People who are stuck who might need help and might need to get to the hospital. when roads are like this, that s going to be the real challenge, even far away from the center of this storm guys, are back to you. when did the surge start happening and has it really rained yet? it s been raining steadily since last night and surge has happened from the start midnight or. so over the last hour we have actually seen the water rise up. it s bad now and getting deeper. you can actually if you look at pictures from an hour ago, the water was lower, so the water has come over the sea wall. it s flooding these stores. and roads back in as well. we are seeing some lightning overhead as well. it s an eerie situation but it s not dramatic, this is a slow steady crushing of towns like tar upon springs. it s been officials this is going to reshape the coast line. this is a catastrophic big deal across the entire state.
Here is a live look at cedar key, florida. fox weather has prepositioned a bunch of cameras in different locations. this is one of theirs. this is exactly where robert was talking about, the big bend area. and janice dean janice, how many miles away from the coast is the eye wall or rather the center of the storm? janice: the actual eye is about 7 miles away from the coast line. steve: so we re going to make landfall. janice: within the hour. ainsley: janice was thinking 8:00. janice: the national weather service has to make that call, not myself. brian: janice, we will get to you in just one minute because. ainsley: first go to fox news senior correspondent steve harrigan he is live in tar pen springs, florida slightly north of clearwater. steve, what are you seeing there? good morning, take a look at look at what downtown tar pin springs looks like right now. we are not seeing the dramatic wind yet. we have had steady rain overnight. gives you a sense of just how bi
And don t take anything for granted here. we have already had 11 tornado warnings, and there are more tornadoes possible. even and especially in the very outer bands of the storm. steve and it s just getting started. even the governor s command center lost power twice during the press conference, but they have got generators. listen, we have got live fox team coverage all morning long. senior meteorologist janice dean is here in the studio m. tracking the storm. steve harrigan is in participaten springs. brandy campbell live in tallahassee. start in clearwater where robert ray is standing by and in coronado street, right, robert? cared in a dough drive to be exact. off the gulf of mexico, clearwater beach. what we are seeing and experiencing as a team myself and two photographers, fox news photographers is a very heavy