In fact, it opened up a new area we were not able to search before. A big curveball to their efforts is tropical Storm Elsa. That Storm Churning Forward Floft right now. The latest on that Storms Trajectory and what it means for the Research And Rescue efforts in surfside. Also a new sense of freedom after more than a year of the pandemic. But were not Out Of The Woods yet. Were falling short of the goal to get americans vaccinated by the fourth and what it means for the future of the night. A race against time in surfside as tropical Storm Elsa now barrels towards the coast. Just demolished overnight. The Florida Keys as the state prepares for a storm, and we are tracking tropical Storm Elsa for us. Three more victims found again. Comes just a short time ago in the last hour. A storm could complicate a grim situation there. Officials not taking any chances. How does all of this impact the Search And Rescue efforts now . Yeah, so with the successful demolition of what was left of the t
Bottom line is, we re going to take miami-dade out, woing to cake a couple other interior counties in south florida out. we ll be adding a number of counties in the northern half of the state. and, again, the most recent track is we re looking at impacts north of citrus county, probably in that dixie county area. and if we continue to see any movement beyond that, then obviously we will update people. we do, though, not anticipate when it s in the gulf of mexico that this storm is just going to end up going west of florida. every single model is in agreement, once it s in the golf, there is going to be a movement back northeast and we anticipate that will impact the state of florida. so we re ready for that. but as much as you don t want to have to deal with these, the movement west, at least for the surfside site, means that the impacts should be incredibly minimal. may get some rain, a little bit of wind, but nothing like we were looking at maybe a couple
Was there, that something just came down within the last day. so i think it was a good effort, i think it was the right thing to do and i think it will help us move forward unimpeded and really be able to get the job done for the families, for the community of surfside, for miami-dade and the state of florida. we are, at least in terms of the surfside with this storm elsa, the news is pretty positive. they continue the 11:00 a.m. update for the national hurricane center advisory, moved it further west. so i will be signing a revised executive order later today and we will likely be removing miami-dade from the affected counties. we will likely be removing desoto and hardy, who are interior florida, but in the southern part of the state, we ll likely remove them. that s because the track is pushing it further out into the gulf of mexico. on the other hand, we re going to have to add a lot of counties in the northern part of the state, particularly in the big bend region, so you re looki
Thanks to florida governor desantis and lieutenant governor. we ve got everything we need. operations are now moving much faster than they ever have. the only remaining potential barrier is dangerous weather, which may or may not occur, bad weather, the search and rescue will continue for 24 hours a day, bad weather excepted. lightning specifically. the search will continue for 24 hours a day, seven days a week until we pull everybody out of that rubble and reunite them with their family. again, i want to thank the governor for his flawless support here. surfside and little surfside really appreciates it. the fact that he s been here every day is amazing. he s got his staff here. the dade county mayor has been wonderful. i want to congratulate the dade county mayor for her decisive leadership with respect to the demolition. i met with the governor two days ago and he and i talked about the need to bring this building down in light of the storm.
Through a security door. so don t know if that person about armed or if they just went through the secured door, but definitely some scary moments this morning. looks like it and sounds like it. thank you for that breaking news there. safe travels to you and your wife. folks, we re also waiting for that news conference to start on the rescue efforts in sir much side florida. when they start there we will of course bring it to you live. also, live on the u.s. and canadian border, because a soft opening is now under way after covid forced a 16 month long closure between the u.s. and our neighbor to the north. u.s. and r neighbor ttho e north.