hurricane idalia barreling towards florida's west coast with what could be a life-threatening storm surge. cnn's gloria past middle's in clearwater, where big storm conditions are set to happen around midnight, just about 40 minutes from now, with a surge that could reach 4 to 7 feet. gloria, what are the conditions like right now along the coastline? >> well, laura, listen. we have been here all day, and it has gotten worse and worse by the hour. the wind has significantly picked up, and just in the last few minutes, it was raining and sheets. but as you can see now, it is not raining as hard, and that is what we have been seeing in the last hour or so, it just comes in and out. and what we are experiencing is those outer bands of the