we had some of the strongest winds here so far. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are continuing live coverage of hurricane in, the category four storm made landfall on florida s west coast this afternoon, and it is still battering the state with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. right now, more than 2 million homes and businesses in the state of florida are without power. let s get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? i will look at it with you, because it s right at the presses. we re still looking at a strong storm. we re looking at heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and we will look at what we are seeing in terms of wednesday, because we are holding on to the strength. let s hold back for a second because you saw wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this was a historical storm, if it is the big historical, catastrophic. we ll
next question. all those cars had to belong to people, where does people already evacuated and out of the area? or are those homes around you, are the people there trapped inside with their cars gone? generally speaking, everybody, is here for a reason. the reason so you come to a hotel where you stay in a second store at their store place. generally speaking, we re in a residential area, i did see because around here, well below houses. i saw cars in peoples parking lots. they covered them with car cover so if something comes on it, something doesn t it. i don t think anybody was prepared for the idea that the water will come in, the thick car and pull away. i don t know what the percentage of people who evacuated naples or anywhere up the strip and western florida is. i know that people in lee county, fort myers, are trying to figure out who is left behind, because they don t have internet. they don t have cell signal.