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records show sustained winds reaching 120 miles per hour in some areas. and the storm surge, it soaked the south carolina coast with maximum storm tides of 20 feet, observed in some areas. >> the wind is picking up so dramatically. >> there is no water and the eye hit. when the eye hit, it started. it was like filling up a bathtub there was no waves there was no nothing. like in about 10 minutes. >> reporter: decades ago in 1969, it was camille, a category 5 hurricane that made landfall along the mississippi coast. the winds were so fierce, they destroyed all the wind recording instruments in the area. >> what now? >> now we'll start over again. i got the clothe is got on and $22 in my pocket. >> reporter: the winds at the coast were estimated to be about 200 miles per hour. and with those winds came water, lots of it. a storm tide of 24.6 feet occurred at pass christian, mississippi according to officials. randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida.

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wasn't so much the wind as the water. >> i tried swimming to higher ground, but there was no higher ground. >> reporter: according to the national hurricane center, storm surge flooding measured 10 to 28 feet above normal tide levels. the storm surge that poured into lake pontchartrain breached the levee system, flooding most of new orleans. catastrophic flooding spread for miles inland, destroying residential neighborhoods. >> it came in so fast. it was from 1 inch to 10 feet in the matter of ten minutes. >> reporter: nearly 1400 people perished during the hurricane and the floods that followed. most of them drowned. katrina is a prime example of how deadly a storm surge can be. in 2008, hurricane ike made landfall as it swept over galveston island on the texas coast. i was a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. much of the area saw devastating storm surges of 15 to 20 feet

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that hurricane was coming directly for us. and it was approximately six hours before where it made a hard right turn towards fort myers. if that were the case and it makes a hard right turn for us, we would be in much worse situation. so we get it. we understand it. and we know that that happened just a year ago. so that's why nobody is putting down their guard. >> what's the timing over the next 12 hours for the people of tampa? when will they know that it's okay to come back out? >> well, tomorrow when the sun is out, we're expecting the high tide to come in midday tomorrow. so we need to wait until tomorrow is done and the high tide is done and the storm surge is out before it's safe to come out. >> so your asks, to the people of tampa, your asks for tonight, for tomorrow is what exactly? >> stay inside. even if the sun comes out and the storm is passed, the storm surge, especially in the low-lying areas, in tampa specifically, the high tide is around noon tomorrow.

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spoke to someone on one of these planes, lieutenant commander josh rainenberg. lieutenant commander, i understand you have just flown through the eye wall of idalia. tell me what you saw. >> yes, sir, we just did. and right now on the north side of the storm. we're about 200 miles west of tampa. and we saw mostly what we expected. we saw an intensifying hurricane. and we were able to find the center of the storm successfully. and right now we're loitering north, getting ready to go back into the eye of the storm. >> what's it like to fly through the eye, the eye wall of a hurricane, which we all know is the most intense, most powerful part? >> it can be a little bit unpredictable. and at times scary. but as a pilot, we're trained to do certain things inside the aircraft to make it perform in the way we want it to.

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insurance crisis that is crushing on people who live off the water, live near the water. explain all that. >> we got to see the destruction hurricane ian did down in fort myers. we took a crew, a team down to fort myers last year. we took a big barge down and craned boats out of people's yards, on top of people's houses. and we've seen stuff that i didn't know a storm could do. and so it was a real big eye-opener to my whole family. i think my dad is worryied wors case scenario he doesn't want to be like what happened in fort myers. with insurance stuff going on, we're all worried. that's why we're staying here to see if there is anything that we can do to protect what we have. >> chase, hurricane hermine which was a hurricane 1 storm, it did pass through here. it had a 6-foot storm surge. now we're standing down by the water. there is a bar area up here in

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live pictures from indian rocks beach in florida, well south of where i am. people checking out the waves and the wind and seeing how hurricane idalia is affecting things. now, never a good idea, by the way, to go that close to the water when a hurricane is bearing down. needless to say where i'm standing in steinhatchee, all along the steinhatchee river, you will not be able to stand here a few hours from now. where i am will be covered in water. if the forecasts are correct the water would be well over where my head is right now. we've seen the effects of storm surge in florida. last year hurricane ian, the storm surge devastated fort myers beach in punta gorda. not too far from there is clearwater beach which is where gloria pazmino is tonight. gloria, what are you seeing? >> john, i was speaking to people who were walking along the beach just about two hours ago as the sun was coming down,

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hurricane idalia, which is a category 2 hurricane which has just strengthened. the wind speeds are now at 105 miles per hour, and they are gaining. but it is not the wind that has people the most worried about this hurricane. it's the water. it is the storm surge, predicted to be 10 to 15 feet right where i'm standing in steinhatchee. the steinhatchee river right now sat low tide. at high tide, it's another 5, 6 feet higher than where it is. add 10 to 15 feet on top of that, and the area where i am standing right now is feared to be just completely covered in water about eight hours from now. that is the concern along the florida gulf coast. about 45 minutes south of where i am in the town of cedar key, the mayor there issued his town and his people a stern warning. >> we're here to beg our

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tonight, really early tomorrow morning, right around dawn. wind speeds right now at 105 miles per hour. they are expected to strengthen north of 110, which would make it a major hurricane at landfall. now there is other news, including the funeral for wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin. we want to take a moment now to mark that. it comes six days after he and nine others died aboard a still unsolved plane crash in russia, and more than two months after the short-lived rebellion against the russian military and by connection vladimir putin. our matthew chance in russia tonight where even prigozhin's funeral site is shrouded in secrecy. >> don't believe the evidence of your own eye. not in russia. police checkpoints and metal detectors at the main cemetery

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the building which is about 6 feet higher than us. how high up on your body did the water get? with a six-foot storm surge for hurricane hermine? >> it was chest high in our store, which is about 50 feet from our river. so i remember on for that storm, it was kind of up in the air that if it was going to turn into a hurricane, and we didn't prepare that much at all for hurricane hermine, and so we boarded up the doors that time for that hurricane. but i remember it was going to hit in the middle of the night. similar kind of like how this one is going the hit with the high tide in the middle of the night. but i had my -- my dad is y'all go down there to check to see how high the water level is. i remember seeing it was foot over our little deck right here. man, we better go get my dad up and have him come down here. our house is literally right across the street. we get him up and walk him down here, and it's knee-deep in our store. and the water came in like a flash. >> and that was six feet.

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right in the path of hurricane idalia, which is now a category 2 storm, a strengthening category 2 storm. it's got wind speeds of 105 miles per hour. it's expected to get up to 110 miles per hour, maybe 115. it will make landfall it is expected as a major hurricane. it's not the wind speed that is of the greatest concern, though, it's the storm surge expected to be 10 to 15 in some places. including right near in steinhatchee. we are lucky enough to be at a marina right now. it's dark so you can't see it. but we're standing at the docks of the sea hag marina right on the river here. with me is one of the members of the family that operates this marina, chase norwood. great to see you, chase. and also with us is our chief climate correspondent bill weir. chase, you and your family, first of all, thank you for letting us be here tonight. but you have chosen to stay, despite the warnings to leave. >> so this marina is pretty much

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