the south and west but still very impactful, potentially life threatening storm surges all the way down into the tampa bay area and all the way around. bay area and all the way around- bay area and all the way around. ., , ., ., around. that is a huge volume of water- around. that is a huge volume of water- in around. that is a huge volume of water. in the around. that is a huge volume of water. in the practical - of water. in the practical sense, how s that going to mean for people? what would they see? :: for people? what would they see? i: , ., ., ., see? 10-15 feet is hard for a lot of peeple see? 10-15 feet is hard for a lot of people to see? 10-15 feet is hard for a lot of people to fathom - see? 10-15 feet is hard for a lot of people to fathom and | lot of people to fathom and envision but stand six feet tall so you can imagine that would be over to have me so if you put it to. my personal my shoulders again you can see how high that would be. share shoulders
by forecasters as extremely dangerous is heading towards the us coastline. these are the live pictures from key west in the south of the state. the hurricane is expected to hit further up florida s west coast. evacuations are underway in 21 counties and residents have been warned to prepare for violent winds, intense rain and a potentially life threatening storm surge. these are the images of the storm from 250 miles above ea rth s surface. the international space station passed over hurricane idalia as the storm churned over the gulf of mexico. it s been moving north, and is now a category 2 hurricane that s according to the national hurricane center. that could mean winds of up to 110 miles per hour. but, as ever, it s the storm surge that has the authorities most concerned.
fuel between now and tomorrow morning for it to intensify. i guess that is something that scientists have been warning about. climate change. but the governor emphasising that those in evacuation zones must go as soon as possible. that first responders cannot get to them in the morning. do you agree with that advice? so, one thing that we are always worried about with harry kane s is storm surge. it is by far and away the number one killer of people in the vicinity of where hurricane is make landfall. we often say one from the water, hide from the wind. the fact is that we are forecasting anywhere from 7 10 to 15 feet along the big bend region where the state kind of occurs around that north eastern gulf of mexico coastline. ten to feet
we believe this is. a safe place and if a hurricane comes it will still- be a safe place as anywhere in florida. the storm system has already been lashing cuba with heavy rainfall and hurricane force winds. these were the images from monday as heavy rainfall slammed the island where tens of thousands of people evacuated. and this is the situation now where people have been left to pick up the pieces. the authorities have declared alerts in several western provinces. here is what one resident had to say. my western provinces. here is what one resident had to say.- one resident had to say. my two children and one resident had to say. my two children and i one resident had to say. my two children and i went one resident had to say. my two children and i went through - one resident had to say. my two children and i went through a i children and i went through a really rough time inside our home. we needed to leave this place at 2am because everything was wet. the mattresses, the beds
presidentjoe biden said the state will get whatever help it needs. we re worried about the ocean surge, we don t know what exactly it is, hour to hour we are watching this, i told the governor and the mayor, likely to hit the first, we ll be there as long as they need making sure they have everything they need. the management agencies said it s standing ready to support florida in the path of hurricane 10 too. i know the people of florida are no strangers to storms, and i urge all floridians to take this storm seriously. very few people can survive being in the path of major storm surge, and the storm will be deadly if we don t get out of the way. early i spoke to someone from