Force you see there ripping a gas station roof from its roots. welcome to inside politics. all of our attention right now is on georgia and florida and the millions under direct threat from hurricane idalia. florida officials just confirmed to cnn that two men have died in that storm and that number unfortunately, will no doubt deggrow. we re seeing water tall enough to brush away cars and submerge store fronts. already, the power outages number in the hundreds of thousands. just stop and listen to this. i heard something crack. there it goes. oh, my gosh. it s okay, it s okay. that s in florida where olivia greg watched a tree snap and fall on to her home. you can hear her say everybody is okay. any second, we expect to hear
Beginning to move in. trees are coming down in front of us. power lines have come down. and i just want you to hear what it sounds like standing out here, just the sheer force of it. listen to this. across this region, the water rising, taking over streets. submerging these homes to their rooftops. flooding local stores. this gas station roof coming apart. it s coming off again. and during all of this, the families huddled inside the hotels who were told to seek shelter. and now, they were enduring this. to give you an idea, the fire alarm is now going off in the building. i m not sure if you can hear, i ll i m not sure if you can hear that. but you can see all the families who are gathered here. these are families who heeded the warning to leave their homes, come to this hotel and to ride out this hurricane. many of those families moving further inside, away from the entrance. just before part of the hotel