The 11 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center said Idalia is now expected to be an extremely dangerous Cat 4 storm when it makes landfall Wednesday in Florida, and stay a Cat 1 hurricane as it scrapes the Georgia, Carolina coast.
WYFF News 4 Chief Meteorologist Chris Justus said Hurricane Idalia gaining steam Tuesday night in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before slamming Florida, then scraping the Georgia and Carolina coastline.
these changes that have taken most folks by surprise. very much so. bill weir, thank you very much and continue to stay safe, please. i want to bring in now a u.s. coast guard public information officer, nicole grove, she s and tampa bay right now. so, nikole, how is the coast guard now preparing for idalia landfall in florida? so, we move some vessels down to fort myers beach area to be staged to go respond during and immediately after the storm if we have any emergencies. that is going to augment some of the crews that have stayed put to ride out the storm. we have also moved significant amount of aircraft over to west palm to do the same and respond as emergencies come up. our watch, our command center who are manned 24 hours have already gotten a few calls and have already assisted people who haven t quite heeded the warnings and they have gone out and hung out on the water for a little bit. we just greatly encourage
national weather service warns, the likely be damaging storm surge up to 200 miles south of the idalia landfall, reaching down into tampa. that level if reached, could completely inundate many of the outlying coastal areas like cedar key florida. you could see how rough the waves are along the rebuilt sanibel island causeway, which of course, remember, was destroyed last year when in made landfall. so, i guess i would say, if you or your loved ones lived on the gulf coast of florida or any of the other areas of idalia forecast to move through, take through, heed the warnings of local officials. a lot of hurricane season yet to go. n ye to go. things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won t replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don t take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your r