per hour, that's just 2 miles per hour short of a category 5 storm which would make it one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall in the united states. there are really three separate potentially catastrophic threats from hurricane ian, number one, the wind speed, 155 miles per hour, that explains itself. to the storm surge which could be 16 feet in some a...

A cat five. so please stay indoors, stay away from windows, get to an interior location of your house. >> the worst of this storm started hitting the keys and dade and miami counties yesterday. perry airport flipping over small private planes among the damage. terrified residents were hiding in bathrooms in the nearby area. when ian was a cat three a plane through the eye. this is what it looked like as a cat three. now potentially it could become a cat five today before making landfall. dana. >> dana: all right. thank you so much, phil. >> bill: thank you. let's go down the coast now. robert ...