take a look at your screen right now. part of the states completely saturated still 200 people remaining without power in ten people dead. carley: tracking the hurricane with us all morning long but we began with doug luzader on the ground in charleston as ian approaches. what are you experiencing this morning? good morning, guys come a little bit of light rain is all we are seeing right now and some winds to pick up and the intensity will wrap up through the course of the day. now we have been watching a couple of things closely with this storm as always, the track. as far as the track is concerned it is shifting to the north. the second landfall might happen close disadvantage to georgia but then we started talking about charleston and now it is looking more and more like north of charleston may be closer to moreland beach. as we tracked the track itself, we are also making intensity and this is a category one hurr hurricane. this is something perhaps expecting. the con
stream of traffic, a scene leaving the tampa area. this happened overnight. people trying to get inland from the coast taking cover. the storm, perhaps, testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get free sandbags. a u.s. military insulation, moving aircraft can and naval ships out of the tampa and jacksonville areas. an idea how big the storm is, nasa released this video of hurricane ian from the international space station. all right. i want to bring in michael brennan, acting deputy brechter of the noaa. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. michael, thanks, again, for joining us today as well. so tell us, obviously tampa low-liaring. what is the greatest threat? along much of the west central florida coast from tampa down to the fort myers area. since yesterday seen the track shift farther to the south or to the east. expecting the center of the end to cross the coast of west central florida near the south of the region increases r
Officials. if they tell you to evacuate, please do so immediately. and remember, you don t have to evacuate far. if you are in a storm surge warning area, it could mean just traveling 10 or 20 miles to get out of the most significant impact areas. it does not mean having to travel hundreds of miles to get out of the storm s path. and finally, we are all in this together. i ask that you check on your neighbors, especially those who are older adults, people living with disabilities or may need additional assistance. but before i close i want to provide an update on another topic that has been widely reported in recent days and asked by many of you. fema s disaster relief fund, which as of this morning has a balance of $3.4 billion. so today i am directing the implementation of immediate needs funding. this means that fema will prioritize available funding for
Of florida due to the underwater geography. the coastal shelf gets shallow very quickly, which increases the amount of the storm surge putting more people at risk. very few people can survive being in the path of major storm surge and this storm will be deadly if we don t get out of harm s way and take it seriously. so i ask all floridians to be vigilant and heed the warnings of your local officials. have a plan to communicate with your family and your loved ones. charge your cell phones, your batteries, any devices that you may have, and ensure that you are receiving emergency alerts. and most important, please listen to the warnings of local officials. if they tell you to evacuate, please do so immediately. and remember, you don t have to evacuate far. if you are in a storm surge warning area, it could mean just travelling 10 or 20 miles to get out of the most significant
Geography. the coastal shelf gets shallow very quickly, which increases the amount of the storm surge, putting more people at risk. very few people can survive being in the path of major storm surge and this storm will be deadly if we don t get out of harm s way and take it seriously. so i ask all floridians to be vigilant and heed the warnings of your local officials. have a plan to communicate with your family and your loved ones, charge your cell phones, your batteries, any devices you may have, and ensure that you are receiving emergency alerts. and most important, please listen to the warnings of local officials. if they tell you to evacuate, please do so immediately. and remember you don t have to evacuate far. if you are in a storm surge warning area, it could mean just traveling 10 or 20 miles to get out of the most significant impact areas. it does not mean having to