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we are tracking hurricane idalia. let s take a look at the map, just to show the scale of what has been happening. there it is moving up towards florida. this morning florida time it hit and now it it has moved on to georgia. we canjust take a look at its path on the graphic here. it started bottom left, the red dot this morning, right now it is closer to the pink dot towards southern georgia and thenit dot towards southern georgia and then it will move on upwards, up towards those yellow dots and out to see in the days ahead. that confirmation we just heard, the worst storm to hit parts of florida in 100 years. take a look at some of the damage, some of the pictures have come in as the winds blow. the rain comes down, of course the risk from the storm surges. so huge amounts of sea water heading inland. lots of destruction, lots of people without power. a quarter of a million people in florida lost power and had it reconnected. another, without power right now. lots of ....
this is extreme high, you can see all the boats out here. look at this. this is crazy. john: you ll eyes on florida and now georgia after hurricane idalia comes ashore as a category 3 hurricane, blasting destructive winds and life-threatening storm surge. the hurricane weakening to a category 1 but officials warn florida and georgia not out of the woods just yet. hello, john roberts, good wednesday afternoon to you. good to see you. it is a very rough day for pretty much all the south, i m aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. idalia, making its historic landfall this morning along florida s big bend area, it is the strongest storm to hit that big bend region in 125 years. powerful winds pushing water ashore creating the potential for storm surge as high as 16 feet in some parts of that state. john: heavy rainfall covering roads and raising the threat of flash flooding across florida. more than 300,000 people are without power in two states as the storm hits georgi ....
serious threats of flash flooding. idalia is now a category 1 storm, but it made landfall as an intense category 3 storm earlier today. the area of florida s big bend took the biggest hit, big bend is the part of florida where the panhandle meets the west coast of the peninsula of florida. this was the town of steam hatchy. so much standing water in the streets that only the roofs of these homes and businesses were visible. up the road near the town of perry, florida, the brutal winds toppled this gas station awnings. the winds gusted to 85 miles per hour earlier today. and look at this storm damage in keaton beach, also in the big bend area, the eye of idalia came ashore shortly before 8:00 this morning. this home has been ripped apart. the entire roof in front of the structure are gone. debris scattered all across the yard. the city of st. petersburg shared this video with us saying it rescued more than 75 people so far. more searches are still under way. the national ....
miles-per-hour as it heads for georgia and the carolinas. steve harrigan is in tarpon springs near tampa. what are you seeing now? we have about a foot and a half water on this street and we re with jim who has an auto repair shop. has had it here for 30 years. behind every house, every business along this road and along much of this town there is at least a foot of water. if you want to see what it looks like we ll look inside this auto repair shop. what did you try to save when the storm is coming? what did you try and do? put cars up in the air. put our own vehicles in the air. the shop equipment. we re wading through six inches of water on the ground. he tried to get the cars up on lifts. some of his air conditioning and valuable equipment, too. i have to say it s a mess here. it is. now look, a lot of americans want to know when you got six inches of water in a business you ve had for 30 years, as we can see these cars he has tried to raise them up here. ....
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