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enough for fish to be swimming around in it. but this is still a water event happening here. the surge is coming and the next few hours, the highest tide is going to happen here and that's when you're going to see a heck of a lot more water and it's going to become much more dangerous to traverse. >> i love the way you described the fact that there are fish in the water. they are not supposed to be there where you just showed us. thank you so much for your work out there. it has just been incredible to see. we know tens of thousands of floridians are without power at this moment and so even as the category has weakened, that does not mean the danger has subsided. there's a lot more to come here. >> no question about that. >> while the hurricane is sitting coastal areas where historic storm surge, it's also lashing inland cities with heavy rain and powerful wind. we're going to speak with the mayor of lake city florida where the hurricane is passing as we speak. you've changed. so have we. that's why dodove body wash now w has 24 hour renewing micro moisture
county. i'm standing near a historic hotel. we're at the intersection of southeast u.s. highway 19. unfortunately, there's water over this roadway and off to my left here, going down u.s. highway 19, which is the major north/south thoroughfare from down to south florida to the state line with georgia, and this road is shut down in major portions in my county right now due to the storm surge that we're seeing. and i was talking with my colonel here a little bit ago talking about what she saw back in 1993, no-name storm, we all saw it in 2016 with hurricane hermine. and you're seeing flood values increasing that will exceed both of those storms. where i'm standing right now could potentially be under six feet of water by the time we get to high tied in about five hours from now.
florida that often does not see hurricanes of this magnitude and the process of intensification is something we need to highlight because it was just yesterday morning that this was a tropical storm. it became a hurricane, category 2, category 3, even category 4, before weakening a bit as it made landfall in florida. now it remains a category 1. even as it leaves florida, the danger still lurks. just to put a button on it. the last time that big bend area saw hurricane-force winds like this, this type of strength was 125 years ago. that really just gives you a sense of just how historic the storm has been. let's stay in the big bend area. two residents who evacuated from horseshoe beach describing the situation at their home. they spoke with cnn affiliate wjxt. take a listen. >> when did you come here to evacuate? >> yesterday, when they gave us orders. the cops came door to door.
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>> so it's going to get worse. sheriff, if you can hear me, that's incredible descriptive and helpful, i think, to a lot of people who may want to try to move around in the next few hours. where you are standing could be under even more water in the coming hours? >> absolutely. the national weather service forecasted anywhere between 8 and 11 feet of water where i am standing right now. and we've already seen quite a bit of water intrusion out here. some of the major roads along our coastal area are completely shut down now due to water coming over the roads and making them impassable. we've got some lights that have been knocked out due to water intrusion or a force due to lightning strikes that are moving across our community right now and we've had three tornado watches here in citrus county this morning. we have a long way ahead of us. many hours of frustration dealing with storm surge and the
the skies do brighten. and as the storm itself is now over georgia. hurricane idalia is a category 1 storm moving over georgia, a threat for tree damage, flooding and rain. but the storm surges along the gulf coast still a very big problem and could get even worse. >> there was so much information that that interview. notable that he said all of that water, not just dangerous, but could create property damage if, in fact, you drive through that. making the point, don't venture out. the worst is not over just yet. john, we'll check back with you in just a moment. thank you, john. still to dcome, we're monitoring the latest of hurricane idalia and how a supermoon will impact the storm. we're back in just moments. stay with us.
are starting to see this really surge. would you mind just kind of giving a shot of -- there are tiny rapids that are happening here in the middle of u.s. 19 here in crystal river. you see all of these cars here? why did we need to bring our cars here? we were parked in the parking lot, the water came up past the tires and so at that point, we realized, we need to get to higher ground. this is not going to be much better in the coming hours. you see that there are emergency vehicles. what they doing? they're bringing in a boat. they know the only point to get and help people if they have stayed in this area and to survey the area is going to be by boat. that's what's happening at this hour. and, by the way, i have now seen fish swimming on the other side of u.s. 19. there's not supposed to be any water over there and there's
heard of any deaths or injuries or people who are stranded? i do just think i did lose the sheriff. but he gave such helpful information, such helpful information to people who are thinking about trying to get out and move around soon. he's on highway 19, which i was on overnight, which is such an important thoroughfare all the way up the coast into georgia itself. he says there are parts of that that are impassable. he also says some of the east/west roads that take you out to the towns along the gulf coast, they are in impassable, water up over them in some places. and the sheriff, it is his understanding, he's telling people it's going to get worse over the next several hours and it's dirty water, it is water from the gulf that's pushed into these beautiful rivers and streams and inundated them and it's a very dangerous situation. people really need to be careful over the next few hours, even as
no, this is u.s. 19, the highway that goes through crystal river, or i should say, it was u.s. 19. right now it looks like there is a lake and a river coming together here. it is flowing so quickly across all of this area. all that you're seeing there before you -- get to the structure and is the best western there. those were all parking lots that were completely dry as a duck's back, and now they're inundated with water and it is going to get worse. while you heard derek van dam there saying they're going to see their major high tide around 2:00 or so, we're supposed to get high tide, we're supposed to see the worst of this at 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time. so what you're seeing now, this is what the forecasters promised. they said, look, you are not going to see a lot at first. and then all of a sudden, you're going to start seeing water just