and it might strike hard there tomorrow. not only is this a life-threatening category 3 hurricane getting stronger, packing winds of 120 miles an hour, it s also getting larger in its size. ian s wind field is expanding, which can potentially expose more of florida to destruction. the storm s exact landfall tomorrow does remain uncertain, but it could be between tampa and ft. myers. now, one of the greatest threats is the storm surge and it could reach up to even 12 feet in some areas, which could bring, as you can imagine, pretty catastrophic flooding. floridians are being urged by officials not to underestimate this storm and nearly 2 million people are already under mandatory evacuation orders all across florida. and more are at least urged to leave. police in tampa are now going door to door warning people they got to get out. 5,000 national guard members are now even activated in florida and another 2,000 guard troops are from other states to help them out. we re about t
replacement cycle. what that means is the heaviest con injection near the center is spreading out. once it spreads ut and it gets better organized, it collapses again and gets stronger. but not only does it get stronger, it pushes those winds outward. as you mentioned just moments ago, it is getting bigger. i mean, hurricane-force winds are about 80-milewide swath, and that will grow in size. that s going to affect more citizens and residents in florida. other problems we re having right now, these feeder bands have been moving in and producing numerous tornadoes with damage and broward county, downed trees, even north of miami we had plane damage as well. we had one north of naples, so we got a tornado watch that is in effect for a very large area. but what s significant about this, it s in effect until 5:00 a.m. in the morning. that is staggering. these tornadoes are not like the ones we see in the southern plains. they re not monsters. they re spin-ups, maybe ef1s or