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we start in florida, where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. this is the scene live in tampa bay, showing the sunshine skyway bridge, which is getting battered by the heavy wind and rain. there are warnings of catastrophic damage, both from the high winds, which are gusting at up to 235 kilometres per hour, that's around 145 miles per hour, and from the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record, and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. azadeh moshiri is in tampa for us. a life—threatening hurricane...

hurricane ian? absolutely, although it's been downgraded to a tropical storm ida it was one of the most powerful to hit florida ranked it's not finished with its damage. there is still rain to fall in florida and as you can see it's very extensive, the rain heading into northern florida and into georgia and the carolinas so again a lot of storm surge potentially here, five or six feet, nearly two metres and several hundred millimetres of rain forecast for other states in the usa in the south—east in the next couple of days. close to our shores nothing quite as stormy but we do have...

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...

it's six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening across florida where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. there are warnings of catastrophic damage — both from the high winds — which are gusting at up to 240 kilometres per hour, that's around 150 miles per hour. and from the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record — and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. let's get the latest now from our correspondent azadeh moshiri — who's in tampa bay. a life—threatening hurricane is now bar...

protesters... we start in florida where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. there are warnings of catastrophic damage both from from the high winds which are gusting at up to 235 kilometres per hour, that's around 145 miles per hour. you can see the image that this is the seen life in florida at the moment. the gusts of wind that are blowing throughout that are blowing throughout that state as i was saying at around 230 kph that is around 145 mph and also the damage thatis 145 mph and also the damage that is being caused by the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are...