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n ordered to evacuate as hurricane rita now is bearing down on the state'shr gulf coast in just a moment.t. florida governor rhonda santos will join us first herest with the very latest from thisrs category three storm weather. in meteorologist ian oliver is with us in thisoliver. looks like it's going to be a direct hit right over. looks like somewhereoks li nortr fort myers, right towards tampa. >> yeah, anywhere from naples. igto the southern part of tampa bay, the mouth of tampa bay: stl still a reasonable scenaril o ao here. this is a monster of a storm, still a category three ,...

1940s. at this hour, every county in the state of florida is under a state of emergency. >> we can't tell you exactly where this thing is going to go right now. it's been kind of here and there, and it's not been a very, i guess, consistent path in some respects. nevertheless, be prepared. if you're anywhere on the east coast of florida, you want to have food, water, medicine, for up to seven days. >> state of emergency is also declared in georgia. the storm packs a lethal combination of open seas and high tide. derek van dam with an update from the cnn center in atlanta. good morning. >> good...

You're in front of this huge downed tree i understand. let me see as we get you up. there you are. it speaks to the power of the hurricane. talk to us about. the damage you're seeing. >> reporter: this was a fast moving hurricane. not like what we saw a couple weeks ago with florence. we were out in the south carolina tooth. -- together. that hovered and that stuck over south carolina and north carolina. here it was fast moving. the wind gusts ended up being a huge issue. if you've ever been to tallahassee, you know this is a picturesque town. it became a major problem with trees. look at this...

Panhandle. thousands of trees down. many hundreds of them across the roads. starting to cut through them now. lots of power lines down, as well. maybe the most surprising things, areas like south port and just north of panama city, hundreds of people stayed there. they're coming out trying to figure out shell shocked at the level of damage of the neighborhoods. the fact they can't get through the, that in some cases trees are block their way. in some cases it's water. they have no power. many of their homes are damaged or destroyed. and now they have to figure out what is next. it's going to b...

You can literally be 10, 15 miles inland and have these tributaries overflowing. people have to be careful from this water. >> thank you for keeping us up to date on what is going on with this storm. i want to show you some pictures over here. we've got a satellite image, what i was talking to ken about. this is the eye of the storm. as it goes inland, in theory that eye is supposed to break up and become a storm. there's still a little bit of an eye to this storm. it is still a hurricane. it is still very, very forceful. walk over here with me for a second and take a look. this is a three-hou...