hurricane delia is expected to make landfall along florida s gulf coast. one day after idalia caused massive flooding in power outages in cuba as a tropical storm. florida residents are bracing for intense wind speeds and state officials warn the storm surge could be life-threatening. most floridians are under storm warnings and evacuation orders have been issued. 67 counties after barreling through northern florida, hurricane idalia is expected to hit southwest georgia and the eastern carolinas. nbc news meteorologist bill karen s has the latest. given, bill. good evening. all these storms are different, and this one is, a powerful storm heading for an area that s never been hit by a storm of this magnitude. we are watching a storm surge in areas far from landfall. even though people aren t going to get the strong winds, there are still areas that get a lot of water.
for intense wind speeds and state officials warn the storm surge could be life-threatening. most floridians are under storm warnings and evacuation orders have been issued. 67 counties after barreling through northern florida, hurricane idalia is expected to hit southwest georgia and the eastern carolinas. nbc news meteorologist bill karen s has the latest. given, bill. good evening. all these storms are different, and this one is, a powerful storm heading for an area that s never been hit by a storm of this magnitude. we are watching a storm surge in areas far from landfall. even though people aren t going to get the strong winds, there are still areas that get a lot of water. here s the latest from the hurricane center. winds of 205 miles per hour, this confirms that it s gone undergone rapid intensification since 5 am this or morning. definition of that is the storm that increases 35 miles per hour in 24 hours. this did it in roughly 15 hours. pretty quickly. that means this thi
continues to gather strength, if it continues to get stronger over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, it means that conditions here are prime for that surge to come in, and potentially flood much of where we are standing right now for the next two hours, it will be critical to see whether or not that take shape. again, very dangerous potentially catastrophic storm heading for the west coast of florida. omar? gloria, as those conditions, change i know you will do the best to stay safe, as well thank you for your, reporting stay close to you as this continues to move towards the coast. now from the sky, the hurricane looks extremely threatening, this is a life that light view of the hurricane as it churns through the gulf of mexico s warm waters towards florida s coast. coming up, we will take you back to florida live as landfall draws near.
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makes landfall? well, we are forecasting rapid intensification. we ve actually improved our ability to make those types of forecasts. we would not have been able to forecast this type of strengthening five or ten years ago, but we have better tools and better understanding of how hurricanes work, better models. and we re able to try to forecast this type of strengthening. it does make it difficult because even if we get the forecast right, people may still be looking at a system that yesterday this was just a tropical storm and people may think that why do i need to take action or evacuate for this. so when you have a rapidly developing and strengthening storm heading for land and reaching land at its peak intensity, there can always be a lag in how people respond and take being a. so we try to get the message out that you have to get ready.bein. so we try to get the message out that you have to get ready. another factor to add to the mix is the moon. can you explain exactly why th