to get out. the red on this map shows the mandatory evacuations as of one hour ago. basically the low lying areas near the water. ian is getting strzokker. florida governor said it is 500 miles wide at the moment and he adds that the storm surge and heavy rains will impact the entire state. we will see on the gulf coast of florida heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and perhaps isolated tornado activity and that is true regardless of the precise track that this takes. don t think because the eye may not be in your area you won t see impacts. you will see significant impacts. these counties expected to see a lot of water and a lot of flooding. the governor activated 5,000 members of the florida national guard and another 2,000 from other states. cnn meteorologist tom sater is here with the latest on ian s path. where will it make landfall? in cuba within 200 miles of that. still a category 1. it is over the warmest waters of the atlantic. we had rapid
emphasizing that evacuation doesn t necessarily mean going hundreds of miles. it could mean going 10 to 50 miles just to get out of that really danger zone, that is going to be impacted, and already the governor has declared a state of emergency in some 33 counties here. he has mobilized 5,500 national guardsmen with 2,400 high water vehicles and also 12 aircraft to help with rescue and search and rescue efforts that may be needed as this storm begins to make impacts. and already across western florida we have seen businesses beginning to board up, folks beginning to fill those sandbags in order to protect their homes. there are also shelters that are opening, schools that are going to be shutting down in anticipation of this, and the governor really warning about how bad this could potentially be. take a listen to what he had to say earlier. this is going to be a major hurricane. this is going to be a powerful hurricane, and this is absolutely going to impact the
well, we re seeing marissa parra there who is also reporter: the message from the governor is that now is the time to act. he s urging people who may be in areas where they re being asked to evacuate to do that, and really emphasizing that evacuation doesn t necessarily mean traveling hundreds of miles. it could mean traveling 10 to 20 miles to get to higher ground, to an area that s not going to be hit quite as hard. already the governor has ordered a state of emergency for some 33 counties here, mobilizing more than 5,000 national guardsmen, equipped with 2,400 high water rescue vehicles, and also 12 air craft to assist with any search and rescue that may need to be done. and across the western part of the state. we are seeing folks taking this seriously. boarding up homes and businesses, filling those sandbags in order to protect property. we re also seeing shelters that are beginning to open, beginning tomorrow, in order to support
is still waiting and we were able to get her on one of the last flights out from her town to kabul before it fell, but now she s in hiding. it s unclear when it s going to be safe or how it s going to be safe to get to the airport and if she gets to the airport, how does she get in. it s not too late. we re in the 11th hour, but we ve got days, maybe weeks to make sure this evacuation doesn t turn into a massacre, and for that to happen, we really need to get more afghans on to planes and out of the country. thank you so much for making the time tonight and for being here and helping us understand what s happened between monday and today. please stay safe. thank you. up next, we re getting our first real picture of what the american public at large thinks about the war in afghanistan, and the numbers, they may surprise you. that s next. ou that s next.
the footage earlier is from where i am now. and i know i think the biggest thing with this being that this weather event so personal for me the thing that i have noticed the most is the word for evacuation i think there is misconception on that word. i think people on the heels of harvey people were so scared. we didn t know. authorities were saying we could expect this on the water, as well. but evacuation doesn t mean flee the state. i think people often somebody says what are you doing down there get north. i will take you in. often it means get to higher ground or get to a strong structure. i m at my parents house because they have a new roof, hurricane doors, hurricane windows. they have a pool cage that is miami dade rated.