of biblical proportions. ian is a cat 4 storm bringing 140 mile-per-hour winds and leaving a wake of destruction in its path. the national hurricane center is warning of catastrophic window damage with an unsuburb viable storm surge of up to 18 feet. it is expected to dump 2 feet of rain across the state bringing unprecedented flooding and destruction. entire neighborhoods are now undersea as water levels continue to rise. homes are floating down the middle of the street and people are swimming in their living rooms. by the way authorities say it s a very bad idea. who knows what s in that water. and first responders rescue services can t escape the flooding either. this fire department in naples is completely under water. leaving the city s residents on their own. and things are even worse in the air where hurricane hunters are flying into the heart of the storm. watch. oh [bleep] jesse: more than 2 million people in the state were told to evacuate, with thousands more h
the heavy wind could bring hazardous conditions to the road. they closed at 3:00 p.m., giving employees time to get home safely. the south bay, the oak ridge door closing early because it is prone to flooding and power outages as well. the high winds are having a significant effect on flights at san francisco s airport. flights have been delayed, diverted, canceled outright in many cases. there have been 84 cancellations. any of the short haul to west coast cities. the airport is asking you to check your flight status with your airline. there is minimal impact to oakland and san joseoma county airport at this time, that could change. the biggest effect is on the san francisco airport. let s look at our camera. this is the san mateo bridge tower camera. people are still out there driving. it does not look too bad, taking our time. it is hard to see because it is dark, there is rain, there is wind. we will continue our weber coverage in just a few moments. you are watchin
and there you see it. a major storm heading for the tampa area that could deliver the first direct hit there in a century then not move for nearly two full days. already people in areas are ordered to leave. the local sheriff is warning anyone who defies the order and stays, you re on your own. we just received a new advisory from the national hurricane center. we re in the weather center with the very latest and new advisory. what does it say, tom? john, we don t have much in the way of changes except the pressure is dropping. and it usually takes a while when that pressure drops, the storm gets stronger. so what we re going to notice here is even though the winds have not changed, still 100 mile per hour sustained winds, they will start to increase now greatly. when that pressure drops, the equivalent to a stronger wind pattern. the they re just heat engines. they feed on that warm water. that warm water then as it rises up changes the energy and goes to wind the we re 13
weather center with the very latest. the new advisory, what does it say tom? well john, we don t have much the way changes except the pressure is dropping. i usually takes a while, when the pressure drops the storm get stronger. so we re gonna notice areas even though the winds have not changed, still 100 miles per hour sustained winds. they will start to increase. now when the pressure drops, the equivalent to a stronger wind pattern. in fact, these are just heat engines. they feed on that warm water. that warm water, then, as a rises up. change the kinetic energy and goes to wind. we are now about 130 miles from the land mass. but typically contracts with olena so break it down. there s already underwent a rapid intensification and will do it again. category four. i thought we had a category four passes close to tampa was in 1950. so there s a lot of people have never been through something like this. and even though john it goes before to a category one, they know attent
business correspondent ashley webster live in spring hills, florida. and ashley, it is the calm before the storm where you are in spring hill right now. it is indeed. good morning, steve. it s a very mild, pleasant morning. but that s going to change quickly over the course of the next 48 hours. i m in front of a gas station here in spring hill. we are about 50 miles north of tampa. everything looks fine, right? not so much. this gas station ran out of gas about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. you can see the sign no gasoline of any grade, including non-ethanol. in fact we were noticing the last person to use this particular pump managed to squeeze out 18 cents. but it s not just the gas that s a problem and the shorts damage as we see people driving around early this morning looking for a pump that actually has gas. but the supplies are starting to go down. batteries, flashlights and water in particular. it s hard to find right now. you can t find a isca of water anywhere. i wan