this afternoon it came ashore as near category 5 strength, as a high category 4 after bidding for hours as it approached. oh, you got to be kidding me! you got to be kidding me right now! right now it is still a category 3 storm, still a major hurricane with damaging winds spanning out 175 miles from the center. oh, my god. no less troubling than the winds tonight, potentially even worse hurricane ian is still pushing a massive storm surge onshore. forecasts as high as 18 feet in places where buildings living close to the water was why so many people moved there. take a look. this is fort meyers beach, and that is a community outreach center knocked off its foundation and floating down the street. making matters worse, the flood waters affecting residents who are doing the same to rescuers. a fire station here in naples is what first responders are up against along with anyone needing emergency help. and again, these conditions are not expected to improve throughout t
united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, an oil depot hit and nearly a dozen russian recruits killed in the region near the border with ukraine. we re live in kyiv with a look at what s behind the latest setback in putin s war. plus xi jinping has a message for taiwan as he prepares to secure a historic third term as party leader. we re live in beijing and taipei with details. and the cdc is reporting an early wave of flu cases sweeping parts of the u.s. we ll look at where they re surging and why some americans won t get the flu shot. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re getting word of new strikes in ukraine, reportedly affecting people on both sides of the front line. a short time ago, ukrainian officials reported that russian missiles destroyed two schools in the zaporizhzhia region. at the same time, a pro russian official says the occupied donetsk city also came under fire, wh
hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john vause, at the cnn center in atlanta. as we head into the midnight hour on the u.s. east coast, almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stressing 500 miles across. which earlier made landfall on cuba, blocking out the eyelids electricity grid and causing a nationwide blackout. 11 million people right now are in the dark, waiting for morning to assess the damage. as of, now there are no reports of fatalities. since leaving cuba, ian has grown in strength, fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, as it heads towards florida, now category 3, with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and strong powerful winds. all they, long tuesday, residents across the state braced for the hurricane to make landfall. now expected the first forecast, and further south.
it s 8:00 a.m. in london. the final full day that people can come to pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth. public viewing is set to end in less than 24 hours. that s when the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall in preparation for her state funeral at westminster abbey on monday morning. those who were in the fall at 1:00 p.m. yesterday witnessed the queen s eight grandchildren holding vigil, have a look . prince williams and prince harry along with their royal cousins surrounded the queen s coffin just as their parents had done the day before. even though harry is no longer a working royal, the king granted special dispensation for him to wear his ceremonial uniform and medals. saturday the king took some time to personally greet people waiting in the queue and to thank them for their support. cnn s nad debeshear joins us from london. preparations for tomorrow s funeral are well under way. how are things unfolding? reporter: just behind us you can see the r
expected to reach hurricane strength when it reaches puerto rico later today. we are live in the cnn weather center. gruesome discoveries in kharkiv, and accusations of depravity from a fleeing russian military, we will have that story coming up here in a second. japan issues a tsunami warning for an outlying area. right now we are looking at live pictures of the queen lying in state in westminster. it s 9:00 a.m. in london, the final full day that people can come pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth. public viewing is set to end at 6:30 tomorrow morning, that s when the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall in preparation for the funeral. prince william and prince harry along with their royal cousins surrounded the queen s coffin just as their parents are done the day before. even though harry is no longer a working royal the king granted special dispensation for him to wear his ceremonial uniform and medals. also on saturday king charles did a walk ab