and it might strike hard there tomorrow. not only is this a life-threatening category 3 hurricane getting stronger, packing winds of 120 miles an hour, it s also getting larger in its size. ian s wind field is expanding, which can potentially expose more of florida to destruction. the storm s exact landfall tomorrow does remain uncertain, but it could be between tampa and ft. myers. now, one of the greatest threats is the storm surge and it could reach up to even 12 feet in some areas, which could bring, as you can imagine, pretty catastrophic flooding. floridians are being urged by officials not to underestimate this storm and nearly 2 million people are already under mandatory evacuation orders all across florida. and more are at least urged to leave. police in tampa are now going door to door warning people they got to get out. 5,000 national guard members are now even activated in florida and another 2,000 guard troops are from other states to help them out. we re about t
tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. from sarasota and lake okeechobee and by 8:00 a.m. most of the central areas in southwest will have tropical-storm-force winds. if you have pool furniture outside anywhere across this area, toss it into your pool, tie down loose objects from blowing around. these are tornado warnings and we ve seen significant damage, uprooted trees, snapped trees, pembroke pines, we had aircraft overturned. even there through the northeast of ft. myers, there s another one. this is going to continue to happen with these feeder bands ride in. these tornadoes are ef1s and 2s, but they re getting observations and radar is catching them. tornado watch until 5:00 a.m. that ll be expanded throughout the day tomorrow. the track has been changing, you know. every time it changes, every time that center wobbles, laura, it s better news for some and it s worse news for others. i guarantee you, every one of these communities, no one wants misery for the next community, but they want the cen