wednesday, august 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we, of course, begin rng this morning with hurricane idalia which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make landfall along florida s big bend where the peninsula merges into the panhandle as a category 4 hurricane between 6:00 and 9:00 this morning, eastern time. that s just a few hours from now. if idalia does make landfall as a category 4, the national hurricane center says it ll have sustained winds of 130 to 156 miles per hour with a very high risk of injury or death, and it would likely produce catastrophic damage. another major concern is an expected record breaking storm surge of 12 to 16 feet in the landfall zone. florida officials warn the surge could impact areas up to 200 miles south into the tampa area and may leave portions of of
as we track that deadly hurricane, morning joe starts right now. this is crunch time right now. we re going to get hit with a major hurricane. if you re there while that hits, it s going to be very difficult to survive that. it s critical that the people that are in the path of this storm are also prepared. very few people can survive being in the path of major storm surge and this will be deadly if we don t get out of harm s way and take it seriously. hurricane idalia now a category 4 storm as we wake up this morning, forecast to make landfill sometime in the next couple of hours along florida s big bend where the peninsula merges into the panhandle. it will have winds of 130 to 156 miles per hour with a high risk of injury, death and will produce catastrophic damage inevitably. another major concern, expected
doing anything dumb at this point. this thing is powerful. if you re inside, just hunker down until it gets past you. you don t want to be messing around with these winds. there s going to be things flying all over the place, obviously if you re in a place that s close to the coast and you see that surge, that s going to be legitimate surge. it s going to be a big, big deal and it s going to be very, very dangerous. and there we go with our power here. we re back. that s florida governor ron desantis just a few moments ago giving his briefing and update on the storm. the power going out during his briefing there in tallahassee. generators doing their job as hurricane idalia forecast to make landfill now within the hour along florida s big bend where the peninsula merges with the panhandle and the national hurricane center says it s likely to be catastrophic. one major concern that record-breaking storm surge of