airport closures, the ripple effect now, and this hurricane now headed inland. headed straight for orlando before then tracking north. alerts at this hour up across florida, georgia, and now the carolinas. our meteorologists ginger zee and rob marciano on the ground tonight with our team across florida. also, the acting deputy director of noaa s national hurricane center right here with us tonight. what concerns him most as we head into the evening hours. the other major news this wednesday night, the u.s. state department now urging americans to leave russia immediately. the american embassy warning russians may force americans with dual citizenship into military service. and the allegations involving russian sabotage into the pipeline that would deliver russian natural gas into europe. ian pannell inside ukraine tonight. in this country, the major news tonight on alzheimer s. a potential breakthrough. a promising new drug and what it s shown so far. also tonight, poli
not reopen until at least friday around noon, with one exception, of course, if there s damage. it s going to take a lot longer. and we ll have to wait until the storm moves through to find that out. without a doubt, these closures will impact travel across this country, not just here in florida, for days, david. gio benitez with us, thank you. as we said, they re now preparing inner l orlando. let s go to janai norman. i know a lot of people headed inland and many headed to orlando to seek cover and now ian is headed your way. reporter: that s exactly it, david. we saw those images of cars jamming onto roadways as residents fled southwest florida to try to escape hurricane ian, but now, and forgive me, there s a siren, now with that rain and more rain and wind expected to move through central florida, many of those people who evacuated are now forced to h hunker down and ride out the storm here in orlando. i spoke to them here in our hotel, many of them with pets,