struggling to recover more than a week after hurricane ian devastated parts of the state. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin with multiple development in ukraine that are unfolding right now. first, a fuel tanker exploded on a strategic and symbolic bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the blast sparked a fire which emergency crews are trying to put out, according to pro russian officials. now they also say that two spans of the road to the bridge have collapsed. the 11-mile span is the longest in europe, and it was built after russia claimed its annexation of crimea in 2014. now on top of that, we re getting reports of a fire in ukraine s second largest city following a russian rocket strike. the mayor of kharkiv said the city was hit by several rockets causing flames to spread at a local medical facility. he says officials are still checking if there are any casualties. so stay with cnn for updates on both of those stories. meanwhile,
water. i might go inland and buy a home off the water, something. i don t i can t answer. i don t know that i m going stay here. reporter: carlos suarez, cnn, north ft. myers, florida. a huge weather system is gaining strength in the southern caribbean sea. tropical storm julia is picking up steam as it moves toward central america. hurricane warnings in effect for parts of nicaragua. julia is expected to make landfall sunday as a category-one hurricane. we have more now on the latest developments. so you ve been tracking this. what is the latest? yes, we have the latest from the national hurricane center with winds now at 60 miles per hour. max around a well defined center. you re noticing satellite. see how much that convection has billowed up through the overhours as it moves through overnight hours as it moves through the southern caribbean with the westward track at 18 miles per hour. so it s speeding up a bit, coming into the colombian
karins who is going to tell us with be for folks who haven t been following this as much as you and i have. three things threaten lives right now. the storm surge is coming in, the northern eyewall over the top of ft. myers and we have numerous tornadoes that keep coming in to areas on the east coast. it is not safe yet for people from melbourne area to space coast, ft. pierce, jupiter, all the way down through west palm beach and ft. lauderdale, miami and even the keys. you kind of want to get out? you think the storm s way past? we still have the threat of tornadoes and tropical storm gusts coming in. the biggest question mark, we know we ll have a chance for isolated tornadoes the next 24 hours. we know the northern eyewall is going to go up through sarasota and towards tampa and weaken a little bit as it does. what we are not sure of is just how bad this tidal surge is going to be. this graph, very boring, but there is really important. yes. this right here shows you how high
they re starting to wander around down there in the keys but every now and then you ll get a squall going that will slap you pretty good. of course, if we have a lot of considerable wind damage that s still taking place, there it is. there is still really intense rain and thunderstorms. this area is the northern eye. that s still into the ft. myers area. that s shifting north. this was a good trend for the storm not to go right along the coast. it loses its energy if it is going on land. over land. this will also mean some stronger winds are potential in areas like orlando and towards the disney complex, the south side of town there as we head towards lake county. we ll continue to monitor this, because that s life threatening. the tornadoes. as soon as i get more information, that storm surge updates, i ll let you know. i m going to ask the control room to put up the tampa we ve got the mayor there. i want to put the tampa flood zones into here, please, so when the mayor talks
this is the northern eye, right in here. that s the leading edge. just getting up to ft. myers now. that s the eyewall. that s where we still have the chance for significant wind damage that will still sound like the train outside your door. trees will come down. that s when you want to be in your shelters. areas around that, i can zoom in on. some of these small towns that are very close to this. there s ft. myers there. san carlo park. cap t captiva, winds are probably very strong. you re getting into the eye. i want to go back to ft. lauderdale. florida power and light is reporting over 2 1/2 million outages, power outages, up another half a million right now. total customers are 4.9 million. half of all florida electrical customers are out of energy right now. largest outages are in miami-dade, 888,000.