just moments ago making landfall in cuba. the storm is over the island s western tip as a major category 3 hurricane with a storm surge that had been forecast up to 14 feet. within hours ian will bear down on florida s west coast with high winds, heavy rains. what really has officials worried in florida and urgently calling for mass evacuations is a huge storm surge expected to peak tomorrow. tampa bay is pretty shallow and is going to be pushing a phenomenal amount of rain up into our bay. there s really no place for this water to go so the flooding, the surge is going to be monumental. while we talk about tampa bay, we really need to focus on the warned area and why the hurricane center is so worried about storm surge is this is some of the most vulnerable coast line in the united states with high populations. meteorologist pedram javaheri is live in the weather center with the latest update. they ve published a new outlook a minute and a half ago. what are they sayin
sounding the alarm along florida s west coast. people are urged to get out of florida s way. tampa s mayor tells residents if you can leave, just leave now. officials say the tampa region could see a storm of a lifetime. more than 15 million people are expected to feel the impact of ewh e ian when it arrives. 115 hour with the winds and could cause life-threatening storm surge, and storm surge is the biggest concern right now. so far ahead of the storm, the hospital in st. petersburg suspended service, transported patients, schooled and universities closed, at least three cruise lines re-routed passengers. the tampa bay airport will suspend operations at 5:00 p.m. today and nasa moved the artemis rocket back to the hangar for trekz. look at this video showing a steady stream of traffic leaving the tampa bay area monday night heading inland to safety. people hunkering down as well, though. the storm perhaps testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get
house approximately 5,000 migrants. just one in five migrants in new york city is actually from texas. only seeing a small fraction. and we have it s a headline ripped from a movie spacecraft nasa. celebrate. the collision was a new asteroid defense system. step move by parsons. jones fired. the pass is intercepted. he goes down and the cowboys wrapped it up. steve: good morning, everybody. fox weather is tracking hurricane ian, the category 3 storm that hit florida probably some time tomorrow it. made landfall in cuba earlier this morning. ainsley: forecasters are fearing that it will be a worse case scenario for people living in the tampa bay reasoning. primarily south of tampa. and da tore evacuation orders are now in effect for that area. pools are shut down and later today the last plane will take off until the storm passes. we have fox team coverage senior meteorologist janice dean standing by. we start with fox weather correspondent nicole valdez live
business correspondent ashley webster live in spring hills, florida. and ashley, it is the calm before the storm where you are in spring hill right now. it is indeed. good morning, steve. it s a very mild, pleasant morning. but that s going to change quickly over the course of the next 48 hours. i m in front of a gas station here in spring hill. we are about 50 miles north of tampa. everything looks fine, right? not so much. this gas station ran out of gas about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. you can see the sign no gasoline of any grade, including non-ethanol. in fact we were noticing the last person to use this particular pump managed to squeeze out 18 cents. but it s not just the gas that s a problem and the shorts damage as we see people driving around early this morning looking for a pump that actually has gas. but the supplies are starting to go down. batteries, flashlights and water in particular. it s hard to find right now. you can t find a isca of water anywhere. i wan
franchise never quit. never gave in. you built it play by play, inning by inning, you ground it out and you did it together. the braves giving the president a custom jersey with his name and the number 46 on it. christine, aaron judge watch continues tonight. the yankees at the bluejays in toronto. you can watch that on our sister network, tbs. judge still stuck on 60. waiting for 61. andy scholes, thank you. thanks for joining me today. i m christine romans. new day starts right now. hurricane een now a major category 3 storm making landfall in cuba as it continues on a path towards florida. we just got fresh forecast information a short time ago. i m john berman with brianna keilar. officials across florida