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
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.
power grid knockdown. more than 11 million people have been left in the dark, parts of, florida after feeling the impact of the, storm many residents bracing for the full impact of, ian and boarding up windows, filling up on gas stations, were open, stocking up on supplies. it is expected to make category three or possibly four hurricane. earlier than first forecast, as soon as wednesday afternoon. between sarasota and port charlotte. and officials are warning the president and evacuations of who are still there, potentially 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 generation in cuba is practically zero.
officials are hoping power will be resorted in the coming day, but admits it ll be sometime before the fourth set of the damage from hurricane and is known. i met in havana s cnn patrick oppmann. cuba and it s 11 million inhabitants are currently in a nationwide blackout. officials said late tuesday night. after a hurricane ian battered this islands according to officials, it damaged the islands electrical system, to a degree, that it led to rolling blackouts, across this island. even in central, eastern, cuba, it was not affected by the winds in the rain, from hurricane ian. to the west of havana, hundreds of thousands of people are without power because electric cables and electric posts were knocked down by the storm. in havana, initially, officials said that they took down power to the city s 2 million inhabitants, to keep from their
being fires and people from being electrocuted from a foreign power lines. but clearly, as of late tuesday night, officials are unable to restore power to cuba s capital and to the rest of the island. this is extremely problematic for cuban officials, because for months now, these islands aging power grid has been affected by blackouts. sometimes for days and that s has led to, that is led to residents of many cuban cities, and towns, taking to the streets, and where and what can consider it to be illegal protests. demanding power has been re-sports restored. cuban officials ask for people s patience and said that they hope to restore power, but acknowledge that the electrical situation on the island is quote complicated. patrick oppmann, cnn, hannah. now to see it and meteorologist for the latest on