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What to do along that coastline, theres going to be a storm surge. there have been evacuation orders. hopefully those folks listened to authorities and have evacuated because the water will come, particularly from charleston and points north towards myrtle beach. thats where the storm surge could be as deep as 3 to 5, potentially as high as 7 feet aboveground in some locations. thats quite considerable addition to the hurricane force winds and the driving rain, lets not about the floods in flori...

Severe weather. we do have the tornado watch this has been since been dropped a couple minutes ago. but still, we could see some strong storms and thunderstorms that is going to add to the rainfall totals. flood threat -- we do have a flood watch. this is in the green. so we are looking at portions of central and northern florida into georgia also south carolina, including charleston, because we do have expect some heavy rain there. and eventually will shift into the mid-atlantic. d a flash floo...

That storm surge. yes, rain is also coming. some of these areas, savannah, maybe a foot of precipitation. so water is going to be everywhere. nick, even though its weakening, theres still some folks that need to be paying attention. absolutely. no doubt that whole map right there just covered in red . thats something you dont see every day. all right. well, thank you, adam. lets get it over to now. fox, where theres max gordon, who is in st. petersburg, florida. where intense wind and rain pumme...

We need to four people they did not have insurance? what kind of rebuilding assurance are we going to need to help communities pay the bills, pay for that response, the cleanup. that will be -- theyll be working on that over the next couple of days. but everybody has to stay focused on right now, and dont detract from certain rescue parties. we still have flooding going. you heard from your people in orlando. in this part of the world, where a pretty flat state. our flash flooding can turn into ...

Allowing a lot of rainfall. we have a lot of tropical alerts, storm phase, this is really rare to see a hurricane warning going across the entire peninsula. weve got warnings from southern florida all the way up to portions of georgia, into the carolinas. because this will be the next story as we head through our time here. but we do have tropical storm warnings. still, that means we are going to feel tropical storm winds. we are feeling them right now. also hurricane warnings, that means we are...

Eight miles per hour. thats a snowstorm. we thought it would slow down the 3 to 4 miles per hour, that walking pace. but its a little bit faster than that. still crawling, though, across the state of florida. the reason that the problem is because it is dropping a lot of rain and will continue to drop a lot of rain. so we are concerned for flash flooding as we go throughout the night. when you think of hurricanes, water is the deadliest region reason why both people die in hurricanes. looking at...

Weve got those tropical storm warnings and so thats something obviously that were going to have to watch out for. >> storm reports getting much less numerous along the west coast of florida. and theyre really piling up here as you look over on the eastern edge of the coastline of florida. look at these top wind reports by far and away. the highest one report, cape coral. one hundred and forty miles per hour. then youve got redfish pass, gorda, cape coral, and pelican bay, all between one hundred...

I do want to stress that this is just right where we are in a very low area. we have plenty of escape routes over here right now, and so we are not flirting with danger in a way that some people might think. i want to make clear that if we think we are seeing flash flooding coming our way, we will not be wasting time in getting out of the way of that. that is something that is a concern in orlando. when you go overnight and morning hours, were looking at the worst of whats left of being here in ...

Overnight hours, that we are hunkering down, staying in and especially opening up our eyes on thursday morning. once that daylight comes up, just taking our time, not venturing out too quickly, because there is likely going to be some damage and flooding that is ongoing in these communities. leesburg, we have those winds up to about 48 gusts. we also have dade city about gusts up to about 15 . >> wind is going to continue to be a big component in the forecast. some new storm reports coming in to...

Here in this county ever when it comes to the flooding and the massive amounts of rain and wind that were getting. >> absolutely. i mean, you mentioned the power outages. what about utility crews? have you been speaking with any any emergency officials out there? you know, planning ahead for what could come in the coming hours? >> yeah, actually , were blessed. the daytona international speedway is located here, and that is ground zero for power companies who have come in throughout the southeas...