greatest threats on the advancing side of this system. so for that reason, this presents a significant threat, and we re just a few moments out from getting the latest information, jane, from the national hurricane center. jane: yeah, and you take a look at the forecast cone there, i think we want to take you through the timing of this storm because overnight, you know, these outer rain bands are going to continue to quickly approach, you know, where we re expecting to see that land fall. tampa, of course, has already been through the thick of it over the last couple of hours as that rain has filled in. it s a category 2 storm now but that rapid intensification expected by land fall, that s a category 4 storm, and then because it s such a thin piece of land between, you know, the gulf coast and then the florida/georgia line expecting to see the impact of at least a category 1 hurricane in southeast georgia. ian: right. and the issue here, outside of being horribly susceptible to st
Millions of Florida residents have evacuated as Hurricane Idalia, an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, approaches the state s Big Bend region. Evacuations have been ordered in 28 counties, and storm warnings are in effect for most of Florida, as well as parts of Georgia and South Carolina.