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Northern alabama through parts of western, north carolina, south carolina, and also into kentucky and tennessee. some spots, john, could pick up about five or six inches of rain in about five or six hours and that s enough. this isn t harvey. this isn t 40 inches, because it is moving fast. still moving about 25 miles per hour, but put down a lot of tropical rainfall and one time and one spot and you will certainly see some flooding there. john? chad, appreciate the update. we ll keep in touch throughout the day. if you re a community on the path, keep in touch, listen to your local officials. this is the fourth hurricane to hit the united states, downgraded to a tropical storm, fourth hurricane to hit the united states in six weeks, the third to hit the united states main land in six weeks. so number one, for the most part, fema, the president s federal response, especially here in the main land united states, received high marks. we ll see again here with the stress and strain ki ....
no. we re still working very closely with governor abbott and his team in texas and established recovery command over the past week. right now with harvey we re trying to concentrate on helping the state and local governments achieve debris removal. we re trying to also race to figure out temporary housing solutions and we ve been working with the governor to put together a solid plan. the governor also appointed basically a disaster recovery coordinator for the state that we ll be working with and i ve done the same. i have appointed mike burn as the coordinator for texas. texas is a seamless operation right now. and we have the management staff and the capability to begin helping those impacted by harvey with a bridge to recovery and we are laser focused on the life-saving response mission of irma not only in florida but later it ....
Monroe county was pretty devastated from the storm surge as well as callier county but we have not been able to complete impact assessments. as you can see there are inland areas we haven t been able to get to. the inland winds from irma that passed through the central portion of the florida peninsula will cause a significant amount of damage inland to houses and infrastructure. we re trying to do initial impact assessments as the system exits the state. monroe county is far south florida. that encompasses all the florida keys where the first impact was felt 25 hours ago as a category 4. collier county is naples and marco island. you mentioned harvey. is that an issue for fema when it comes to resources and trying to help people in florida and possibly georgia and south carolina? ....
Response but we ve been pre-positioned for multiple days. the goal is let s get the roadway system open so we can push commodities on behalf of our state partners down to the areas most heavily impacted. it is different because of the florida peninsula. this isn t harvey where water was stagnant and you had a lot of land to operate off of. it is a coordinated effort with the dod partners and coast guard to be able to support the areas most hefsh lie damages. we have almost 6 million people without power. the power will be off for days if not weeks in some areas and why we ve been asking people to prepare and to set their expectations. this one will be challenging but we re pushing forward and going in with our first responders to help them out. is there a part of the state that needs the most help? is there a part of the state where you can say right now it took the hardest hit? well, right now i believe ....
The onshore flow in miami will cause significant storm surge. the player khan model, slightly farther to the east, but still not that much farther, maybe 40 miles getting over about key largo, right through miami proper with 130 to 140-mile-per-hour winds, right where our chris cuomo is. it will be a devastating storm. you need to get away from here. even though you know it s going to go over land. you know what that land is? that land is the everglades. that s not land. that s stillwater. the storm will not slow down that much. even by the time it gets to atlanta, we ll have wind gusts of 45 to 60 miles per hour. the stofrry is surge and wind damage. this isn t harvey, this is moving fast. this moving fast is bad because it s going to push that bubble of water rite through the key, right into homestead, all the way in those areas in the biscayne bay. if you re in ten feet of ....