st. johns river. i think that was a big talker with ian as it came through, not only just the flooding rain that happened but the river rise. what do you make out of this storm? are you concerned about any areas especially along, you know, the river that runs in a very unique way? you re right! it s very unique that runs north to south. interestingly enough, there is a tidal component to it up near the jacksonville area. we have very strong onshore winds it pushes water into the river. it prevents water from coming back out. the water just builds and builds and then the hurricane comes and then just sloshes it all to one side. again, this storm is going to be far enough away where that impact won t be as significant as we had with irma and probably 1-3 foot surge throughout the st. johns river in our area. ian: left side of the screen, you can see a live picture from cedar key. this is one of the places where we could see what could be a catastrophic surge up to about 16 feet. reas
with strong winds and some flooding rain as tropical storm dalia passed just to the west. and we can take a look at idalia on the satellite picture. since moving past western cuba and heading into the gulf, it s actually strengthened and is now a hurricane. and one of the big worries about hurricane idalia is, as it works into the gulf, it s going to be working across incredibly warm seas where temperatures across the board in the gulf of mexico are above average, but particularly close to the coast of the united states, where sea temperatures around two or three degrees above average. and it s those warm seas that powers these hurricanes is likely to lead to a period of rapid intensification for hurricane dalia. now, at its peak, this storm is likely to have winds of 120 miles an hour with stronger gusts up to 150 miles an hour. landfall expected on wednesday in the northwest of florida. flooding rain, 300 millimetres in places and as well as that, a big storm surge two to four metres
rough surf in the keyes. flooded roads in fort myers beach, the community hit so hard by hurricane ian less than a year ago. the storm battering cuba overnight with high winds, rough surf, and flooding rain. fema urging families to heed the evacuation orders and get out while there s still time. if you are in a storm surge warning area, it could mean just traveling 10 or 20 miles to get out of the most significant impact areas. reporter: in tampa, they re racing to shore up critical inf infrastructure. for the second year in a row, they ve erected this aqua fence around tampa general hospital to hold back any storm surge and to protect the patients inside. tampa s mayor watching idalia s every move. as the rain moves in and the winds pick up tonight as you go to bed, what are you most concerned about? i m most concerned about those individuals that haven t heeded the warnings and haven t taken it as seriously as they should. reporter: our ginger zee just southwest of here on tr
but as the system works over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, it strengthens into a hurricane, making landfall across florida on wednesday. the main bit of uncertainty is how quick the wind gets because the waters in the seas before it makes landfall are particularly hot, you could see rapid intensification. in europe, this area of cloud has been bringing severe thunderstorms to the balearic islands. over the next 2a hours, looking at torrential rain working across northern italy, 200 millimetres, a risk of flash flooding. some strong winds, 120 kilometres per hour gusts into the mediterranean, and could even see some waterspouts and tornadoes, so severe weather. in asia, looking at typhoon saola, near this island of the philippines, bringing flooding rain. could make landfall in south east china in the coming days, but to the north of this we have another zone of severe weather heading into the north east of china and north korea.
some strong winds, 120 kilometres per hour gusts into the mediterranean, and could even see some waterspouts and tornadoes, so severe weather. in asia, looking at typhoon saola, near this island of the philippines, bringing flooding rain. could make landfall in south east china in the coming days, but to the north of this we have another zone of severe weather heading into the north east of china and north korea. we could be looking at 200 millimetres of rain, again talking about the risk of some flash flooding. lots of severe weather in different parts of the world at the moment. it is concerning. but some of it is very typical for this time of year. yes, if you look at the atlantic hurricane season, the other peak season we re heading towards, there is no surprise that we see activity at this time of year. that activity is fed by the warm sea temperatures. at the moment, temperatures in the gulf of mexico, where tropical storm idalia