of this hurricane. it could make landfall the next several hours and then work its way up the peninsula slowly, very slowly, bringing hurricane force winds here to tampa, to orlando before it heads out over the atlantic on the other side maybe sometime later tomorrow. obviously millions of people feeling the impact of this, a life threatening storm in some ways a near worst case scenario for some of the people south of here. there was an 8 a.m. update just in from the national hurricane center. i believe we have michael brennan at the national hurricane center to give us a sense of the very latest. sir, if you can hear me, where is ian, where is it going? it s located about 55 miles west of naples, we re expecting catastrophic impacts along the southwest border coast later today. the storm surge could be as high as 16 feet above ground level in the area near port charlotte, from inglewood down to the beach. can you walk me through the timeline from now over the next 24 ho
155 miles an hour. that is just shy of a category 5 hurricane. the eye of this storm expected to make landfall just hours from now, bringing with it catastrophic flooding and also life-threatening storm surge. the florida keys getting hit hard overnight with tropical storm-force winds causing flooding, major flooding and power outages. the power of this is just enormous. the hurricane has also sparked tornado activity, one reported overnight in broward county, ripping trees from the ground. it has also caused heavy damage to planes at the north perry airport in pembroke pines, flipping aircraft like toys. for the north more than 2.5 million people are facing some form of evacuation order this morning but florida governor ron desantis says that now residents in the cross hairs of the approaching storm need to shelter in place immediately, that in effect it s too late to evacuate. if you are in any of those counties, it s no longer possible to safely evacuate. it s time to
disappear. and anderson is with us now, of course, the host of his podcast all there is. and you have a little guest there, anderson. sebastian. i do, yes, this is sebastian. yeah. hey, sebastian, say hi. he s got his truck. oh, my gosh, you are the spitting image of your brother wyatt, you are, sebastian. all right. hang in there with us, sebastian. seven months old. he is so beautiful. anderson, i have been looking forward to talking to you about this and also kind of loathing it because it s such a tough subject for me personally as well. i lost my mother in 2016, but i m just so glad that you re doing this because i think it s something that we don t talk about a lot and that we need to. yeah, you know, i m sorry for the loss of your mom, but the you know, look, grief and loss it s among the most universal experiences, it s something we all have gone through already or sadly will go through and if you
thing that you re doing. anderson, thank you for spending some time with us and for sharing sebastian with us. what a good sport he was. he s very mellow. he s very mellow. unbelievable. all right. thank you, guys, so much. and i just want everyone to know that all there is with anderson cooper is available now on apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. there is a brand-new episode available today. cnn s special coverage of hurricane ian continues right now. a stormy wednesday morning, i m jim sciutto. we re glad you are with us. there is a lot of breaking news this morning. i m poppy harlow. we are watching hurricane ian as a powerful category 4 storm barreling toward florida s west coast with sustained winds of