hurricane delia is expected to make landfall along florida s gulf coast. one day after idalia caused massive flooding in power outages in cuba as a tropical storm. florida residents are bracing for intense wind speeds and state officials warn the storm surge could be life-threatening. most floridians are under storm warnings and evacuation orders have been issued. 67 counties after barreling through northern florida, hurricane idalia is expected to hit southwest georgia and the eastern carolinas. nbc news meteorologist bill karen s has the latest. given, bill. good evening. all these storms are different, and this one is, a powerful storm heading for an area that s never been hit by a storm of this magnitude. we are watching a storm surge in areas far from landfall. even though people aren t going to get the strong winds, there are still areas that get a lot of water.
for intense wind speeds and state officials warn the storm surge could be life-threatening. most floridians are under storm warnings and evacuation orders have been issued. 67 counties after barreling through northern florida, hurricane idalia is expected to hit southwest georgia and the eastern carolinas. nbc news meteorologist bill karen s has the latest. given, bill. good evening. all these storms are different, and this one is, a powerful storm heading for an area that s never been hit by a storm of this magnitude. we are watching a storm surge in areas far from landfall. even though people aren t going to get the strong winds, there are still areas that get a lot of water. here s the latest from the hurricane center. winds of 205 miles per hour, this confirms that it s gone undergone rapid intensification since 5 am this or morning. definition of that is the storm that increases 35 miles per hour in 24 hours. this did it in roughly 15 hours. pretty quickly. that means this thi
unfortunately nashville drops a little bit but not a lot, chris. bill karen s, thank you for that. in california we have unbelievable seen the rescues after a storm brought historic and catastrophic rainfall. this is cathedral city. it s the deluge from the storm and accreted thick mud that coded roads and the only way for emergency teams to rescue the stranded was to use a bulldozer. 14 elderly people were trapped in a senior care facility overnight on sunday and because their exit was locked firefighters had to load them onto the machine to get them to safety. i am joined now by cathedral city mayor, rita lamb. mary, thank you for being with us. how are you guys doing now? well, we are definitely in the recovery phase of this whole process but yesterday there were unbelievable scenes and there were amazing scenes.
possible until conditions improve. and emergency officials are warning people not to use their own boats or cars to help with rescues, because many hurricane deaths happened when people venture into deep water that has been electrified by downed power lines. this evening, president biden called the mayors of fort myers, cape coral, and sarasota, and the chair of the charlotte county to offer his support for the the white house says they were only able to reach the fort myers mayor. overall, florida officials are warning that ian will likely be one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to ever hit the state. joining us now is bill karen s, bill, we re hearing that it has been downgraded to a category two hurricane. does that mean that we have seen the worst of this storm? damage wise, if i have to put a percentage on, it i would say maybe the 90% of the damage has been done. there is still about ten to 15%, to be done. that will mostly be in the way of wind damage as we go
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