the question is where. ainsley: cat 1 right now. the hurricane is expected to grow stronger before it does make landfall tomorrow morning. brian: meanwhile. fox weather correspondent robert ray is in clearwater, florida with the very latest. robert? yeah. good morning to you. you wouldn t know a hurricane is on its way here on the gulf coast this morning. but it is. idalia tracking up. it s a cat 1 right now. and residents are on edge and preparing. listen. it s better to be prepared versus not prepared and have regrets. since i have been up this morning, people have been back and forth hauling trash, hauling boats. getting everything put away the best they can. hoping and praying for the best. hoping for the best. you know, we do this each time that we leave every single time. this one looks like a biggie. mandatory evacuations in flood zones like where i m at in the barrier islands and lower level geography pockets. people are preparing. sandbags are out. they are board
for the possibility of life-threatening storm. it s life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic damage. it s better to be prepared vs. not prepared and have regrets. since i have been up this morning, people have been back and forth hauling trash, hauling boats. getting everything put away the best they can. hoping and praying for the best. hoping for the best. you know, we do this each time we leave every single time. but this one looks like a biggy. steve: it does look like a biggy. much of cuba and yucatan peninsula already seeing severe damage and flooding because the storm ride out there. governor ron desantis warning florida could face even worse than the yucatan. close to the cone, you should assume that there s going to be noticeable impact. and some of these impacts could end up becoming catastrophic. so. buckle up for this one. it s going to be a major hurricane. steve: indeed. let s bring in senior meteorologist janice dean who is
The daughter of a tractor-trailer driver killed Tuesday in a crash on an Upstate interstate shared more information and photos about her beloved father.
The driver of a tractor-trailer hauling boats on Interstate 26 in Spartanburg County died when the tractor-trailer crashed Tuesday, according to troopers.