after unusual torrential rains hit this leaving tens of thousands of people trapped christina coleman joins us live with the latest, christina. county sheriff s office that it is investigating a death at this rain events they have not released information on how this person died at this time. more than 70000 people usually attend burning man each year end abnevada s black rock desert its unusual for storms and floods to soak the event typically dry and dusty site. close gates to the event to keep vehicles or being stuck in the sludge it is eight muddy mess. some participants say they have embraced the challenging conditions. consent one just the past two days have the best i ve had watching everyone come together and enjoy it and you ll be dripping wet and bone cold you ll be walking by because you ve been discussing porta potty but it does not matter everyone is inviting you into come dancing and cheering you on. tens of thousands of participants were ordered to shelter
idalia is now a category 1 hurricane and rap idly intensifying. winds are picking up in florida as the state s governor is urging people in the path of the storm to make their final preparations. also, new key decisions could drop any day after a day of legal drama for donald trump and his federal trial date is set as the georgia trial date is in limbo. and plus, the wagner boss, the funeral that is to take place as the burial was held privately. i m boris sanchez in with rahel solomon for kate and john and sara. this is cnn news central. just into cnn, the national hurricane center releasing an update on hurricane idalia moments ago. the storm is a category 1 hurricane expected to intensify rapidly into a potential category 3 hurricane when it slams into florida s big bend area tomorrow. we have learned that the maximum sustained winds have increased to a maximum 85 miles per hour. this is as hurricane idalia is moving towards the shore. this is the southernmost point
city are you okay? rescuers, helping guide residents through submerged intersection, since, having been turned into a lake. then, there is this. the electricity crisis. the storm, knocking out power lines, in more than 2 million homes, and businesses, which have been plunged into darkness, across the state. meteorologist, pedram javaheri, tracking ian. he joins me. pedram, ian may have weekend, but is unleashing very dangerous conditions. where does it stand right now? kristie, we ve got the latest update from the national hurricane center. 11 hours overland, since it made landfall. you will notice, still, a category one. a drop from 90 miles per hour, to 75 miles per hour, leaving this as a low-end, category one hurricane. notice, on the back side of the storm system, the cloud field, beginning to break. as far as clearing skies, around portions of marco island, around areas up towards tampa. all of these areas, finally, seeing drier weather persist. just east of i
is up. we see contrast from before and after pictures. for example, fort myers, where the hurricane first hit last. 2.5 million people are without power. i can tell you specifically for florida power and light, we have just over 1.1 million customers across the state at the moment, that said, we ve been out and about throughout the storm, it s been safe to do so restoring power to our customers and we ve already restored power to 500,000 customers, but majority of lines are still above the ground and that will take time to assess. we ll use drones to figure out where biggest damage is and that will allow us to get power back on as quickly as possible. ainsley: ian is hitting central florida and we expect to hear from governor ron desantis 8:45 and will bring as it happens, meanwhile, live across the state. senior meteorologist janice dean is standing by and brandy campbell is back in orlando and fox weather correspondent robert ray is live. we are learning the sheriff in
the devastation in very direct terms. the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelters are leaving to see if they even have a home to return to. the focus is now on the people who did not evacuate. finding a lot of the roads are impassable. we have a lot of power lines down, a lot of flooding going on. i don t want to speculate on fatalities, but we have had some reports being called into us in reference to potential bodies being found. right now the storm is moving eastward through florida with the carolinas and georgia in its sights with flash flooding a major concern. you c