welcome back to our viewers and united states and around the world. i m john, those cnn center in atlanta. it is now 1 am on the u.s. u.s. east coast. the entire state of florida, embarrassing for the hurricane in. a massive storm stretching 100 miles across, which early made landfall on western cuba. knocking out the islands electricity grid causing a nationwide blackout. 11 million people right now in the dark waiting for more process to damage. as of this hour, no reports of any fatalities. since leaving cuba, it has gone in strength fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. as it heads to florida, now category three, sustained winds of about 120 miles per hour. along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding, strong powerful winds, all day long, tuesday, visitors across the state to make landfall, now expected sooner than first forecast, and further to the south. but in some parts, it has always been felt, conditions tore throughout
off or end up backfiring. omar land, cnn, grand rapids, michigan. thank you for watching this hour of cnn newsroom, i m john both, please stay with, that s the news continues including our coverage of hurricane ian, with my colleague kristie lifestyle. live from hong kong. ere you go! tecech: wow, thank you! customer and grandkids: bye! tech: bye! don t wait, schedule now.. singers: safelite repair, safefelite replace. [ coughing/sneezing ] [ door knocking ] dude, you coming?