sounding the alarm along florida s west coast. people are urged to get out of florida s way. tampa s mayor tells residents if you can leave, just leave now. officials say the tampa region could see a storm of a lifetime. more than 15 million people are expected to feel the impact of ewh e ian when it arrives. 115 hour with the winds and could cause life-threatening storm surge, and storm surge is the biggest concern right now. so far ahead of the storm, the hospital in st. petersburg suspended service, transported patients, schooled and universities closed, at least three cruise lines re-routed passengers. the tampa bay airport will suspend operations at 5:00 p.m. today and nasa moved the artemis rocket back to the hangar for trekz. look at this video showing a steady stream of traffic leaving the tampa bay area monday night heading inland to safety. people hunkering down as well, though. the storm perhaps testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get
island with devastating lands after making landfall. forecasters say cuba could see water levels rise by as much as 14 feet. almost 20,000 people already evacuated from the western part of the island. let s go now to cnn s patrick altman standing by live in havana. give us the latest from cuba there. reporter: yeah. starting to feel the winds pick up here and it s been a steady rain all morning long here in havana. seeing flooding already in low-lying areas. really, the outer bands of the storm just begun to reach here. to the west of me, a very different story. people that are passed a really long, hard night. i was in touch with a friend who lives in the town there, and a tobacco-growing region. he says tobacco leaves, come from first light, much of his house has been knocked down, and so people there have been really holding on for dear life. you mentioned, tens of thousands of people evacuating from that