residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground, crews mobilize before sunrise and senior meteorologist is here tracking ian in new york city. todd: phil keating, where we begin our coverage in st. petersburg, we got the latest update the hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm, what are you seeing right now? good morning, had u.s. coast guard helicopter land across the water at tampa general, now flying off, they have a real busy day doing search and rescue operations all day, still unknown whether they have numerous people that need to be rescued or whether the day will actually be better than they feared. here in tampa right now issue most people are still sleeping after a night of heavy pounding rain and wind, but for the most part, the bulk of the storm right now, not raining here issue mostly moved east by now, slamming around orlando and the east coast along i-95 corridor and the winds here, you can see, not too blustery, only maybe in the 2
track. where dangerous hurricane ian is heading next. classrooms turned into bedrooms. we visit shelters and speak to families riding out the storm together. my main focus was getting them to safety. o donnell: and remembering legendary cbs newsman, bill plante, who covered more than half a century of history. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from tampa, florida. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. as we come on the air tonight, the state of florida is being pummeled by hurricane ian. the massive category 4 storm storm made landfall this afternoon with winds at 150 miles per hour. but at this hour, ian is still a dangerous category 3 hurricane. ian ian slammed ashore north of fort myers, with dangerous winds and catastrophic storm surge. tonight hurricane ian is dumping tremendous amounts of rain along the i-4 corridor. ian has already dropped 18 inches of rain. to get a better understan
is only beginning. sandra: for those of us who have lived through hurricanes we know how scary they can be. chief meteorologist is with us tracking the storm and the latest tally on some of the winds that are being reported across that state. what are we seeing, rick? so far, john, i m glad we had the video that popped up from 2017 up in jacksonville, because jacksonville is going to get storm surge again from this storm, which is pretty hard to imagine. this is a look at the winds recorded so far, verified naples, 112 miles an hour, still with kinds of the worst of the wind offshore, it has not made its way there just yet. so we have a long road ahead. all right, every hour now we are getting an update here, so this is the 2:00 p.m. update. no changes in the last three hours, pressure still at 937 millibars, moving north/northeast at nine miles an hour. we are looking at that every hour. often times when you have a storm making landfall it starts to weaken a bit, interac
here in the u.s. tonight, a nor easter slamming the east coast. flood watches from philadelphia to new york. damaging winds up through boston. trees down in new york city. an 81-year-old woman killed by a falling tree in her car near philadelphia. a passenger jet making an emergency landing because of turbulence. rob marciano timing this out tonight. the dramatic scene in israel. the families of hostages still being held captive in gaza storming israeli parliament. and president biden condemning prime minister netanyahu for the israeli air strike killing seven aid workers, including an american citizen in a clearly marked convoy. the american woman killed while on safari. the disturbing images tonight showing an elephant ramming a vehicle with six tourists and their guide inside, flipping it onto its side. tonight, the concern here in the u.s. over bird flu. the cdc tracking an outbreak, including a confirmed rare human case of bird flu involving a worker believed to ha
here in the u.s. tonight, a nor easter slamming the east coast. flood watches from philadelphia to new york. damaging winds, up through boston. trees down in new york city. an 81-year-old woman killed by a falling tree in her car near philadelphia. a passenger jet making an emergency landing because of turbulence. rob marciano timing this out tonight. the dramatic scene in israel. the families of hostages still being held captive in gaza storming israeli parliament. and president biden condemning prime minister netanyahu for the israeli air strike killing seven aid workers, including an american citizen in a clearly marked convoy. the american woman killed while on safari. the disturbing images tonight showing an elephant ramming a vehicle with six tourists and their guide inside, flipping it onto its side. tonight, the concern here in the u.s. over bird flu. the cdc tracking an outbreak, including a confirmed rare human case of bird flu involving a, whoer believed to h