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through pitch dark southeast florida. many power outages are reported throughout the state, and already there about 2000 flight cancellations for today, many of them for orlando, tampa and jacksonville airports. it has been >> it has been downgraded to category one hurricane, but it's still very dangerous. the winds are slowing, but catastrophic with life-threatening flooding. >> we get life updates on its path and destruction. >> in orlando, there were estimates that as much as 20 inches of rain could have fallen, and it's been hammering the area for hours. let's go right to jesse c...

the devastation in very direct terms. >> the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. >> take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelters are leaving to see if they even have a home to return to. the focus is now on the people who did n...

coast of florida. 155-mile-per-hour wind speeds. that's just two miles short of a category 5 hurricane. it's expected to make landfall about 100 miles south of here in the port charlotte area. rain 12 to 24 inches across much of the florida peninsula, challenge create freshwater flooding. the impact of this will be felt by millions in florida. already 200,000 people without power. that's before the storm even makes landfall. this will uproot people's lives. its a life-threatening storm. this is the sunshine skyway bridge that we have pictures of. you can see the winds kicking up. it ...

roads have been impassable. you see the devastation. you see how difficult that is to be anywhere near. carrie sanders was actually in the storm as the eye was making landfall. >> there is the wind speed as i'm standing next to building. i can just take a knee here. okay, you guys got it. i'm going back up. this is really hard. you get the idea. that's power that's mother nature >> that's the power of mother nature and that's what citizens have been urged to evacuate for. the journalist you see have safety techniques as well as back up to try to deal with covering the safely. but app...

millions of floridians in this storm's path. those who have not evacuated are urged to shelter in place immediately. almost 800,000 people are already without power. that's according to florida utilities. the director of fema has warned that recovery from hurricane ian will be a very long road. that agency has already begun to pour resources into the state. in an event earlier today, president joe biden said he spoke with florida governor ron desantis and added he already requested aid saying, quote, the federal government is ready to help in every single way possible. ali velshi who...