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
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 free sandbags. u.s. military insulations are moving aircraft and ships out of the tampa and jacksonville areas, and to give you an idea just how massive this storm is, nasa released this video of hurricane ian taken from the international space station. cnn s carlos suarez is in gulfport, florida. patrick in havana and chad myers our meteorologist standing by at the weather center. first to florida. carlos a sense of what you re seeing? reporter: john and brianna, good morning. a second round of evacuation ordered will go into effect here in pinellas county later this morning. a number in gulfport already boarded up. firewood up. this a sense of humor.