jane: the power of the waves and the power of the storm already wreaking havoc. ian: yeah, jane and that water is going a start undermining some of the power poles, the bases of those and that s going to make it much easier for these we wanted to show enthusiasm. we had mentioned this just several minutes back and now we ve got graphical support for this. look at that, this is only the third time in history with two major hurricanes. you ve got idalia and franklin. first time in the atlantic basin since 1993 so it s in the month of august, jane, which is just odd to have one major hurricane. yes, it happens but most of the majors come in september, the early part of october when the basin has had the a full season worth of warmth. jane: but the thing is that those waters have nothing like what we ve seen in the
two hurricane majors in very good spots for intensification. whether you talk about the above average sea temperatures, two degrees above celsius but when you have idalia, work through the yucatan channel where these temperatures are in the upper 80s and then you have franklin somewhere over here on the gulf stream so in a year where the whole basin is very warm, these two storms, jane, somehow manage to find the warmest spots. jane: yeah, and you take a look at this category four and five landfalls along the atlantic coast, and notice most strikingly where we don t have the next landfall in the big bend and that s exactly where we expect to see idalia. ian: yeah is these are category four and category five storms. we re showing this because we re expect can idalia to be a four when it makes landfall in the big bend and we ve also been
past. they ve been so incredibly warm. we always talk about the storm making it into the gulf of mexico. what a difference in these storms, too, while they re both major category three storms, you know, category two, we re going to see as eventually franklin will weaken with time but the storms themselves while mass neuve size, you know, and structure, they re little different. you have that pinhole eye with idalia, the sign of an intensifying strengthening storm but also the massive eye that has set up with franklin as it moves into potentially impacts bermuda. ian: yeah, two very different storms. we ve been tracking franklin for about a week. numerous psyche umsses and that entire wind field has expanded and they know then the eye of idalia merged emerged the first part of this afternoon but overall the bizarre set of
it won t be over. we know what happens when that happens. matthew a great example of how much rainfall can come down. freshwater flooding can kill more people than surges. brianna? such a good point. you re also tracking franklin, so we ll check in with you in a bit. jim? mark meadows is making his bid to move his case from state to federal court. we have a key player next to talk about it. spain s soccer federation holds a emergency meeting after there was an unwanted kiss. new details are ahead on cnn news central.
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