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force you see there ripping a gas station roof from its roots. welcome to inside politics. all of our attention right now is on georgia and florida and the millions under direct threat from hurricane idalia. florida officials just confirmed to cnn that two men have died in that storm and that number unfortunately, will no doubt deggrow. we re seeing water tall enough to brush away cars and submerge store fronts. already, the power outages number in the hundreds of thousands. just stop and listen to this. i heard something crack. there it goes. oh, my gosh. it s okay, it s okay. that s in florida where olivia greg watched a tree snap and fall on to her home. you can hear her say everybody is okay. any second, we expect to hear from georgia governor brian kemp as his state scurries to get out in front of the storm s way. cnn is spread across the states of florida and georgia and on the front lines of this storm,water going to start our coverage in tampa with derek ....
combining to push the tides higher and prompt this warning from officials around tampa. we have some rivers that are set to crest to pretty high. might look sunny. might be the calm after the storm. the winds and rains have subsided. that surge is delayed. just look at this dramatic video from cedar key early this morning. a resident there calling it almost apocalyptic. a bed and breakfast flattened with some condos almost fully sub merg submerged in water. massive wind gusts knocking out this billboard close to where our own nbc s gabe gutierrez was reporting. wind gusts, i m told, are over 100 miles an hour. we are really feeling the brunt of this storm. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the destructive path of hurricane idalia. the eighth major hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. in six years. take a look at the stunning view of idalia from space courtesy of nasa. we are expecting florida governor ron desantis to give an update ....
turned roads to rivers after idalia rolled ashore as a category 3 storm. water reaching four feet high in some spots. we await high tide. governor kemp is holding a press briefing, let s listen in. your honor itting us loose to do the job we are trained to do, we appreciate that. that quick response allows us to fill a room with state assets to do the job we need to do. we have prepositioned assets all over the state, patrol, dnr, forestry commission, air asset, drone, search and rescue teams, tarps, mre s, water, things needed we have prepositioned and down range. we have our staff inside local management centers to get response quickly and in a timely manner. something we want to remind everybody, trees that are down, it will take a while. we remind you, 72 hours is time frame you need to be thinking before you can expect a true power response. if before that, we are very pleased, ittic tas time to get back into the area. we have to clear right-of-ways and assess tr ....
they may be located. the search for the men has been suspended due to bad weather conditions. the workers were from mexico and central america. the collapse of the bridge has drawn attention to the us s reliance on migrant workers who often hold some of the most dangerous jobs in the country. the superintendent of the maryland state police gave the identities of the two bodies recovered. divers located a red pickup truck in the area of the middle span of the bridge. divers recovered to victims of this tragedy trapped within the vehicle. the victims were identified as. alejandro, 35 years old of baltimore. dorlian castillo cabrera 26 years old. their family was notified castillo cabrera 26 years old. theirfamily was notified in person. let s take a look at the events leading up to the bridge collapse as the national transportation safety board has outlined. at 12.39am eastern time the ship departed from the terminal in the port of baltimore. then at 1.07am it entered t ....
thank you forjoining us on sports day. chelsea are through to the women s champions league semi finals for a second season running with a comfortable aggregate victory over ajax. emma hayes side, who are chasing the quadruple this season, had a 3 0 lead from the first leg and only needed to complete the job at stamford bridge. it finished 1 1. mayra ramirez with chelsea s goaljust after the half hour mark before chasity grant equalised for the dutch side. chelsea will face either defending champions barcelona or norway s brann in the last four. meanwhile eight time winners lyon are also through to the semi finals with a convincing 4 1 victory over benfica. the french champions confidently dispatching the portuguese side 6 2 on aggregate. delphine cascarino with a double on the night. lyon last won the trophy in 2022 and will play either hacken or paris saint germain in the semifinals the ukraine manager, serhiy rebrov, says his sides victory over iceland to reach euro ....