Wind Subsides News Today

Getting up there right now. if youre in your home, if you have an emergency, if you have a medical emergency or if a tree falls on your house, you got to wait until the wind subsides. >> were looking at our map of gusts. we look to be seeing gusts at 60 miles an hour in tallahassee right now so youre above that point where people can conduct rescues. as matt says, for tallahassee its going to get worse before it gets better. matt bradley in tallahassee. coming up, ill talk to a resident of panam...

So far so good. patti ann: have they downed trees, caused power outages? >> at the emergency operations center that has been manned for 24 hours. we only had reports of 6 residences that lost power so far. it could be that that could be an anomaly though. patti ann: once the wind subsides, that danger will be over. meant main worry reverts back to that storm surge. you are encouraged by the news the storm is moving quickly? >> yes.

An officer just turned off the road here. that gives you an idea that authorities are now being able to go out into the community here, community of about 65,000 to 70,000 people, and make sure that nobody is in need of any help because as you heard from the mayor here, fred, in several media report, is that he was afraid that a majority of the residents here chose to not evacuate, chose to stick around. when the eye of the storm was passing over the city or close to the city, authorities had to...

Police have been pulled off the streets because weve got sustained winds right about 40. if it abates, we will be back out on the street. but certainly, tampa police department is sheltering in place until that wind subsides. sandra: tampa electric estimates as much as 60% of your city will be without power. how long do you expect the power outage to last, mayor? >> well, pecos been a great partner for us, and we work hand in hand with them. we were already seeing some sporadic power outages. pa...