not sure exactly where it will hit but it is getting pretty clear. i made it clear to the governor and mayors that the federal government is ready to help in every single way possible. i will repeat what i said yesterday to the people of florida. this storm is incredibly dangerous. it is life threatening. you should obey all warnings and directions in emergency officials. don t take anything for granted. use their judgment, not yours. evacuate when ordered. be prepared. storm warnings are real. evacuation notices are real, danger is real and when the storm passes the federal government will be there to help you recover. we ll be there to help you clean up and rebuild to help you get florida get moving again and we ll be there at every step of the way. that s my absolute commitment to the people of the state of florida. [applause]
island has lost power. urgency and anticipation of the storm has mounted as we expect a very busy hour ahead. we ll hear from tampa s mayor in 30 minutes. we ll be speaking with sarasota officials on their own storm preparations and fema s assistant administrator. 30 minutes ago we heard from president biden. this storm is incredibly dangerous. it s life-threatening. you should obey all warnings and directions from emergency officials. don t take anything for granted. use their judgment, not yours. evacuate when ordered. be prepared. warnings are real. the evacuation notices are real. when the storm passes, the federal government is going to be there to help you recover. we start with our reporters
florida, we re advising that you can go south and then across alligator alley, southeast florida seems to be doing better. this track may end up taking it all across i 4. it can take it to other areas. the most important thing with evacuation is get to higher ground, get to safe structure. it doesn t mean you have to be in a place where there s no storm or you re not going to face anything. in florida we have structures that deal with these hurricanes. it s hard to deal with ten feet of water. and that s really what is underlying the evacuation notices. if you re in the barrier islands, in some of the places susceptible to that, you are at risk. fdot and fhp are coordinating about the flow of traffic. as of now on 75 out of here, it s moving. we have had increased folks on the road starting yesterday heading eastbound on interstate
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