is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many cities today are suspending rescue efforts until the storm passes. we begin with nbc news meteorologist bill for the latest. bill, what is the situation now? we are watching a storm that is weakening overland, but we still have areas that are losing power at this hour. we know we have people who need rescuing, need help from us. what happened during the day today, that is the situation as we go throughout these overnight hours. the center of the storm is over sebring, florida. it is about halfway
city. so, you know, tallahassee itself, beautiful, lots of big mature trees, they re going to have wind damage and power outages as the mayor was mentioning and have a lot of heavy rain coming down, torrential rain so will have issues with flooding in the short term that will improve later on tonight as the storm moves away. just to give you an update, here is the eye. looks more defined. a little more obvious to see it. the northern eye wall is onshore. that s not considered landfill. landfill is officially considered when the center of the storm, center of the circle is right there now only three miles offshore so the hurricane center in the next 15 minutes will give us the official word we have landfill. here is perry. you know, that northern eye is where we re going to see the potential for the strongest winds. the eye itself, this is where it s calm so the destructive winds, the possibility of 120 to 130-mile-per-hour sustained winds is where my hand is here and that is roughly ab
and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. our breaking news coverage of yes on 30. hurricane ian continues. it is been downgraded to a category two hurricane. bill reported to us earlier tonight that maybe it s on its way to being a category one storm. we are going to orlando now where we are joined by jesse for nbc in orlando. jesse, what is the situation there now? lawrence, you can see heavy rain coming down. sporadic, strong wind gusts. this is been going on for hours now. the situation continuing to degenerate here, what i want to stress, and i just heard from my producer brian, according to a climate team were still probably around 11 to 12 hours
not making things any easier. a lot of the water here has no where to go and it will take a couple days to pump it out. kendis? you can see the wind is still pretty gusty there in plaquemines parish. let s bring it in the studio and get the latest on the forecast. you saw the low-lying clouds and the heavy rain coming down and as she said, we re going to continue to see the rainfall really continue here. i wanted to back that up on radar. you can see the rain bands making its way onshore. the difference with these bands, they re coming in from the east side. once they hit land, they are gaining wind speeds. the wind shear that is starting to pick up and that s going to allow for a little bit of rotation. tornado watches still in place for the southern parishes of louisiana into central mississippi until 7:00 tonight. so, we re going to really
it is beneficial for the burn areas, but keep in mind any time you have heavy rain coming down, there is the risk for the mudslides and something to be watching closely and more snow for parts of the rockies if you are traveling. mild conditions for the plains today, and comfortable conditions for those driving or out and about and the chilly weather persists for thanksgiving, and on the warmer spots of the south, florida, where we have temperatures in the 80s, and the rain is now coming in to the coastal areas of oregon and washington state. this is going to be a big rainmaker and actually a series of storms coming in. the first today and the second tomorrow. we will transition and hopefully get more wett weather here in this part of the country which is beneficial for the fires. and kasie s a cold one in the northeast, and we will have to get through it today and tomorrow as well. bonnie schneider, great to hear that may help out those in california who are having a hard time. than