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bringing with a at least 134 mile per hour wind gusts. authorities are warning of, quote, catastrophic storm surge and destructive winds when the hurricane moves ashore the next couple of hours. most of florida s the washington post coast is at risk of severe flooding and storm surges with some forecasted to reach as high as 16 feet in some areas. the national weather service is calling idalia is an unprecedented event. and here s governor desantis late yesterday on the storm. you ve really got to go back to the late 1800s to find a storm of this magnitude that will enter where this one looks like it s going to enter tomorrow. so we don t really have a historical analog in anybody s memory, so it s likely to cause a lot of damage. let s turn to nbc news correspondent jay gray in florida with more. talk about what the conditions are now and what the biggest concern has been. reporter: yeah, and i think the governor there makes a good point. this is not an area us ....
with a first ever win at a grand slam in the us open first round. today and tomorrow will be days of bright spells, showers, some of which will be thundering. we have rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details later. it s tuesday the 29th of august. holidaymakers are facing days of travel disruption after a technical fault hit the uk s air traffic control system over the bank holiday. the problem has now been fixed, but thousands of passengers are still stranded. airlines have apologised and are urging people to check their flights before going to the airport. jon donnison reports. it was a nightmare bank holiday for air travellers with hundreds of flights cancelled and many more delayed. and it s not over yet. we were looking at alternative flights. there was nothing available from ba before thursday. and as we re scrolling through comparison sites, flights were disappearing. we ve now a ....
major hurricane. any upgrade from here and we re talking about a category 3. the issue is that the storm has really got its structure together over the last several hours which is allowing it to continue to rapidly intensify. so welcome into fox weather. we d like to offer a special welcome here at the top of the hour to our viewers on fox news channel. i m ian oliver and i m jane minar fox news is your hurricane head coaches and so many of you watching the development of idalia fox weather with you have every step of the way on every connected tv device, also on your phone 24/7 with the free fox weather app. again idalia to reach category 4 intensity at land fall. we have you covered with our extensive team coverage on the ground tonight folks in place across the southeast as the faster forward motion of this storm is expected to bring hurricane conditions well inland but as we mentioned, idalia is expected to reach major hurricane status tonight. it could be at any ....
today, florida governor ron desantis reminded all in idalia s path to shelter from wind and run from water because idalia will bring both and time to prepare is running out. you ve got time. you ve got the ability to do. i know all these counties have opened up shelters. you can go stay with friends, family. i know there s deals on hotels. you still have time to do that if you re in this big bend area but time is running out very, very rapidly. and the slightest shift in its path could have huge impacts along florida s west coast where nearly two dozen florida counties are under evacuation orders. more than 20 shelters have been opened for those in the low lying areas. over 500 star link internet devices are ready to deploy to keep that state online and 450,000 gallons of fuel have been staged along evacuations in case of interruptions. in tampa, the timing could not be worse. the arrival coincides with a king tide that brings some of the highest ocean water levels ....
could be. neil: the first major hurricane of the new season is on. certainly in the atlantic. idalia is anyone s guess. a category one could be a category three by tomorrow at this time with winds in excess of 120 miles an hour. 16 million americans are in the path of this with the dangerous winds and surge. governor desantis warning residents to make sure that they have a plan to get out and get out fist. welcome. i m neil cavuto. we re following this thing. hard to gauge exactly the path of this storm when all is said and done. let s get the very latest from steve harrigan in duneden, florida. steve? the path could be huge chunks anywhere along the westest coast. throughout much of that territory today, people were filling sandbags. right now, a lot quieter. like a ghost town here. most businesses have shut down. the 120 miles per hour winds, that could knock down houses and uproot trees. the storm surge could be eight to 12 feet. that could submerge cedar key. th ....