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florida. this is the location and a part of the state that took enormous damage from hurricane idalia, now tropical storm idalia, which still does pose a serious threat elsewhere. you can see the damage it did here at this truck stop. the storm passed directly overhead here, and it took that awning behind me and simply just tipped it over. and there was brick and metal that was holding it in place that s now just shredded. this exploded brick and twisted metal, with the awning leaning completely on its side. you can take a look. this is actually what it looked like right where i m standing earlier today, as the worst of the wind hit. you can see the awning. there it is. and that s it tipping over. here in perry, it was a wind and a rainstorm. along the gulf coast, though, it was all about the storm surge, a surge not seen in a lifetime. this is alexis and yes, where she was in the hometown she had recently returned to, swimming down the street was how she ended up get ....
take a look. this is actually what it looked like right where i m standing earlier today, as the worst of the wind hit. you can see the awning, there it is. and that is it tipping over. here in perry, it was a wind and a rain storm. along the gulf coast, though, it was all about the storm surge. a surge not seen in a lifetime. this is alexis de leone and, yes, where she was in the hometown, she had recently returned to, swimming down the street was how she ended up getting around. alexis will join us shortly. we are also going to speak to a resident of another hurricane hit area, the barrier island of cedar key. a man who told us last night, he was saying in part to help any neighbors who were hunkering down. and in a moment, the latest on where idalia is right now, where it s going, and who is at risk. first, though, the scope of it all so far from our randi kaye. keaton beach, florida, in the bull s-eye of idalia. just look at what is left of this home in keaton b ....
coast as a category three, just three hours from now. evacuations are underway in at least 28 counties. mayors, officials, the governor all warning people in those targets zones to take cover or leave immediately. that includes people in cedar key and big band. one of the greatest threats, of course, is the storm surge. it s expected to reach once in a lifetime levels for this part of florida. cnn s live up and down the coast, including in tampa and steinhatchee. we will speak live with some storm changes storm chasers in the heart of the bull s-eye, also officials warn that time is running out to evacuate. first let s get straight to chad myers with this new forecast. chad, what is the path of hurricane idalia at this hour? still straight up to the north and likely just to the east of tallahassee as it continues to the north overnight. now the hurricane center will be putting out updates once per hour, not every three hours, so that is some excellent news for us here ....
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we are in tallahassee. derek van dam is in tampa. bill weir is in steinhatchee where landfall happened 20 miles away. that storm has been picking up there. the effects have been rapidly intensifying there as well. we will get to everybody throughout the course of the hour. i want to start, sara, with you. looking at your live shots throughout the course of this morning, talking to you, the intensity, the up and down, bands as they have gone through, it s something to see. we experienced landfall about 15 minutes ago? reporter: yeah, we have vacillated from beautiful to terrible. beautiful to terrible. back and forth. that s just the way hurricanes work. but this is a very dangerous storm no matter how beautiful it is where you are on the west coast of florida. it has made landfall in the most dangerous position for people in that area, the big bend area. they need to shelter in place according to authorities. they need not to try to evacuate if they haven t at this po ....