The next hour or so. water is rising. latest storm surge for tampa bay and st. pete area. the bulls eye will get the worst of the wind and rain and the most vulnerable coastline. it cannot take a big storm surge of 15 feet, which is what we are predicting. this will unundate roads and homes and big structure. one for the record book and i am very afraid for people that decided not to take the evacuation seriously. storm is starting to interact with land. outer band across west coast of florida, resque for heavy rain and storm surge and hurricane force wind and tornados, tornado watch in effect for tampa bay
Anything else they can expect with a storm of this strength? nicole: absolutely, loss of power is first thing, that can affect those who are not in an evacuation zone depending what area is impacted. talking about winds that strong, you have trees that go down, there could be damage from tree falling on anything, including your home and car. also falling on power lines and can create a domino effect of problems for those who may still be technically safe from maybe the storm surge threat, that is where the evacuations tend to focus. evacuation zone, threat of the storm surge is catalyst for the evacuation orders. power outages can affect the state, it is hard to know who may or may not see those impacts. she was mentioning, she did not
Are fine, but people are losing power. levels are so different. bayshore boulevard is flooded out, under water and bit further south where robert is in clearwater, the beach area is under water. last night, no one is telling you, people are warning, could be 6 to 9 feet and up to 12 feet. people in evacuation zones that did not listen to the governor saying, get out. everyone was telling them, emergency operation center and they did not, they have to ride out the storm. people in georgia and south carolina, listen to local officials, if your local officials tell you to leave, you need to leave. that is most important thing,
todd: fox weather alert. hurricane idalia closing in. ashley: national weather service says this storm is unlike anything we have seen before, no major storms have moved through the apalachicola bay. robert, what are you seeing? good morning, clearwater beach, this is coronado street. about a foot or so here in total as it continues to move in like a small creek moving throughout this barrier island. mandatory evacuations were in play in thes past day. hope everyone got out last night. winds continue to kick up as bands of go.