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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. now, conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected landfall in the coming hours. more than two and a half million people are under some form of evacuation warning. state authorities say the time to leave is quickly running out. people in southwest florida, this is going to likely make landfall as a category 4 hurricane. there will be catastrophic flooding, and life- ....
From a health. and in tampa, they re warning residents not to take risks as hurricane ian approaches. cnn s ryan young has. more good, hey, we re coming by and letting everyone know we re in a mandatory evacuation situation. the tampa bay area, in its final hours of hurricane preparations. tampa bay police making last-ditch efforts to warn residents to leave flood zones now. we re reinforcing the idea that you re in an area that you need to evacuate. this is not a drill. this is not the time to stay. serious warnings to residents here. this vulnerable area expected to be in the crosshairs of hurricane ian as it barrels towards the west coast of florida. we have over 120 miles of coastline just in the city of tampa. at least 2. 5 million floridians under various evacuation orders. it s a storm that s predicted to cause water damage like none before it. we re talking about 10 or 15 ....