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
tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. from sarasota and lake okeechobee and by 8:00 a.m. most of the central areas in southwest will have tropical-storm-force winds. if you have pool furniture outside anywhere across this area, toss it into your pool, tie down loose objects from blowing around. these are tornado warnings and we ve seen significant damage, uprooted trees, snapped trees, pembroke pines, we had aircraft overturned. even there through the northeast of ft. myers, there s another one. this is going to continue to happen with these feeder bands ride in. these tornadoes are ef1s and 2s, but they re getting observations and radar is catching them. tornado watch until 5:00 a.m. that ll be expanded throughout the day tomorrow. the track has been changing, you know. every time it changes, every time that center wobbles, laura, it s better news for some and it s worse news for others. i guarantee you, every one of these communities, no one wants misery for the next community, but they want the cen
heeding evacuation orders? have there been mandatory evacuation orders for the areas that you have been driving through as you made your way to hilton head? reporter: right. there haven t been mandatory evacuation orders. this is a tropical storm. it doesn t mean it can t have devastating effects. but it s not like where you had the cat 4 hurricane coming ashore. people are aware of it here. they are ready. we haven t seen the big preparations, not any boarding up. some people have stacked their pool furniture and things like that, but there aren t the big preparations. the people a little bit north of here just went through hurricane florence. they know what the water and flooding can do. so they do have their plans in place if they need to move out quickly if the water comes in too quickly. one last question, i m
chris will be insufferable. we are following breaking news. police want to know what led a gunman to open fire at a pool party in san diego? police say a woman was killed and six others hurt. cnn s vermilipaul vercammen is the scene. reporter: chris, behind me detectives are still taking photographs with their cameras. the flash bulbs going off in the early morning hours. trying to figure out what happened here. by police accounts, the gunman using a high caliber semiautomatic fired away at guests at the apartment complex. they said he had a beer in one hand at one point and sitting on pool furniture. police exchanged fire. peter sellers here in the san diego area was killed.
through town were taking precautions, taping up glass windows, moving everything inside. it s just very eerie. nobody around. not even taxi drivers. they were concerned about putting us in another room. they were concerned about the roof being ripped off. you see we have kind of a motley crue with me. people from tennessee, new jersey, west virginia, california, all over the u.s. i closed business down early so employees could go home and secured my apartment the best i could. i m fairly close to the ocean. we ve moved the pool furniture and did the best we can. it looks like, you know, hopefully things will be fine. the hotel guests throughout the day have been simply positive about it and i want to