hurricane. this storm will only continue to intensify. if you want to leave, now is your last chance. the entire state is going to be touched by this storm. it s going to be in our stream. it s going to be in our canals. it s going to be in our stormwater drains and dishes. i m not scared. i m prepared though. you can already start to see what it is doing to the waters in the gulf just slamming these waves up against the sea wall right here. it is wednesday, september 28th. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where a monster category 3 hurricane is at this hour churning towards florida and parts of the state are already feeling the effects. now these are images from key west where major flooding is being reported and hurricane force winds and strong storm surge warnings are already out there on the coast. now right now it s all hands on deck. thousands of national guard members as well as urban search and rescue teams are mobilized ahead of the hurricane s expected
sounding the alarm along florida s west coast. people are urged to get out of florida s way. tampa s mayor tells residents if you can leave, just leave now. officials say the tampa region could see a storm of a lifetime. more than 15 million people are expected to feel the impact of ewh e ian when it arrives. 115 hour with the winds and could cause life-threatening storm surge, and storm surge is the biggest concern right now. so far ahead of the storm, the hospital in st. petersburg suspended service, transported patients, schooled and universities closed, at least three cruise lines re-routed passengers. the tampa bay airport will suspend operations at 5:00 p.m. today and nasa moved the artemis rocket back to the hangar for trekz. look at this video showing a steady stream of traffic leaving the tampa bay area monday night heading inland to safety. people hunkering down as well, though. the storm perhaps testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get
Place. She is an extraordinary lady whose idea of never having problems is surviving two pandemics and Beating Cancer twice. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with robyn curnow. Great to have you along. So parades, cookouts and parties. Thats what america usually sees this weekend to celebrate the fourth of july, but this year, people faced the decision on whether to celebrate together and risk the coronavirus or stay at home. So the traditional fireworks displays filled the skies over the National Mall in washington, just a few hours ago. And elsewhere. Rising coronavirus cases, though, did not keep everyone off the beaches in florida. This beach, although it doesnt look like it here, was packed further along. Florida is one of the nations hotspots, reporting the most cases in a single day so far on saturday. Now, in fact, most u. S. Cases you can see from this map are experiencing spikes. Only one state is seeing a drop in cases. While some went to the beach, others took to
Top scientist. Good to have you with us. Top Health Officials are calling on americans to get tested for coronavirus after millions of people traveled over the thanksgiving holiday despite warnings not to. It is a situation thats you are jen urgent and here is why. More americans are hospitalized with the virus than at any point in the pandemic. The number is at 93,000, according to the covid tracking project, and data tracked by Johns Hopkins University Show over 138,000 new cases and over 800 deaths reported on sunday. Health experts are warning that cases will spike in the next two weeks just ahead of christmas. What we expect, unfortunately, as we go for the next couple of weeks into december, that we might see a surge super posed upon that surge that were already in. When i give that message, i dont want to frighten people except to say it is not too late at all for us to do something about this. We know people may have made mistakes over the thanksgiving time period, if youre you
Amid doping allegations. And boys are apparently hitting puberty earlier than ever. So how early, and what is causing it . The finding in a new study that every parent needs to know. Welcome again, this is hln, im mike galanos. Lets get to it with the election. All right, 15 days until the election. Youre taking a look at the senior citizcnn electoral map. The red states are where mitt romney has the lead. Blue states, president obama, the gold states, thats the key here. Youre talking swing states west to east, nevada, colorado, iowa, wisconsin, of course, ohio, florida, and florida, huh, we know that one can be in the mix. Speaking of right in the mix, we go to my friend and colleague, kyra phillips, in boca raton, site of the third and final debate. There are so many numbers out there. You look at five National Polls combined, dead heat, 4747. But men versus women saying obamas up nine with the women. Now will they play with the numbers . Reporter weve been talking about this for mo