LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. HURRICANE IAN HAS MADE LANDFALL
AS A CATEGORY FOUR STORM DAMAGE
ALREADY SEVERE WITH MUCH MORE
YET TO COME. LET’S GET RIGHT TO
SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM
FLORIDA’S GULF COAST. THE
INCREDIBLE FORCE OF IAN’S WINS
EVIDENT IN THIS VIDEO FROM CAPE
CORAL, WHERE A POOL ENCLOSURE
SCREENS JUST TORN APART OF THE
FENCE AROUND THE YARD TOOK MAJOR
DAMAGE. CNN CAMERAS CAPTURED A
TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION AMID THE
FIERCE WINDS AND DOWNTOWN
BRANDON IN AH! CAUSING AN
IMMEDIATE POWER OUTAGE. AND WE
ALSO TAKE A LIVE. LOOK HERE.
HAVE THIS LOOK AT A MARINA AND
BRANDON TONIGHT OR THE BOATS ARE
ALL STILL IN PLACE. BUT YOU CAN
SEE JUST HOW HIGH THOSE WINDS
ARE AS THEY HIT THE TREES TAKING
A CLOSE LOOK THERE. MEANTIME THE
PALM TREES IN PUNTA GORDA
SHOWING JUST HOW STRONG THE
WINDS ARE FROM IAN HITTING 155
MILES AN HOUR IN SOME PLACES,
DEBRIS BEING BLOWN ALL OVER THE
PLACE. SOMEHOW THE STREET LIGHTS
WERE STILL ON WHEN THIS VIDEO
WAS TAKEN, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT’S
CHANGING HOUR BY HOUR. HERE’S A
LOOK AT NAPLES WHERE THE
FLOODING HAS GOTTEN SO SERIOUS.
SEVERAL CARS PARKED ALONG ONE
STREET SUBMERGED UP TO THEIR
WINDOWS FROM WATER THAT WAS
BROUGHT BY THAT STORM SURGE AND
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IF YOU
DEFINITELY HAVE TO FEEL FOR
ANYONE WHO LEFT THEIR CARS IN
THIS PARKING GARAGE OVER IN
PELICAN BAY AGAIN IN NAPLES,
SEVERAL OF THE VEHICLES FLOATING
AROUND YOU CAN HEAR THOSE
ALARMS. JUST GOING OFF. WHAT A
MESS. A REPORTER AT VANDERBILT
BEACH NEAR NAPLES SOUGHT A CHILD
KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET BY GROWING
WAVES BEFORE BEING RESCUED BY
HIS MOTHER. THE RISING WATERS
CARRYING DEBRIS ONTO THE SHORE,
AS ONLOOKERS EXPRESSED SURPRISE
AT THE STRENGTH OF THE
HURRICANE. IT’S JUST WILD CRAZY
RIGHT NOW. I DIDN’T EXPECT IT TO
BE THIS BAD HERE. EXPECTED HAD
MORE UP NORTH THAN IT DOES HERE.
THIS IS AMAZING. IT’S SCARY AS
WELL. SO WE WANT TO TAKE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT
AND GET BACK TO THE COMFORT OF
OUR HOMES. AND HERE’S A LIVE
LOOK AT THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY
BRIDGE IN TAMPA. CLEARLY NO
SUNSHINE THERE THE WATER IS
THEIR FOOT FILLED WITH WHITE
CAPPED WAVES AS HIGH WINDS ARE
JUST SHAKING THE CAMERA BACK AND
FORTH. NOW IT IS ESTIMATED
AROUND A MILLION PEOPLE ARE
WITHOUT POWER IN THE AREA
AFFECTED BY THE HURRICANE
CELLULAR SERVICE HAS ALSO BECOME
SPOTTY, BUT ARE FOREWARNED
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS. MANAGED
TO FILE THIS REPORT FROM VENICE
RIGHT ON THE GULF COAST BETWEEN
TAMPA AND FORT MYERS.
METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS. WE ARE
INSIDE. THE EYE OF HURRICANE IAN
RIGHT NOW, WINDS 120 MPH. WE
HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE EYE WALL FOR AT
LEAST AN HOUR AND A HALF CLOSE
TO TWO HOURS. NOW WE HAVE ABOUT
ANOTHER HOUR TO GO. MAYBE A
COUPLE MORE HOURS TO GO. BUT
THIS IS THE WORST OF THE STORM.
I THINK AFTER THIS WE SHOULD
START TO SEE THE WINDS CALM DOWN
A LITTLE BIT. JUST SO YOU KNOW,
I AM RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOORWAY
OF THE BUILDING WHERE WE ARE
SHELTERING, SO I AM PROTECTED
SOMEWHAT. THE FREE BUT ITS
CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO BE LIKE
THIS. WE ARE STAYING INSIDE AND
STAYING SAFE ONLY COMING OUT TO
BRING YOU A BRIEF REPORT. SO I’M
GOING TO HEAD BACK INSIDE NOW.
AGAIN SHELTERING IN PLACE HERE
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
ONCE THE STORM CALM DOWN A BIT.
WE WILL COME BACK OUT AND START
SERVING THE DAMAGE. BUT AGAIN,
I’M IN VENICE. THE EYE OF THE
STORM, JUST ABOUT 15 MILES OFF
TO OUR EAST. AND WE ARE
CONTINUING TO BE IN THE EYE WALL
ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE. OF
HURRICANE IAN. MORE UPDATES
COMING AGAIN. I’M GOING TO GO
BACK INSIDE, GUYS. CAREFUL KIM,
AND WE APPRECIATE REPORTS WE ARE
COVERING IF YOU’RE WONDERING,
RECOVERING THIS STORY IN DEATH
BECAUSE SO MANY METRO DETROITERS
HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE,
AND THESE ARE PLACES THAT A LOT
OF YOU HAVE VISITED, AS WELL AS
VACATION. I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM
SOMEONE TRYING TO REACH THEIR
PARENTS IN VENICE. THE POWER’S
OUT, THEY CAN’T REACH THEM. AND
THEN I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM A