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it's the continental shelf so all of this water goes on top of shallow ground and then when you talk about the tide so the natural rise in water, 16 feet with waves on top of that? i mean, it's devastating for this region. i'm so concerned for the people who decided to ride it out. i was listening to the first responders saying "we're not going to be able to get to you." >> ainsley: cedar key you have mentioned that. that little island the closist big city is gainesville but it's out there. and there is one little bridge. >> janice: you are cut off. >> ainsley: 100 residents decided to stay and they say every home could be flooded. and we saw that, remember, with ian we saw was it sanibel island and remember the governor built that bridge back very quickly so he was praised for that but you worry about the families that are there. >> janice: still people can't get into their homes.
>> ainsley: matt, you are wearing shorts. what's the weather like there? >> steve: three-point line. >> brian: matt, what's the temperature? >> it's been very warm. warm and muggy all night long despite the wind and rain. you can stand out here and not be very cold. very hot, actually. >> ainsley: so is the water, which makes it worse. >> steve: makes it like a fire. that's what janice has told us. matt, thank you very much. he is at saint pete's beach which is just a little south of clearwater where robert ray was. listen, last night, we were watching fox weather. if you don't have fox weather if you don't watch fox weather you should. we watch it on our roku tv. they have the best reporters and the best maps. and they got it all going on. and there, once again, you see hudson, florida again. we are going to go to the governor, i believe, in tallahassee very shortly. the interesting thing about this particular storm, as it makes landfall in the next half hour to 90 minutes, as a category 4, thankfully for the most part, it
landfall. we know that's imminent here. but we also recognize that high tide later on this morning could only add insult to injury in an area that is already seeing a far too much water in such a short period of time. this is not an area where anyone should be continue. foat this point.staying indoorsn is the best thing can you do keep yourself safe as this storm continues to pummel. even areas like tampa bay far from where this storm is expected. this major hurricane, i should say, is expected to make landfall in just a matter of hours. >> steve: that is correct. nicole, thank you very much. the live report from the water side there in tampa. now, let's turn to here in "studio m," we have got senior meteorologist janice dean who is tracking the storm. janice, we could see behind her some lightning strikes. what about tornadoes? that's one of the other things you have got to worry about right now. >> absolutely. land falling three-point line
steve no kidding. janice told us it is a cat 3 hurricane. been downgraded a little bit. it's that storm surge which is incredible. have you seen many people out and about. camera pans over boats. those people are okay. you are near one of the lakes in tarpon. are people out or did they take the governor's advice and get the heck out of town? last night pretty mild. we saw people out and families out people with children walking out. now a lot of people have retreated very hard to move around now. talk about evacuations and leaving their houses. a lot of people didn't have very far to go to just get to highland if the wind does hit weird situation where you are trying to escape from 70 mile-per-hour winds. get high. trying to escape from flood water get high.
cat 4. it will probably be a cat 4 when it makes landfall but we have peaked in terms of winds. not that that makes a difference, this is still a catastrophic, historic storm for this region. over to you guys. >> steve: no kidding. janice, what is going on now and we are looking at perry florida, they are on the dirty side of the storm as you guys in the weather business refer to it because that's the windiest part of the storm right now. this is all hang and it's rare for a hurricane to make landfall during our program. i remember katrina did back in the day. we were in the chairs at that point. but, what's different about this is there is a full moon down there. and there's a king tide. and that just makes the water really substantially high. they say this could be a foot or two higher than even ian, which made landfall with like 15-foot tides. >> janice: this will be comparable to what ian did to the for fort myers.
amusement park i don't have that latest update, steve. we can certainly check on that and get back to you. that would not surprise me because, again, they were going to be on the southern end of this. they may have to close rides periodically but, again, the orlando airport was closed for sure. i'm looking over at a map right now. the orlando airport was closed. but it might be that some of those amusement parks could function, maybe not all the rides but some of the rides. >> steve: sure. all right. sir, thank you very much. we know you have got your hands full today. >> absolutely. thank you guys for having us. >> brian: all right. kevin. we will talk with you again. check in with senior meteorologist janice dean. how are we moving? >> janice: the eye is coming on shore. i expect the national weather service to make an announcement very soon around fish creek. keaton beach area and you can see it right now on the radar where you have the reds and the yellows. that's the core of the strongest winds. and then you see the eye, the calmness part of the storm. if you're in the eye, you will
into south georgia as a hurricane. we don't know how the strength is going to continue. we don't know how hard that's going to be. but they are going to get walloped moving into the south carolina area. we are continuing to stay out here and monitor this as the haymakers are being thrown by idalia. back to you. >> ainsley: robert when you started this morning it was up to your calf, now it's almost up to your knees. janice telling us information this morning stay with us because we want your reaction to this. janice? >> janice: hi, robert. so we're getting information that the eye is clearly moving on shore near fish creek. it's not confirmed by the new york city but national hurricae center. near fish creek we are getting the lowest pressure point -- that doesn't mean anything except that the ---the lowest pressure point is now moving on shore. we will definitely get an official landfall from the new national hurricanecenter.
>> steve: how low is the pressure that's a good way to tell how strong the storm is. >> janice: that's good information i don't have that information in front of me yet. we will get that. when the national hurricane center makes their official call we will get the lowest pressure point as that eye makes its way on shore. but, remember, the strongest part of the storm, the core of hurricane force winds has already made landfall. they are already experiencing winds in excess of 100 miles per hour for a duration of time. >> steve: and when the eye makes landfall, it's quiet in the eye. >> janice: yes. >> steve: robert, obviously you are nowhere near the eye relatively speaking. you are on the dirty side of the storm. the wind is pummeling the palm trees there and the water is rising. we should point out, you mentioned a parking structure. any time we take pictures of a hurricane, we try to keep you guys out in the weather but as safe as possible. so, sometimes you are in the shadow of a great big building that's not going to blow over.
for folks in gulfport they tell me they are not exactly impressed by this storm. >> brian: not yet. hopefully they will feel that way soon as well. meanwhile, go in with janice dean. janice, you have an announcement. >> janice: yep. official landfall from the hurricane center keaton beach, florida, 7:45 a.m. 125 minor sustained winds. major hurricane strength. the pressure at landfall was 949. again, that's just historic. for historical purposes. they are feeling ferocious winds, a categories 3 storm. you know, north of the eye which is what this is. this is the actual pressure point coming on shore. which we were broadcasting live as it was happening here on "fox & friends." but this is the official report from the national hurricane center and they are the ones that have -- that make this for the history books. >> brian: janice, if you want to know however inland it will go, what do you look for? >> janice: i mean, the national hurricane center has been very right on with their forecasting.
>> janice: not done. >> ainsley: it is still major hurricane going to impact millions of people. >> brian: if any state can handle it, been used to it, florida. >> janice: georgia and south carolina >> wow. okay. here we go. >> dana: impact is here. hurricane idalia slams into florida as a category 3 storm. you are looking at perry, florida, floodwaters are moving fast. bill is off today. good morning, bret. >> bret: this is "america's newsroom." this is a big storm, dana. it got to category 4, came