record-breaking storm surge of 12 to 16 feet in the landfill zone. florida officials warning the surge could impact areas up to 200 miles south into the tampa area and may leave areas uninhabitable for an extended period of time. several areas expected to be higher even than hurricane ian s last year which devastated the fort myers area and killed 149 people. in addition, hurricane-force winds will extend 25 miles outward from wherever the storm makes landfill. the tallahassee national weather service says wind likely will cause significant damage there too. as idalia tracks inland, officials are warning of major coastal flooding between savannah, georgia, up into charleston, south carolina, due to a tide already expected to be higher than normal due to the occurrence of a rare blue supermoon. let s go right to bill karins for the latest on what is shaping up, bill, to be a very, very serious storm. yeah, good morning, willy. idalia has intensified for the last 24 hours. th
now, and it could be upgraded to an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. residents now bracing for strong winds and a life threatening storm surge. officials are warning folks to get out, stressing that the high waters could prove deadly. we have team coverage at this hour. meteorologist angie lassman is tracking the storm s path plus live reports from tampa and gainesville where evacuations are underway. plus, special counsel jack smith s team is looking into rudy giuliani s drinking. we ll explain how that issue could play a role in one of donald trump s key legal defenses. plus a new fund-raising goal for the former president. a very specific number he wants to earn by the end of the month that looks eerily familiar. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we, of course, begin rng this morning with hurricane idalia which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make
bringing with a at least 134 mile per hour wind gusts. authorities are warning of, quote, catastrophic storm surge and destructive winds when the hurricane moves ashore the next couple of hours. most of florida s the washington post coast is at risk of severe flooding and storm surges with some forecasted to reach as high as 16 feet in some areas. the national weather service is calling idalia is an unprecedented event. and here s governor desantis late yesterday on the storm. you ve really got to go back to the late 1800s to find a storm of this magnitude that will enter where this one looks like it s going to enter tomorrow. so we don t really have a historical analog in anybody s memory, so it s likely to cause a lot of damage. let s turn to nbc news correspondent jay gray in florida with more. talk about what the conditions are now and what the biggest concern has been. reporter: yeah, and i think the governor there makes a good point. this is not an area used to
Wednesday, august 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we, of course, begin rng this morning with hurricane idalia which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make landfall along florida s big bend where the peninsula merges into the panhandle as a category 4 hurricane between 6:00 and 9:00 this morning, eastern time. that s just a few hours from now. if idalia does make landfall as a category 4, the national hurricane center says it ll have sustained winds of 130 to 156 miles per hour with a very high risk of injury or death, and it would likely produce catastrophic damage. another major concern is an expected record breaking storm surge of 12 to 16 feet in the landfall zone. florida officials warn the surge could impact areas up to 200 miles south into the tampa area and may leave portions of of
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