we will have consistent rain. i spoke to the mayor yesterday, he is expecting this to be an epic storm for this area. what britta was mentioning, this area has large amount of tree cover, 55% tree cover, they consider themselves a tree city usa because of it, they have diverse amount of trees. they are expecting high wind to impact tree coverage, knocking them down causing a lot of power outages in this area. the mayor told me they have already called in addition help to help restore that power. it is early, 4 a.m. eastern time. i am seeing cars drive past on the main roads in the distance, it is quiet sor far.
traveling, barreling exactly toward tallahassee, i can t remember. this was 20-some odd years ago. we have fox weather multi media journalist brandy c campbell isn tallahassee north of where the hurricane made landfall. we are a hour and a half away from where it made landfall right now the rain is starting to pick up and wind gust in that year. that has been the concern here because tallahassee is known for its tree coverage. you can see them just behind me blowing in the wind 55% tree coverage. worried about the wind impact blowing down the trees and causing power outages. i just checked according to pour out damage u.s. there are about 10,000 in this county alone. that s not the most when you compare it to other counties. so, that is the main concern here in this area there was a mandatory evacuation for those living in mobile homes because of reasons like that. so, with this landfall, we know
what have you got there? right now the big issue out here in tallahassee is the power outages. that s something they predicted would be a big issue because this city is known for its tree coverage. 55% tree coverage and worried the strong winds from idalia would knock them over and cause power outages. there are 34,000 power outages in leon county where we are now. almost 250,000 in the state right now. a lot of people in the dark. thankfully it s daylight now and that helps at this time. i will say power companies are out trying to actively restore it. i will say 20 minutes ago it said 50,000 power outages. they re at work already. as you can see if you look around me it s raining and non-stop all morning and behind me some of the trees are giving way to the wind. every now and then we get a