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good evening everyone i m laura coates. breaking news, hurricane idalia has intensified over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and is now forecast to become an extremely dangerous category four storm, before it makes landfall in a matter of just hours. the storm is packing 110 miles per hour winds and is already causing flooding in some of the coastal areas. our teams are out across the entire storm zone, chad myers is in the cnn weather center with the very latest forecast. carlos suarez is in tampa, brian todd is in tallahassee, and gloria pazmino is in clearwater. let s go right now to chad myers who is in the weather center. chad, governor ron desantis is now saying that the florida gulf coast area has not seen a storm of a dahlias magnitude since the 1800s. it is now forecast to be an extremely dangerous category four hurricane when it makes landfall. could put all this into context for us. sure, from appalachia, all the way to the big bend is what he is ta ....
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 ....
the news. thank you so, much good evening everyone, i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. our breaking news, a brand-new forecast for hurricane idalia, the storm rapidly intensifying as its lashing florida ahead of what is feared to be a catastrophic landfall on the states west coast in just a matter of hours. potentially deadly storm surge and hurricane conditions expected not only tonight, but also tomorrow. officials say that the surge could be a once in a lifetime event. idalia is now a category two, with maximum winds of 110 miles per hour. it is now forecast to become a powerful category four, before landfall tomorrow morning. we have got to 49 florida counties that are under states of emergency as we speak and as they are waiting to see what the next few hours will bring. we ll be covering everything as only cnn can tonight. we have got to teams out across the entire storm zone, we ve got chad myers in the cnn winter center, carlos flores is in tampa, brian t ....
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hello, i m ben brown, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. stories, and checking out an unthinkable tragedy that s how the mayor of baltimore has described the collapse of the francis scott key bridge in the city. rescuers are still searching the icy waters of the patapsco river for people who plunged from the bridge when it was hit by a singapore flagged container ship, the dali. six people are still missing according to the authorities thought to be construction workers who were on the bridge filling in potholes. two others were rescued, one was unharmed, one is being treated in hospital. this was the moment of the collision. you can see the cargo ship hitting a column of the bridge on the left of screen. a report by a us infrastructure agency says the vessel lost propulsion and the crew notified the authorities that they no longer had control of their vessel. the authorities say there were no str ....