just after 3:00 p.m. east coast, the eye crossed over a barrier island near ft. myers, florida. this is a live look at the satellite right now. you can see the immense size and strength mof the hurricane. the winds are 150 miles an hour. that s just shy of making this a monstrous category 5. this was the scene just ahead of landfall captured by a storm chaser in pine island, florida. these conditions are expected to worsen in the coming hours, believe it or not. more than 850,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. another major concern today is the storm surge. the storm surge is the abnormal rise of ocean water that s generated by the storm. the lee county sheriff expects that to be, quote, life changing today. that area includes ft. myers and the city of cape coral where the emergency management manager tells cnn, hurricane ian will likely be one of the worst the region has ever seen. we are covering the storm as only cnn can with our team of journalis
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delayed and more than 1400 canceled. airports from atlanta to new york experience ground stops this afternoon forcing the faa to reroute flights around the storms. more than 30 million americans in nearly a dozen states are under a tornado watch is from north carolina to new york. and tennessee downed trees like this outside the city of maryville that left tens of thousands without power. meanwhile in the south, unrelenting heat is scorching residents from coast-to-coast. cbs s meg oliver will start us off tonight from reading, pennsylvania. good evening, meg. reporter: major, good evening. this storm is minutes away from rolling in here with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gust of wind hit that could reach up to 75 miles per hour as the system roars across the region. ominous warnings of an approaching tornado sound in flatwoods, kentucky today, as this menacing funnel swept to
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that area includes ft. myers and the city of cape coral where the emergency management manager tells cnn, hurricane ian will likely be one of the worst the region has ever seen. we are covering the storm as only cnn can with our team of journalists around florida to bring us the latest. north of ft. myers, more than 100 mile per hour winds have been whipping the coast. bill, tell us about the conditions where you are. we are in the north part of the eye wall. we anticipate the eye, we may see blue decide here, and we may see lessened winds as it moves over. within the last hour and a half or so, we have seen such violent wind. we have been spending so much time talking justifiably about the danger of the storm surge. the wind hit 106 miles an hour at the airport here in punta
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