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hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all over the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. i'm kristie lu stout. it is now 2 am on the u.s. east coast. almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stretching 700 miles across and getting stronger. causing a nationwide blackout in cuba, ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained winds just shy of a category four. and along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful winds. n...

Entire year. these folks could see about half of that in the next couple of days. and notice where it highlights the white contours, from tampa, points eastward and all the way north word, to orlando, and the east side, where the system tracks. that is an incredible amount of rainfall, and will lead to catastrophic flooding. certainly, coastal committees will see a storm surge. the localized flooding inland is going to be the big story for this storm system. and again, it is far from over because we do believe it is going to strengthen before it makes landfall in the coming hours. >> wow, this...