we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. that s where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. it s turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between those two kinds of storms. the rain field will stretch out. we ll see the wind field stretch out as well across a lot of areas. in general, a weakening wind trend now that we have the storm over land. the winds gusting 46 miles an hour. that s an offshore wind. that is pushing water, not allowing storm surge there to be coming on. we have rain here. some of the storms out across east earn north carolina will have a tornado thread there. there s one tornado warning out there to inside of the outer
support of ohio republican senate candidate one j.d. vance. at one point, trump spoke over a song that was all but identical to an anthem of the qanon movement. attendees responded, this is real, guys, that picture s real. they responded with that one finger salute you see on your screen. new york times reports this, quote, it was the first time in the memory of some trump aides that such a display had occurred at one of his rallies. the song played at the rally was a song called mirrors and it was selected for use at a video trump paid at the cpac meeting and posted on his social media site truth social. but it also sounded striingly like the qanon theme song. regardless of what song was played, adherence of the qanon conspiracy understood what was happening and loud and clear. for those looped into qanon, the odds of missing trump s apparent outreach are about nil, particularly given that its aims and trump s are in sync, returning him to power. a year s long flirtation
this is a war with mother nature, and she has been hitting us with everything she has. this will go down in history as the most devastating storm in buffalo s long storied history of having battled many battles, many major storms. well, good morning everyone. buffalo, they re waking up to a lot of snow, deadly snow. we re glad you re with us on cnn this morning. i m poppy harlow alongside sarah said near. it is monday, december 26th. you were listening to new york governor kathy hochul describe what has been unprecedented the terms of the pain suffered by the good people of buffalo. she calls this winter storm the most devastating in the city s history. we ll take you there live. this weather event is directly responsible for the deaths of at least 37 people overall across the entire country. now, in buffalo, search teams believe they re likely to find more victims who have been trapped in their cars for over two days in that. right now there is a state of emergency in
unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. let s get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. we have a lot to talk about and it s going to continue to change in the next couple of days, and it very slightly, 20 mile an hour shift in the eye means everything in florida. typically we have an icon over the center, but we took it away so we can start to see the bright colors of purple. so that convective activity is showing near the center. we re about 100 miles to the west of the cayman islands, south of the western tip of cuba. i want to show you the radar. this is the cayman islands. you can seat the pin wheel effect starting to see the eye
zaporizhzhia. people in the war torn regions are being asked if they wish to join the russian federation. ben wedeman is tracking the latest annexation live. how is all of this expected to play out, ben? reporter: well, i mean, it s a good question, christine, whether to call it a vote. this is going on from today until the 27th of september. the last day will be in person voting. before that people were getting many people in these regions will be getting a knock on the door and be presented with a ballot box. in some regions the ballot is only in russian. in other areas, in kherson region, 50% of the population has fled because of the war. so it s very dubious about how credible the outcomes will be. you called it a sham. most people are calling it a sham outside those russian occupied parts of ukraine. in fact, ukrainian officials are calling on people to boycott these referenda. the results will be announced several days after the closing of ballot boxes, if we can ev