wednesday, august 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we, of course, begin rng this morning with hurricane idalia which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make landfall along florida s big bend where the peninsula merges into the panhandle as a category 4 hurricane between 6:00 and 9:00 this morning, eastern time. that s just a few hours from now. if idalia does make landfall as a category 4, the national hurricane center says it ll have sustained winds of 130 to 156 miles per hour with a very high risk of injury or death, and it would likely produce catastrophic damage. another major concern is an expected record breaking storm surge of 12 to 16 feet in the landfall zone. florida officials warn the surge could impact areas up to 200 miles south into the tampa area and may leave portions of of
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storms typically move that much over land will weaken. we re still expecting a tropical storm but see what unfolds. we have time to watch that play out over the next few days. our focus is on what s going to transpire in the next 48 hours. director of the national hurricane center in miami, dr. michael brennan, we know how busy you are today. we appreciate you stopping to take time with us. thank you. thanks so much. still ahead on a busy morning we will continue our live reporting from across the state of florida as it braces for hurricane idalia set to make landfill within the next couple of hours. we ll be joined by fema administer deanne criswell and awaiting an update from florida governor ron desantis just within the next few minutes and will take that live to get you the latest and speak with the mayors of tallahassee, tampa and st. petersburg about the expected impacts from this massive storm. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back.
well, no classes today at the university of florida. coming up next the mayor of tampa, jane castor, will be our guest and find out how her city is dealing in the early hours with the hurricane and how it is leading up. much more ahead as we look at category 3 hurricane idalia set to make landfill in a matter of minutes on the gulf coast of florida. limu emu & doug what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance. so you only pay for what you need. that s my boy. now you get out there, and you make us proud, huh? bye, uncle limu. stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.