it will severely impact millions of people and put the barrier island communities completely under water. joining me this hour, the acting director of the national hurricane center to update the track of the storm. i will talk to mayors up and down the coast as ian comes onshore. let s go to our meteorologist with the latest on the hurricane s path. what are you seeing from the latest updates? with each update, the conditions continue to grow dire. right now, we are seeing lots of rain and strong winds moving into ft. myers. if you look at the latest trajectory, we have this making landfall as a mjor hurricane, a strong category 4, 155 miles per hour winds. once you are in 157, you are in cat 5. they are seeing strong winds move into areas. streets are under water. i want to note that it s not until the center of the eye makes landfall that we call it a landfall. we are anticipating within the next three to four hours this will make landfall just outside of ft. myers and so
it s being called the mission to save humanity. we ll take you inside nasa s plan to crash into an asteroid . we begin by tracking two dangerous storm systems. first, tropical storm ian churning across the warm, energizing waters of the caribbean right now. the latest forecast shows it strengthening to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slams into florida next week. it could be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency as well. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rain. we want everyone to ensure that their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, their battery-operated radios, battery-powered, that they re all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand. seven days of perishable foo
that their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, their battery-operated radios, battery-powered, that they re all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand. seven days of perishable food, enough water. fiona is now a post-tropical cyclone and continues to move through eastern canada. hurricane-force winds battered the mare times as the storm destroyed homes, downed trees, knocking out pour to hundreds of thousands of recess dens. prime minister justin trudeau offered his reaction earlier. we re thinking first and foremost of the people who have had a terrifying past 12 hours. people who have seen their homes washed away, seen the winds rip schools, roofs off. as canadians, as we always do in times of difficulty, we will be there for each other. let s bring in cnn
question about tallahassee. this could bring down thousands of pine trees here. that s a good point you make. you look at this forecast, i think it is important to look at it because a typical cat four like this, you get those kinds of winds, it is catastrophic damage to the trees, structures, roofs off. if you go historically, the power outages could last weeks because it is absolutely overwhelming. we focussed so much on the center. i m trying to get people to really think about it. 185 miles away from the center, the winds are occurring and even 40 miles away the hurricane force winds. still a hurricane over georgia and a tropical storm over carolina. also stretching into portions of georgia, maybe even the carolinas by the time it is all done. brock long, fema administrator told us that was
chad, stick around if you can for a moment. do we have okay. in a moment, chad, we will speak to the director of the national hurricane center. i want you to stick around for that interview. in the meantime, let me ask you a few questions. sure. where and when? there hasn t been very much variation, but when do we expect the eye to make land fall and where? likely somewhere around 1:00 to 3:00. panama city maybe over toward laguna beach. if it turns to the right, that would be your mexico beach area. so, yes, still a very strong storm as it moves over the florida/georgia line. so the winds ini atall ha see. the winds over georgia will be between 70 and 95 miles an hour there. so here is where the real damage is, the bad side of the eye, but there will be also winds at 100 or more from destin now up to 14