the storm has not made landfall but we re already seeing the impacts of this storm, john. we ve already had tornado warnings through the night. there s going to be more today. we re already starting to see rain. europe experiencing that right now. as the storm moves and as it s safe for our search and rescue teams to go in, they will begin going in to search the areas and assess damage but most importantly look for people that may need help getting out of the area. we re going to follow these storms and make sure we re finding anybody who needs help. reporter: that is a key warning, as soon as it is safe for those rescue crews. we re starting to hear from local officials in places like pu punta gourda that emergency services are shut down.
most damaging factor in a storm like this. a wall of water like that coming in to these developed areas is going to just by this? well, again, the water is the most damaging factor in a storm like this. a wall of water like that coming into these developed areas, it is going to just devastate anything in its path. you put the surge of 12 to 16 feet, then you put 10 to 12 foot waves op top of that, it s just an enormous battering ram that s going to sit there for hours pounding on structures and then on top of that you put the high winds that are going to pull the roofs off of structures, knock trees down, destroy the power grid. it s going to be the worst thing we ve seen in 100 years
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needed. john a typical storm, they say they typically had at about 30,000 hand sandbags. a chart the department of public works director and he tells me that in his 30 year career, he s never seen predictions for a category four storm potentially hitting tampa bay. he s very concerned right now. everyone, again, in full preparation mode in the bay. and facts, that translates to local stores, we are seeing people trying to get access to supplies like water, batteries, we re seeing active store shelves all across the sunshine state not just here in the tampa bay area, but also in orlando, fort myers. tampa valve is still in the cone of uncertainty. we just saw the latest updates coming in. the storm hasn t really changed all that much in terms of its track. there is a lot of concern here in the bay area. also, katie, we are seeing gassed nations running out of gas. and fact, on my way over here
caribbean are slowly recovering from hurricane fiona. the storm hasn t stopped its destructive path yet. pedram. reporter: it has plenty to offer on where it s headed, the impacts in store and it s still a category 4. that s precisely where we expect the storm to be 24 hours from now. it will traverse over much warmer waters and the impact could be somewhat significant across bermuda as it makes a close run at the island and across eastern canada and a lot of activity we ll break down in a few minutes in the tropics as well.