thursday, and in addition, several inches of rainfall will flow in and not have anywhere to drain. it won t go out in the harbors and the gulf. so a widespread inundation event here. talk to us more about the rainfall, the freshwater flooding that s expected. i m up here in tampa where i heard 12 to 24 inches of rain possible. how much of the state will see that. what kind of problems could that caught? that s a huge problem, especially long and just north of the track, as we move from southwest to northeast across the state of florida. on the north side, everywhere you see in red is the potential of 10 to 15 inches. that would cause the potential for cat trophic freshwater flooding, including this hair highlighted in pink. they have the potential for
electricity. and our police of course have an evacuation plan and are redirecting traffic, and withd withdrawing them from the treats because of the hazardous conditions. and i want to reiterate, sarasota, let s add it to the list of the coastal cities who are saying emergency services cannot reach you now. you need to stay in place. and most of the cities along the west coast of florida right now, your evacuation plan, that time is over. stay where you are. shelter in place. mr. mayor, we ve been hearing 12 to 24 inches of rain possible. what impact will the fresh water flooding have on sarasota? let me just tell you that 10 inches of rain is enough to have your car floating around. and so these are very serious conditions that everyone should take seriously. you know, preparing for this, we had numerous sites with sandbags being distributed, 12 different
into punta gorda where there was so much damage back in charlie, i was there with anderson cooper. i know you re trying to get away from the surge, but spots across florida with 20 inches of rainfall. so if you re in a flood-prone area you need to keep that in mind as well. not just saltwater surge, sut-of-but certainly freshwater rainfall making significant flooding across your area. storm surge coming in. freshwater flooding going out. a lot to worry about sitting here this morning. chad myers, thank you. much more on this ahead. in just a few hours jury selection begins as five members of the oath keepers, including their leader, go on trial for seditious conspiracies stemming from the january 6th riot. the first sedition trial in years and could reveal extremist efforts to overt the 2020 election results by whatever means necessary. live outside the federal
basically flat shoreline. there is no big assent for water to make it up. there is no big protective berm. they are more sand dunes than berms and the water is creeping this way and from the other side of south carolina flooding down from north carolina, that s freshwater flooding. and in the middle is where people could be trapped. so that is what we re dealing with right now. so before it was dark we went down to the beach, our photographer jay mcmichael and my producer brian and i went down there to show you what is happening with the water and what this shoreline got a storm like this one before a generation ago and it changed everything. that was hurricane hugo. take a look at what we saw. you see how ths sweeping down like a moon scape. this is like little sand blasting material coming. but i ve got to get you to the
of freshwater rainfall. i was on south ocean boulevard without power and surrounded by several feet of water and when you have the freshwater added to the surge, which is a gradual pushing of water, a gradual rising of water from that tide as it slowly pushes into the shores and then up over the shoreline and into the city, it is just way too much water, way too much fast and that is what we re dealing with here in south carolina tonight. the storm equivalent of a rock and a hard place. you have the ocean chasing up from one way, being turbo charged by the storm winds and then you have the freshwater flooding coming the other way. who gets stuck in the middle and what happens to them and for how long? those are some of the questions that the first responders are going to have to deal with. ben, please stay safe as you get information come back to us and i ll check with you as soon as i can. now governor roy cooper of north carolina has been the tip of the spear of an effort that by