this update just moments ago. hurricane ian is a storm moving closer to floor at that s west coast bringing high winds, extremely heavy rain and life threatening storm surge flooding. already ian hitting key west with major storm surge flooding. more than 2 1/2 million people now under some level of evacuation warnings. officials escalating their urgent appeals to evacuate. if you are in an evacuation zone, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you need to evacuate now. meteorologist chad myers is in the cnn weather center. chad, what s the latest on the predicted storm track here? it is still forecast to put all of that water into charlotte harbor, christine. this is and has been kind of looked at as a charrincharlie, s is not charlie. this is florida s katrina. charlie could almost fit inside the eye. the wind speeds of charlie were so significant but only in a small place. this storm has wind, surge, flooding, waves and even rainfall inside of florida of almost
inland. this water got piled up. even if you are off the coast, you are still going to have flooding there. it s a very bad situation. cat 4. i mean, you ve got time. the winds aren t too bad. the rain isn t too bad. you could get in your vehicle still at this point, get on the roads and get out. that would be the best situation. that would be the best scenario. it s better to regret you evacuated when you didn t need to than to be stuck at your home wishing you had evacuated not to leave. get out while you can. there s a reason they re sending these messages. thank you so much, aaron. stay safe. thanks, your welcome. the tampa international airport shut down this morning. the last flight out departed late tuesday afternoon before the airport suspended operations. u.s. military operations are moving ships and aircraft from the storm. they are moving 250 f-35 fighter