search and rescue workers at the site of the surfside condo collapse fighting through heavy rain, still combing through the wreckage, but elsa is holding them back. the wind is hampering the large cranes, moving very heavy debris. reporter: and with some locations bracing for up to five feet of storm surge. and a night time landfall, possibly as a category one hurricane. tonight, officials warning families if they need help, they might not get it. not only do you have water, but you ve got darkness on top of it. so it does make it a lot harder and a lot more challenging for us. reporter: the storm killed at least three in the caribbean over the weekend and forced a 180,000 people in cuba to evacuate to higher ground. pmany in the tampa area are taking it seriously. this long line of cars families waiting for sandbags. and david, all of south florida is at risk for tornadoes, and that includes us here in key west. david? we can see and hear that wind. trevor, thank you. th
per hour a this is already being felt and will only worsen in the coming hours. elsa tonight moving along florida s gulf coast, on track to hit north of tampa tomorrow morning. landfall right now likely around 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, but that could move. our team telling us tonight that you will feel this hours ahead of that official landfall. torrential rain and strong winds blowing across key west today. the streets there quickly flooding. the eerie scene of the sunshine skyway bridge, the bridge disappearing in the clouds and rain today. the tampa area expected to bear the brunt of this storm. families lining up for sandbags today. elsa also threatening the search and rescue effort in south florida in surfside. lightning forcing crews to stop working for a time. the wind and the rain making it even more difficult, as they re painstaking work moves on. we do have news coming in from that site tonight. and to make matters worse at this hour, a tornado watch from miami right there in sout
is live in tampa tonight to lead ginger evening reporter: david, good ustne he al the west coast of fl f. let me take you through the timing. it is critical that the next couple of hours, if you don t have to get out when this shield of rain comes in, you don t. because it s going to combine with three to five feet of storm surge and the timing goes like this. it passes by tampa bay in the early morning hours. midnight to 3:00 a.m. then gets closer to the big bend to make landfall later tomorrow morning, probably around 10:00, 11:00 a.m. as it moves north, you re not going to stop the winds at the state line. going to be very gusty in south georgia. all the way up through south carolina, hilton head to north carolina s outer banks, you have a tropical storm watch. hurricane warning exists in clearwater. david, three to five feet of surge with the low lying areas, 6 to 10 inches of rain, we will see flooding and it could be very bad here around tampa. we ll be watching this