i have some elderly neighbors that flatly refuse to leave, and that s been the case around the island. i felt like i had a responsibility to stay and help some of the folks that had underestimated what the storm was going to be. i have a house on top of a hill that s sturdy and above the projected surge levels and i just felt like i had a responsibility to the island, my neighbors to stay. we are doing okay. we are out of power. the storm surge has overwhelmed our downtown, our dock street, our boat ramps, the bridges on the way into town. it s going to be a while before anyone will be able to get on or off the island. we are effectively cut off from the world now. reporter: michael, you are in cedar key, which is right there near where the eyewall is coming through, has made landfall there, and we are seeing some video that you took also of just sort of the area as all of this was happening. i see that it s dark in your
HURRICANE IAN is on the move and has now regained Cat 1 Hurricane strength in the ATLANTIC OCEAN. HURRICANE IAN, is expected to make landfall at or near CHARLESTON, SC by mid-afternoon. IAN, at 8a (ET) was 105 miles out and moving toward the NORTH-NORTHEAST "at 9 mph with sustained winds of 85 mph," according to CBS NEWS.The next high tide for CHARLESTON is at 11:41a (ET), and since the city is basically at or near sea level, that tide, pushed by the oncoming storm, is expected to .
a category three or four storm is now a category five as a result of warmer oceans. we also can pretty much add a foot to all the surge levels that we are seeing. sea level has risen over the last century. you can simply take a storm like donna 60 years ago, we have six inches more water simply because of climate change. of course, that only makes flooding worse. it takes you from being at the edge of the house to being underwater in that house. please explain to our national audience why a hurricane loses force as it goes overland? bill is another meteorologist who is telling us that it is going to go out to the ocean again, it will pick up some steam on the ocean. when it comes back in and when it starts moving over the carolinas, they eventually just peter out overland. why is that? it is basically because a
welcome back. hurricane ian, go into a category one storm, still bringing plenty of danger, and slowly, across florida. powerful winds, and it is catastrophic flooding the major concerns here. it was a storm surge, hitting 12 feet in some places. they say the surge levels have peaked in western florida, and staying cautious until the floodwaters received. responding to calls to go with their homes, by the rising water. more than 2 million homes, and businesses, and with governors elsewhere in the southeastern u.s., and states of emergencies ahead of the arrival of the end. they have water on the streets, they have downed power lines, there is situation, and there are
HURRICANE IAN has made its way across FLORIDA and has lost energy on land and has now slowed to be reclassified as a TROPICAL STORM IAN one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever make landfall in FLORIDA, or the US for that matter. According to CBS NEWS, "IAN could still cause catastrophic flooding. The NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER in MIAMI said IAN s center was expected to move off the east-central coast of FLORIDA later TODAY and then approach the coast of SOUTH CAROLINA on .