let s bring in nbc meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking the storm. michelle, good morning. good morning francis. we re looking at a lot of impacts of the storm. which get the latest advisory, now a category three storms are as expected it continues to strengthen and we will see it make landfall within the next six hours, as a category four storm. here is the irate there, we see outer rain bands, bright colors of reds, oranges, yellows bringing heavy rain right now. all sorts of tropical warning 17 million people affected where you see the red. that is a hurricane warning. we have tropical storm watches extending all the way up through portions of the carolinas, and that will be a story over the next 24 hours. let s track it for you now, a category three storm by 8 am, that s when we expect that landfall there as a category four storm, it s going to bring heavy rain, life-threatening storm surge, we will see storm surge is up to ten feet, 12 feet in some spots. th
hurricane center. major update comes at 2:00 a.m. the reason why we re getting hourly updates now is because the national hurricane center can see this storm on doppler radar so these are position and intensity updates. we also have the air force reserve hurricane hunters en route to the storm that will give us critical new information. not a major just yet. i think the nac is likely waiting for what the hurricane hunters have to say. jane: that s right. the information coming in from the flights has been peniche seeing the upgrades in the last beneficial in seeing the upgrades in the last couple of days. ian: each pass through the eye, they were finding lower pressure and higher winds. we ll see what they find when they get there. they re likely less than an hour out at this point. welcome back in to fox weather. we d like to welcome all of our fox viewers tonight. i m ian oliver. jane: i m jane minar. we re expecting idalia to reach the major hurricane status at som
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
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sandbags, school closures and a race to get out of its way. hurricane idalia proms millions to prepare for a life-the threatening storm surge that s hours from the florida coast. plus, doing his job or aiding and abetting a scheme. mark meadows spends three hours on stand trying to show his actions were just normal chief of staff things and not part of a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. and a campaign claush over foreign policy turns ugly. vivek ramaswamy calls nikki haley a liar. some see it as a dog whistle. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, florida eyes a monster. a major hurricane is swirling off the shoreses. forecasters warn that hurricane idalia could be a once in a lifetime storm that will gain strength as it barrels towards the panhandle. already officials have ordered evacuates across much of the gulf coast. they told residents to expect widespread power outages for days and they warn storm surges as tall as