the news. thank you so, much good evening everyone, i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. our breaking news, a brand-new forecast for hurricane idalia, the storm rapidly intensifying as its lashing florida ahead of what is feared to be a catastrophic landfall on the states west coast in just a matter of hours. potentially deadly storm surge and hurricane conditions expected not only tonight, but also tomorrow. officials say that the surge could be a once in a lifetime event. idalia is now a category two, with maximum winds of 110 miles per hour. it is now forecast to become a powerful category four, before landfall tomorrow morning. we have got to 49 florida counties that are under states of emergency as we speak and as they are waiting to see what the next few hours will bring. we ll be covering everything as only cnn can tonight. we have got to teams out across the entire storm zone, we ve got chad myers in the cnn winter center, carlos flores is in tampa, brian todd is
State with this hurricane. it is going to be the new benchmark bar, joint fort and history we have never seen this. we are in uncharted territory. jeff buttress key, think you so much. please stay safe, keep us all informed. our next guest is john hines, i want to go to him right now because he is a local in owner in st. mark s, florida who has decided to stay, in spite of a mandatory evacuation order. john, thank you so much for being with us today. we have video up right now from inside your hotel. can you tell us how you are preparing right now? right now, it is just a waiting game. there is not much that we can actually prepare anymore than we already have, excuse, me i m sorry. you know, the building is 100 years old, concrete walls, and has withstood everything that has come so far. is that why you are staying now? you have been through storms before, but you have said that this feels, perhaps, different.
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