that will allow for an earlier arrival of the strongest winds. and it s going to give last time for major hurricane eta to weaken. so, we are anticipating a powerful, using the words for the national hurricane center, catastrophic wind damage storm. and the potential for incredible amounts of storm surge along the coastline of where we are located, john? derek, thank you, we appreciate that update there from bradenton, florida. let s go to pedram javaheri, falling all this at the cnn weather center. ian was expected to make landfall in venice, and then around the bradenton area where derek is. now it s around , further to the south. why is it keep changing? and what are we expecting right? now john, every time we get an update from the national hurricane center, precisely showing exactly what you. said just avoid it further towards the east or the south. and atmosphere certainly changed. you ll notice the storm surge threats remain large. and energy now shifted able further to
attorneys. because there are five defendants. and this is going to be a long process. this trial could last up to six weeks. sara sidner, cnn, washington. u.s. has introduced a resolution at the u.s. security council condemning russia of false referendum is held in occupied s part of ukraine. the resolution, which was jointly introduced with albania, is to obligate russia to remove its troops from ukraine. it s largely symbolic because the ukrainians will almost certainly will vote for. that the ambassador says what will happen next. and let me be clear, if russia uses its veto to shield itself from accountability, we will not look to the un general assembly to send an unmistakable message to moscow. this comes after president zelenskyy called in the security council to remove
storm gets there a little bit sooner than even expected. we have to keep in mind, as derrick noted, this is a massive storm system. cloud field 700 miles across. these tropical storm force winds 140 miles away from the center. so, even if you are not near the system, 40 miles away from, you are going to feel tropical conditions. and that s the concern. and that s why our friends across orlando, disney world shutting down operations over the next 24 hours because of the system. and the impact will have. back this morning, you re going to see these tropical force winds as we transition into the early morning hours of wednesday, pushing in towards this region. so again, the impacts wide reaching. the storm surge threat a little further to charlotte harbour, john. pedram, thank, you appreciate the forecast there, and derek, we appreciate the live report from bradenton, florida, as well. in many parts of florida, police and fire departments, as well as other emergency responders, will soo
direct hit is not necessarily going to cause flooding. a slow-moving storm s predicted stall just off the coast of tampa bay starting wednesday evening. going to be in our rivers, so to be in our streams, it s gonna be in our canals. it s going to be in our storm water drains and ditches. sandbag locations around tampa closed today at 2:00. residents doing what they can before heading out. i would say were light. but we are we think that if it is a storm surge issue, we will try to seal the openings of the house. former florida congressman jim davis and his wife are not taking chances. they re prepping their house and getting out. i m not a very good gambler. and it s a bit of a gamble if you do not take it seriously. the word storm surge is something we heard over and over. steady officials are concerned that people will try to drive through water as it starts to rise throughout the city. if you look at hospitals and how they re preparing, you can see those barricades ha
dark parts of florida already feeling the impact of the storm, many residents bracing for the full impact of ian, filling up well gas stations are still open. ian is expected to make landfall as a category three or four hurricane. earlier in forecast, possibly wednesday afternoon between sarasota and port charlotte. officials are warning residents in the hurricane s pass the time to leave and get to safety is now. i urge everyone that is in an evacuation zone, that has been asked to evacuate, the time is now. you must evacuate now. there will be a point in time where you will not be safe to travel the roads. the time to evacuate is now. get on the road. right now to cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri on more on these storms pass. the question is, how bad will it get in those areas, you know, in the evacuation zone once the storm arrives? how dangerous will it be? the national hurricane