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
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rainfall totals, nearly 20 inches in some spots. we could get up to 30 inches in some spots. here is the latest, we are looking at a category one storm, there was a category two before the 11 clock advisory. the winds are now at 95 miles per hour, we re looking at 70 miles south of orlando florida. we will have a tough night in orlando, because we re looking at heavy rainfall falling, the rain will be falling for hours an hour, and we re looking at the movement that is slow. it s not that three or four that we thought it would be. we thought it be a slow walking speed. this is over the slow. it is across the peninsula of florida. you will see all the heavy rain, the reds and oranges, that s where we are seeing the heaviest rainfall. it s not moving far, but look how far it stretches to, so we re taking up most of the peninsula, so that s what we will see over the next day or so, category one storm, that is the latest. the brighter colors, the heaviest rain. we do have a heavy flood t