Hurricane Idalia slams Florida's Big Bend

we do begin of course with the major hurricane slamming into Florida today moving across several States the devastation and the real concern at this hour over tornadoes into the night overnight hurricane Adelia Grew From a category one hurricane to a monster category 4 storm it was a cat 3 when it hit Winds near 125 miles an hour and a life-threatening storm surge take a look The Dahlia making landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Perry Florida the strongest hurricane to strike that part of the state on record than speeding into Georgia so fast it was still a cap one hurricane a state of emergency in four states up through North Carolina right now there are tornado watches in effect into the night toppling the canopy of this gas station to storm today ripping apart this home in Horseshoe Beach washing it away Adalia spawning the suspected tornado in Goose Creek South Carolina lifting a car and blowing it over and this is what the record-breaking storm surge left behind in Cedar Key nearly seven feet of water flooding the entire town the Tampa Police tonight with high water rescues their vehicles on the flooded streets helping people and at this hour the radar image Dahlia now a tropical storm still having sprawling effects up through the Carolinas and again with hundreds of thousands without power now the real concern at this hour over tornadoes chief meteorologist Ginger Zee will time this out hour by hour what's still ahead for us and ABC senior meteorologist Rob Marciano where this is still hitting Rob leads us off in Savannah Georgia tonight tonight hurricane idalia cutting a path of destruction and Devastation across the southeast for a game making landfall around 7 45 a.m with sustained winds near 125 miles per hour the eye wall slamming ashore in Perry as of five minutes ago we all received a message on our phones about an extreme wind an extreme wind warning and you can tell why snapping trees and stop signs watch McDonald's golden arches ripped apart by powerful winds it's starting to circulate around and that when that rain hits you I mean it's like nails right to the face Dwayne Williams and his son Racing for cover as winds peeled away the roof above them throw the roof coming off so I grabbed my 300 sign and I ran downstairs to the downstairs room and they opened the door for me mom and dad now but it was real turbo going on up there on Cedar Key AccuWeather Storm Chasers capturing record-breaking storm surge nearly seven feet of water tanks and other debris floating away the surge tearing apart this home in Horseshoe Beach it soon disappears from view altogether high tide fueling The Surge into Tampa we got big waves rolling here and we have this massive storm surge that has inundated this beach and parking lot our Ginger Z in Pinellas County it's been more than three hours since we saw a major historic landfalling hurricane more than 100 miles Northwest of us but look at this we still are still flooding right down Gulf Boulevard in Pasco County the Sheriff's Office helping rescue dozens of people and pets from flooded neighborhoods this massive tree landing on the governor's mansion hundreds of thousands losing power across the storm Zone the fast-moving Buzz saw of Destruction barreling Inland across Georgia and into the Carolinas an apparent tornado flipping this car outside Charleston late today President Biden pledging Federal support to the entire region if there's anything anything the states need right now I'm ready to mobilize that support of what they need nearly 12 hours after making that historic landfall idalia now a tropical storm so let's begin senior meteorologist Rob Marciano Rob with us and we know this is far from over up yeah David you know parts of This Storm still have 60 plus mile per hour winds so more trees more power outages uh possible and you mentioned that tornado threat especially across parts of South and North Carolina we had several warnings across uh Charleston including that one that was reported that watch is up until 10 o'clock which is right around when high tide is going to hit this area and that full moon high tide so low-lying areas we'll see several feet of storm surge flooding during the night David all contributing to a tough night ahead Rob thank you for the coverage all day long let's laser in on the timing here because so many are without power and this tornado threat of course very dangerous after Nightfall chief meteorologist Ginger Zee in Treasure Island Florida tonight and ginger you heard from Rob there the potential for these tornadoes damaging winds into the night how long does this last where is this all headed those outer bands whipping on and whipping up tornadoes are possible again through 10 p.m with that watch but I anticipate that extends even so watch for that as we go into North Carolina into the Outer Banks because let me time out how it all moves we're gonna see that storm make its exit just south of Hilton Head and it'll go into the Atlantic but it's going to hug the coast enough so that we have tropical storm warnings all the way to the Virginia state line now what happens here is it's tonight we start at 7 p.m where you've got the onshore wind and you can see it with those streamlines the white lines there gusts upwards of 40 50 miles per hour that really heavy rain on the order of six to ten inches and that's going to move by tomorrow fast just like it has been out into the ocean so we'll say goodbye to Italia by tomorrow afternoon I do have to mention that when you plug with two to five feet of storm surge the coast and then you rain on top of it you're gonna have big time flooding concerns and let me tell you we had two to four feet of surge here sand filling Gulf Boulevard because a dune was breached David it says hello it's not just the damaging winds tonight it's the potential for major flooding Ginger Zee Rob Marciano our entire team in the hurricane zone are thanks to you all hi everyone George 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Published: Thu Aug 31 2023