orders, schools and colleges are close, airports, trains are cancelled. hospitals are suspending services. as there is going to be as scary as it sounds? you make for some communities, yes. forsome communities, yes. for some communities, yes. forsome communities, it is probably going to be worse than they are envisioning because so few people understand the power major hurricane. just people understand the power major hurricane. major hurricane. just look at this red area major hurricane. just look at this red area here major hurricane. just look at this red area here which - major hurricane. just look at this red area here which is i major hurricane. just look at. this red area here which is the hurricane warning area or area where people can expect hurricane conditions. you can see just how many large cities, tampa and tallahassee into southern georgia could be impacted by these powerful winds. , ., , winds. the winds, the rains, ou are winds. the winds, the rains, you are a w
be a major hurricane this evening. be a major hurricane this evening- be a major hurricane this evenina. . , , evening. already people in around 50 evening. already people in around 50 counties - evening. already people in around 50 counties are - evening. already people in i around 50 counties are under evacuation orders, schools and colleges are closed, airports are closed, trains are cancelled, hospitals are suspending services. is this going to be as scary as it sounds? going to be as scary as it sounds? ., , , sounds? for some communities, es. for sounds? for some communities, yes- for some sounds? for some communities, yes. for some communities - sounds? for some communities, yes. for some communities it. sounds? for some communities, yes. for some communities it is | yes. for some communities it is probably going to be worse than they are envisioning because so few people understand the power a major hurricane. just look at this rad area here which is the hurricane warn
idalia has intensified for the last 24 hours. this is tampa. tampa has not gotten the brunt of the storm. high tide at 4:00, the water is high, waves are splashing. you can see the causeway, that s the kind of things we re getting in tampa, more of the overwash, not hearing about destruction or anything like that. that s the good news for tampa. for you it s a glancing blow. for other areas it will be much worse. here s the latest from the hurricane center, 130-mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds. small eye. it is not widespread. it s about a 30-mile-wide eye where we ll have concentration of extreme winds, everywhere else like tallahassee, more tropical storm force winds and moving quickly, 17 miles per hour so moving onshore within the next two to three hours. the forecast, we have the landfill coming up and then we still think it s going to be a category 2 into southern georgia, even well after
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as the wind s picked up, we started to see some tree limbs down. so far again it s just a wind event. if you see the bridge behind me, this is the flint river. it goes right through downtown. in big storm also in the past, it has flooded. but most of the area along the riverbanks are parkland so we re going to keep an eye on that. the big concern here will be high winds and power outages. but, again, things really just starting for the experience of tropical storm irma as it gets here. into southern georgia. p today, chris. as we said, it s still eight hours away from what they re expecting as the worst of it. you take care out there, garrett. he mentioned those outages. there are more than 600,000 homes and businesses just in the tampa bay area without power this morning after irma slammed that region overnight. nbc s jacob rascon is in tampa st. pete.