Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida speaks from the Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Video by WFSU-TV.

The Florida governor gives an update as the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, barrels across the Florida peninsula.

Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Cayo Costa, a barrier island just west of Fort Myers, Fla. Video is from WFSU-TV via Associated Press.

The hurricane, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm, is one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States in decades. Live cameras in Tampa are following the storm's approach.

Speaking to the United Nations Security Council by video, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called the 'sham' referendums an attempt to annex part of Ukraine.

Residents on Florida's Gulf Coast fortified their homes before evacuating ahead of Hurricane Ian. It is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges, flooding and powerful winds to the area in the coming days.

Hurricane Ian brought heavy rain and wind to Cuba, where it made landfall as a Category 3.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, or DART, slammed into a small asteroid, demonstrating technology that could protect Earth from a space rock in the future.

If the NASA mission succeeds, it could demonstrate for the first time humanity's ability to nudge a potentially hazardous asteroid away from Earth.

Giorgia Meloni is the leader of the Brothers of Italy, a nationalist party with fascist roots.