is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many cities today are suspending rescue efforts until the storm passes. we begin with nbc news meteorologist bill for the latest. bill, what is the situation now? we are watching a storm that is weakening overland, but we still have areas that are losing power at this hour. we know we have people who need rescuing, need help from us. what happened during the day today, that is the situation as we go throughout these overnight hours. the center of the storm is over sebring, florida. it is about halfway
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boats. this is now boat parking, if you will, for residents to go back in and salvage what they can. adding insult to injury for a lot of these residents, it s pretty windy right now. it s actually fairly chilly. the utility shut off heat for a lot of the residents here, but 140 or so, at last check. so many of them aren t able to stay in their homes because they simply can t take hot showers. they can t glean anything. so, many of them are using the electricity to pump out some of that water from their basements, their floor levels. this is going to be a very, to put it frankly, at uphill battle for them as the water begins to recede. a little earlier, i spoke to a couple who was trying to get back to their home to clean up what they could. i also spoke with lorenzo, who was coming up the road here with his two dogs, siren and wilson. his family had to relocate to a hotel. he is taking those dogs now to higher ground, because he is just going in and out when he can. for us long as he
similar storm surge, we are talking dozens, thousands of homes that have water on the first floor levels if they were not elevated enough. this is the latest from the hurricane center. hundred mile per hour winds, just about getting down there now. a category one during the overnight. still strong winds all the way north of daytona beach, 53 mile per hour gusts. once you get over 50, that is when you have to get isolated power outages. we will see some strong gusts overnight, especially near the orlando area out towards this area. here s the problem, lawrence, we are not done with the storm. is not just going to harmlessly go away, once it exits the coast than we are gonna take this back up towards savannah, maybe charleston. likely as a tropical storm, there is an isolated chance that we could have a second hurricane landfall. it should not be a major hurricane, but still could be a category one which would still cause problems in the carolinas. bill, take us away from their. what h