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households that are out of power throughout the state of florida, but there have been over 100,000 households that have already been restored through hard work all through the night, and those restoration efforts are ongoing. any place it's safe to do, people are there working to get that done. as soon as it's safe to do so when the winds die down to a sufficient level, search and rescue efforts will begin. we have eight urban search and rescue teams staged and ready to go. 33 plans strike teams, 5500 national guardsmen and the coast guard on standby should that be necessary. there will be an immediate effort to restore power to people who lose power. there's 30,000 plus linemen stationed and ready to go to commence restoration efforts for local municipalities and electric co-ops, please accept
i think we're worried about the surge, the ocean surge. we don't know exactly yet. hour to hour we're watching this but i told the governor that and the mayor in the regions likely to be hit first we're there as long as it takes and make sure they have everything they need. >> looking at a live picture of tampa. that was president biden yesterday on the federal response. 49 of florida's 67 counties are currently under state of emergency. at least 30 have issued evacuation orders. governor ron desantis says resources are being made available to help restore power, respond to threats of life if needed. that includes placing tens of thousands of electric workers on standby and the state deploying all 5500 members.
governor, for your leadership and support of your florida national guard and mr. guthrie, thank you for protecting citizens. we are assessing damage and our thoughts and prayers are with the impact of the storm on folks. florida national guard is fully mobilized with 5500 supporting the efforts post landfall. guard elements have been providing support to state and local partners with reconnaissance, search and rescue, damage assessment. 53rd combat team is engaged in florida coastal counties, conducting ground search and rescue and route clearance. florida guardsmen are in hearnando and taylor county and
here in the state of florida. as always, we cannot do that without the leadership of the governor and objectives that he sets. thank you so much. >> good morning. thank you, governor, for your leadership and support of your florida national guard. thank you for the great work your team is doing for to protect citizens. as we continue to assess the damage landfall caused, our thoughts and prayers remain with the impacted of the storm on the folks. the national guard is fully mobilized with 5500 soldiers and airmen supporting our efforts. guard elements have been providing support to our state and local partners with mission sets including reing so any sans, search and rescue, damage assessment and route recognizance operations. the team is heavily engaged in the western coastal counties.
and the work of your team to protect our florida citizens. our thoughts and prayers go out to those in the affected areas of the storm, those being affected already. as i mentioned yesterday the florida national guard is fully mobilized with over 5500 soldiers and airmen ready to support hurricane response efforts. we expect that throughout the day we will be actively engaged in a multitude of missions including search and rescue, damage assessment and route clearance. in addition we continue to man the state logistics response center and many other staging areas throughout the state of florida. as well as support the 26 county emergency management operation centers with liaison specialists. the florida national guard currently has on hand 2,400 vehicles available including high-mobility and high-water vehicles. 14 rotary wing aircraft with
was expected? >> we have been coordinating very closely with the weather service and making sure we alerted people for the potential for a major catastrophic storm. that was communicated in the past several days. what we'll be doing is ascertaining what the damage is like. helping individuals rebuild. we know that the storm surge was significant. we know the winds and the rain significant as it continues to go through the state and go on up to georgia and the carolinas. but this is a process that we are accustomed to under governor desantis's leadership. he has taken great pains to make sure we prepare, we present position assets and everything ready to go and stand by floridians every step of the way and help them as they rebuild. >> julie: the florida national guard activated. their response operations have a 5 5500 soldier and airman.
coordinating, he have resource request we've received has either been filled or will be filled by the end of this morning. we do have 420,000 gallons of fuel staged and ready to deploy and additional assets are expected over the next few days. and the gas stations that will be prioritized will be the ones along the heavy evacuation routes. we have 8 urban search and rescue teams activated and over 580 rescue personnel ready right now. we have delivered 431 pallets of water, 303 pallets of mre and over 1200 tarps to communities that may be impacted. we have more water and mres ready to be deployed as needed. there are over 20 shelters open and additional 20 special needs shelters are mobilizing or on standby throughout the state of florida. we have 5500 national guardsmen that have been activated. we have deployed 247 starlinks
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in florida where millions are anxiously watching the track of idalia, a dangerous form that is forecast to rapidly testify before slamming into the state. >> it is moving north and expected to gain strength in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico before making landfall on wednesday. storm surge and hurricane warnings are in effect along florida's gulf coast where highway tolls have been suspended, at least ten counties have issued evacuation orders. >> florida's governor says the state's 5500 national guard members have been activated and urging residents to prepare for the possibility of dangerous conditions. >> i would just caution floridians, pay attention to what is going on in your area. listen to your local emergency management officials. this is going to be a major hurricane. it is likely to continue strengthening all the way until impact. and it could have catastrophic storm surge in your area.
stand by throughout the state of florida. we have 5500 national guardsmen that have been activated. you still have time this morning to be able to make your final preparations. if you are in one of those areas that is in line for some of the major storm surge and you are told to evacuate. >> bret: florida desantis giving the status as the hurricane moves to the gulf coast. it is expected to strengthen to a major hurricane before making landfall tomorrow morning. new this hour florida state university in tallahassee canceling classes and the governor of north carolina declaring a state of emergency ahead of the storm reaching his state. britta joins us from tampa to tell us what's happening there. >> it's hard to imagine that there is a monster storm that is strengthening in the gulf of mexico. this is old tampa bay behind me,