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a very high level. some are saying it s one of the biggest storms ever to hit our country. it built very rapidly,ed a briefing with secretary of homeland security and the administrator of fema and we are watching hurricane michael. it s just hitting shore now. winds are going up to close to 200 miles an hour. category 4. you don t hear about that. it s the most powerful recorded storm to strike the florida panhandle ever. it will bring with it anywhere from 150 mile to almost 200 mile an hour winds. the storm surges could be up to 15 feet. additional rainfall could also produce flash flooding at the highest levels. we have been in constant communications with governor rick scott of florida. with all the authorities in the various states. we re very well prepared for massive amounts of food and we have first responders all over, the electrical companies are staged and ready to go in after the storm. over a thousands trucks. we have large amounts of food and water and everything ....
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welcome to the top of the hour. our special breaking news coverage this morning throughout the course of this morning, hurricane idalia. the category 3 storm that is rapidly intensified throughout the course of the morning before decelerating slightly made landfall near keaton beach in florida s big bend region. it is a category 3 storm. this what you are looking at now is less than 20 miles from keaton beach. the water levels have been rising throughout the morning. to give you context, particularly in this big bend region, this hurricane, hurricane idalia, is now most powerful storm to make landfall in that region in the past 1 20 25 years. sara sidner has been standing by all morning live in crystal river, florida. we have full team coverage all over florida s gulf coast. ....
Of hurricane season, and people need to pay attention to mother nature because she wins every single time. reporter: every single time. thank you so much, madam mayor. i am going to toss it back to my colleague, phil mattingly, in the studio. you know, sidner, i appreciate getting in the florida gaetz. i am surprised you got through 4 1/2 hours without mentioning the florida gators. reporter: wohy wouldn t i don t know where you come from. the ohio state? i m sure i will get a lot of hate mail. whatever. me, too. great reporting. great work. great interview with important messages particularly now there has been landfall and we have seen what landfall brings and is continuing to bring, including here in steinhatchee. about 20 miles away from where lachl took place, the direct landfall in keaton beach. the building there, they are half underwater tat this point. we are going to be going to our ....
We are in tallahassee. derek van dam is in tampa. bill weir is in steinhatchee where landfall happened 20 miles away. that storm has been picking up there. the effects have been rapidly intensifying there as well. we will get to everybody throughout the course of the hour. i want to start, sara, with you. looking at your live shots throughout the course of this morning, talking to you, the intensity, the up and down, bands as they have gone through, it s something to see. we experienced landfall about 15 minutes ago? reporter: yeah, we have vacillated from beautiful to terrible. beautiful to terrible. back and forth. that s just the way hurricanes work. but this is a very dangerous storm no matter how beautiful it is where you are on the west coast of florida. it has made landfall in the most dangerous position for people in that area, the big bend area. they need to shelter in place according to authorities. they need not to try to evacuate ....