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going to find damage from the heavy equipment, from, you know, people not being able to procure their items and leave now trace. those a there s a restoration department here at burning man and they do a phenomenal job year in and year out and this year is going to be a really tough job. some people have trucked out on foot, including comedian chris rock, who up see in the blue coat and others hiking for six miles before they were able to hitch a ride from a fan. earlier i spoke with a different attendee who was able to make it back home to south carolina. she described how others were coping with the conditions. take a listen. most of the season folks that have been out there a number of times had really positive attitudes. i mean, we all know we re signing up for something that anything could happen. i ve been out there during a hail storm, i ve been out there during rain. i ve been out there when it was, like, too hot to function. so i felt like overall it was p ....
will get to threats. hurricane idalia is strengthening. 80-mile-an-hour winds with this particular storm, and then looking briefly at the satellite composure, and this thing is becoming more organized as the minutes wear on, and it is a concern, because it is tapping into the warm ocean waters there. is the forecast track from the national hurricane center strengthening to the category 2 by 2:00 p.m. today, and then to category 3 which is the consistent message before landfall with the rapid strengthening and intensification. i wanted to show you this, because we have been showing you how warm the waters have been in the gulf of mexico, because they are running from 2 to upwards to 4 degrees fahrenheit to where they should be above where that he were. this is beyond bathtub water, and more like hot tub water. this is what we are anticipating with the storm making major impacts across the florida big bend region, and you not rul e out areas near here. i will show you nea ....
storm. idalia was packing 125 mile per hour winds as florida s vulnerable big bend coast took a direct hit, we are now seeing catastrophic storm surge and flooding, conditions have been called apocalyptic and are life-threatening. major bridges in tampa are closing as they get lashed with waves. and this, this is what winds of 125 miles per hour look like. you can see the gusts driving the rain and at one point sending debris flying across this parking lot. this is happening in perry, florida. water still rising with storm surges up to 16 feet possible in some areas. just about one hour ago white caps were starting to hit the front yard of this orange home in steinhatchee, water nearing the roofline. the images are simply unprecedented. this is historic because idalia is now the strongest storm to make landfall in the big bend region in 125 years. we want to take you to the region now. cnn news central anchors john berman and sara sidner are kicking off our live t ....
this morning we are set to learn significant new details in the trials of donald trump. two key hearings in two separate cases, one in d.c., one in fulton county, georgia, moving the legal drama surrounding the former president into a new phase. and police calling it a rampage motivated by hate. a white gunman targeting black people in jacksonville, florida. shooting and killing three victims at a dollar general store. what we re learning this morning. also a major hurricane threat, tropical storm idalia gaining strength turning in the warm waters of the gulf and taking aim at florida s west coast. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. and we are taking a look at governor ron desantis as he prepares to make remarks about hurricane idalia, as we just said. let s listen. we also have fdle on site today evaluating security on campus and making recommendations for any additional infrastructu ....
all on the most reliable 5g network nationwide. you really shouldn t walk out the front door without it. switch today at xfinitymobile.com. good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, august 27th. 8:00 in the morning. i m amara walker. and i m rahel solomon. and thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we re following several developing stories and at this hour we begin overseas where three u.s. marines are dead and 20 others are injured after their eric crashed during military exercises in northern australia. australian police say the marines were flying in a u.s. osprey helicopter when it crashed on an island 50 miles north of the city of darwin. and we are joined now from sydney with more. angus, what do we know about the circumstances of the crash and the osprey helicopter does have a controversial history? reporter: it does. and this happened some 12 hours ago now. but information has been slow to come out. we still do ....