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i want to welcome our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world i am live from the cnn headquarters. just ahead on cnn newsroom. there s going to be damages throughout the whole state and people in other parts of the state, be prepared for some impacts. i m concerned for people who either chose to ride the storm out or didn t know any better. why did you leave your home? this is the reason why, because these conditions are grueling. we have multiple residents including elderly residents trapped. we have water on the streets, down power lines, it s a dangerous situation. thursday september 29th, 4 am on the u.s. east coast where much of florida is still being hammered by heavy rains, hurricane-force winds and devastating flooding, irking ian has been downgraded to category one storm, it is now moving north east, it has knocked out power to 20% of the state, that s more than 2 million homes and businesses. these terrifying images ....
earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. i will take a knee. oops. i ll have to take a knee there. okay. you guys got it i m going back out. the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. michelle, hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. what should residents in its path expect over the next 24 to 48 hours? i, they re great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, that s the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, it s the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and al ....
Severe weather. we do have the tornado watch this has been since been dropped a couple minutes ago. but still, we could see some strong storms and thunderstorms that is going to add to the rainfall totals. flood threat we do have a flood watch. this is in the green. so we are looking at portions of central and northern florida into georgia also south carolina, including charleston, because we do have expect some heavy rain there. and eventually will shift into the mid-atlantic. d a flash flood warning, that is in the red. here and as a human level closer, we do have a flash flood emergency. and this is very rare. and this is what you need to take really seriously. because this is a threat to life. so, if you are in this flash flood emergency, you probably hear your phones going, off you hear all those alerts, you want to get to the highest level of your house. and avoid that water that is probably piling up. flash flood risk, that continues today. because it is thursday. we made that ....
Allowing a lot of rainfall. we have a lot of tropical alerts, storm phase, this is really rare to see a hurricane warning going across the entire peninsula. we ve got warnings from southern florida all the way up to portions of georgia, into the carolinas. because this will be the next story as we head through our time here. but we do have tropical storm warnings. still, that means we are going to feel tropical storm winds. we are feeling them right now. also hurricane warnings, that means we are feeling those hurricane winds right now. so the radar showing us that we are looking at heavy rain falling. this is what the story is going to transition into, a heavy rainfall event, flash flooding. we could see some deaths. it is life-threatening. over the next 24 to 36 hours. where you see these darker colors the reds, the oranges, the yellows that is where we are seeing the heaviest rainfall, along i-95, i-75, i-four, especially, hopefully you are not out, but if you need to be out i ....
Florida, into portions of georgia, also south carolina, because we are going to see this moving north as we head to the next four days. and we have a flash flood warning. that includes orlando and that is particular dangerous overnight. back to you. michelle. thank you much. let s go live to orlando. that is where nbc news correspondent jesse courses right now. jesse, it s our understanding the storm is about 70 miles south of where you are now. what is the latest on the ground? so alicia, based on what we felt throughout the evening, i can tell you we are in a bit of a lull. we had some pretty strong gusts of wind and some pretty heavy rain spurts at times, right now it is calmer but it is steady. and here s the latest development. you can see here we have about 18 inches of water pooling here. this should be the pullback of our hotel. and said it is just the pool. the water level has risen just above where the police act here in the what is creeping toward ....