Most places on the gulf coast of florida have probably seen the peak storm surge. but it is going to take a while to recede. and then we look kind of up the southeast coast on the atlantic side, you know, to georgia, south carolina, north carolina, they re in line next for the storm surge, from the tropical storm, hurricane, whatever it is at the time. and you were tracking a buoy west of st. petersburg that reached wave heights of 34 feet. which is unbelievable. have you ever seen anything like that? yeah. it is very high. and certainly impressive. but in major hurricanes, especially on the right side of the track, you can get 40, 50, 60-foot waves, you know. certainly not a condition you would want to be out there in. many long time floridians
Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. bret: continuing coverage of hurricane idalia as it continues to move into the northern part of florida into georgia and likely the carolinas by this afternoon or early evening.
Storm surge. it s not fort myers beach because it s not a city, but all of these small communities are under water north of tampa and especially in the coastal areas. we still have damage that s being done. we industrial trees that are falling down. we still have people losing power. the area now of concern is valdosta, georgia. if we re going to see the highest wind gusts there, possibly up to 90 miles per hour, that would happen in the next hour. the winds are lighter now in perry. where maggie was located in tallahassee, just lighter rain for you. madison, the heaviest rain is over. you re still under that extreme wind warning for a couple of more minutes. from lake park, georgia, to valdosta where interstate 75 heads down to florida, that s where we re seeing the strongest winds left with the storm. we have a new tornado warning north of new brunswick, in
Per hour wind. valdosta in georgia, 67 miles per hour gusts. so that s continuing. and now the center of the storm looks to have crossed the border where it s right along the border heading from florida into georgia, and the heaviest rain, strongest winds are right over the top of valdosta at the current time, even a couple of lightning strikes left with this thing. it s likely quickly going to be going down to a category 1 hurricane, probably with the next update, as the wind field continues to weaken, we still do have that extreme wind warning from the northern portions of madison county. there s some significant tree damage throughout the area. as far as the winds go and tornado threat. still have one tornado warning here south of savannah on the coastline near new brunswick. not seeing any other tornado warnings at the current time in central florida. as we get these bands breaking up, we re going to see a little more sunshine. a little more heating of the day, the latest update fr
On there in georgia. watas tall as an elephant is in places of florida. certainly, georgia. they are looking at what is going to happen, trying to survive flooding. that s really the key. the water. could wipe out communities. we ll talk more about that, after a quick break. vo: for us, driving around is the only way we can get our baby to sleep, so when our windshield cracked, we needed it fixed right. we went to safelite.com. there s no one else we d trusts. their experts replaced our windshield, and recalibrated our car s advanced safety system. they focus on our safety. so we can focus on this little guy. singers: safelite repair, safelite replace.