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And they are really concerned about flooding there. listen. >> were looking at storm surge of 4 to 7 feet at high tide, which has the potential to bring water onto the airport. and so we are taking all of the measures that we need to, to make sure we mitigate as best we can the impact of water onto the airport. >> here is the issue. tpa is right on tampa bay. so, very likely that they will have some flooding there. they hope to be able to do a damage assessment there some time on wednesday, hope...

Precautions. we do have counties, a total of 28 counties have issued some form of evacuation orders including alachua, hamilton, leon, nas snassau and putnam. if youre in an area, certainly the coastal areas, barrier islands. if youre in areas that are low lying or near some of the rivers, you likely would be advised to be evacuating at this time. we are already seeing impacts in southwest florida. were seeing storm surge. the eye of this storm is probably 100 miles or more off the coast of sout...

County, bobby mccallum. thank you for joining us. we know how busy you are, how much is going on. i want to talk about cedar key. we just spoke with bill were just north of you. cedar key and other areas could see a catastrophic storm surge. we understand as high as 10-15 feet. how worried are you? how dangerous is that storm surge going to be? >> extremely worried. weve been through a lot of storms over the years. weve been through a lot but nothing like we expect to see with this storm. that s...

Were not encouraged about that fact, that people still seem to be wanting to ride out the storm as theyve done in the past. this is not a storm. this is not a surge that you can afford to do that. >> sheriff, what more support do you need from governor ron desantis and from fema as this storm bears down? >> we have fema representatives in our emergency operations center currently. governor desantis was here with us yesterday. he has fully supported us with state resources. our fdle commissioner,...

That will leave significant impacts, and particularly in this part of the state. youve really got to go back to the late 1800s to find a storm of this magnitude that will enter where this one looks like its going to enter tomorrow. so we dont really have historical analog in anybodys memory. its likely to cause a lot of damage. thats just the reality. so be prepared for that. be prepared to lose power, and just know that theres a lot of folks that are going to be there to help you get back on yo...

Think about that imagery and how powerful that surge was for that storm, and imagine it impacting these communities here, especially cedar key. im really worried about them. theyve been reporting that some people are hanging back and thats probably not a wise decision. >> that is something echoed by the sheriff of levy county which includes the city of leader key, who we just spoke with. he is very clear hes scared of whats about to come. how dangerous are you expecting the conditions to get her...

Biden administration being sued to opening up the area to more drilling. the familiarity with this kind of storm is what worries officials. theres a couple of people who refuse to evacuate this part. about 50 miles as the crow files south of us is cedar key. we talked to the mayor there who is imploring the hundred people who are steadfastly refusing to move to please, for your own sake, leave now. >> were here to beg our citizens to heed this warning. this storm is worse than weve ever seen. al...

There are over 50 shelters throughout the state that are open. and every county that has any type of evacuation notice does then open at least one shelter for people to go to. our florida highway safety motor vehicle has five florida licensing on wheel mobiles and six mini mobiles ready to deploy to impacted areas to help residents replace important documents such as drivers license. hopefully thats not going to be necessary. if you end up in that situation, we want to have folks that will be ab...