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We anticipate in the next few hours. >> brian todd reporting for us on the scene. as usual, thank you. i want to bring in our meteorologist right now. he's joining us from the cnn weather center. tom, tell us what the mid-atlantic states should expect tonight and tomorrow. >> well, it's quite interesting, wolf. we still have the remnants of ian, but it's a hybrid system. it's an area of high pressure off the delmarva coast. it's really a high tide event and a multiple tide cycle. so what we're seeing here inundation on the coastlines that could be the greatest inundation we've seen in a decade...

This evening and tomorrow. this is some of the greatest inundation we've seen from a tide cycle in about a decade. >> let's turn to florida while i have you, tom. florida recover fring from the devastation of hurricane ian. one of the hardest hit counties is now defending when it told people to evacuate. tell us about what everyone knew about the storm's path. >> well, i tell you, first of all, the men and women who work in the national hurricane system really nailed this storm. it's an extraordinary storm. they all have different characteristics. first of all, landfall, 3:05 on wednesday. a w...

It's going to be harder to know what's going on. unique challenges here. >> good point. >> now, tom, king tides, what are they, when are they, relevance? >> king tides typically -- it's hard to give a scientific definition because there is some discrepancy in how this is formed. it's usually the highest point of the tide cycle. some say it's once a year, some say once a month the highest tides. we're already seeing flooding. this is king tide time. we're seeing flooding, seeing it in miami. we're seeing it already in tampa, st. pete, dauphin island. it adds an extra fit into that nlking surge ...

You know, basically, duke energy can't get out and do their thing until winds are less than 35 miles per hour. so if i had to make a prediction, it could be sunday into monday before we maybe let people come back. but again, this next tide cycle, it could really go downhill. my hope is that it does not, but we'll take a wait and see approach and make some more press releases here afterwards. we do a press release for folks to watch live. we have been doing them for about three days. we do it at 9:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 9:00 p.m. we'll keep up with that schedule to update people on where we're...

That nature. we have been doing that live streaming and taking pictures there. after this, we have to get the water system back up and running. we shut that down just as a precautionary measure because it was a category 5 storm, 4 storm, and we have to make sure our sewer system is running and rely on duke energy to come in and make sure everything is safe. we want to make sure everything is safe before we allow residents -- we'll probably allow residents and business owners back in first. and then hopefully after that, once we get things cleaned up and everything is safe, and the residents ha...