Will not be survivable in some areas. the storm has winds of 120 miles per hour and it s moving north at 15 miles per hour. some authorities say it may be too late for people in the strike zone to leave. i want to bring in correspondent marissa with more. talk about how conditions are where you are at this hour. reporter: this is tampa bay to the left of me. over to here is davis island. this is the region s only level one trauma center. as you can see this is an area that is prone to flooding. anyone who s from the tampa area might be watching and saying, oh, this happens all the time, but that is exactly why this area is so vuminable to surges. this is why this area is eso vulnerable to flooding. so this level one trauma center over to my left has put up what s called an aqua fence. these barriers are supposed to
Clears? again, with the storm surge brings a lot of sand, the environmental conditions. there s a lot of unknowns that actually just washed up. environmentally and cleaning the areas, getting it back to seminole is going to be very important. that s going to be one of our biggest concerns. separating the dirty sand from the debris and getting cleaned back up for the streets and making it safe again. javon graham, to you and the folks who work with you in emergency management, we really appreciate everything you do and we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. good luck. thank you. nbc s marissa parra, meantime, is reporting live from tampa, which is seeing a king tide. that s some of the highest water levels of the year. about to go inside with this hurricane. so how are things there, marissa? reporter: i have good news to report. we have actually seen the water
We are still getting some of the wind and light rain here in gainesville. guad, thank you very much from gainesville. you are so right. so many times the fatalities occur after the storm passes because precisely what you are talking about. the fact that you come out to your backyard and you don t see the power lines that have been covered up by leaves and debris. you step on them. they are hot. there are so many potential dangers, even after the storm has passed, including the issue of water, which in our case hasn t subsided much in the last two hours that we have been here. i want to go to marissa in tampa. how are things there? reporter: you can see, we talk about water, i m surrounded by it. this is bay shore boulevard.
That just pointed out taking a little closer to cedar key, that s the latest model there that i was just looking at. 90 mile per hour winds is easy when you have 90-degree water. this is a big event here. storm surge could be 12 feet. maybe the towns here, cedar key, the one you are going to doesn t have a land above 12 feet. we want people to be careful, you get in touch with me if every feel the need to talk tomorrow. i promise, i promise. my wife, and mother both thank. you and my father. chad, marissa thank you for that important forecast. please, everyone, heed these warnings. next, jenna symbols makes history inches the world yet again why she s a superstar. (woman) it is high. whenever you are ready. (man) are there any snakes? (woman) nope. (man) are you sure? here we go! (vo) it s time to push your limits. (man) okay.
But i can tell you, there are two male victims and one male victim. all of the deceased victims are black. the shooter had authored manifestos went to his parents, one to the media, want to federal agents. portions of the manifestos details the shooter s disgusting ideology of hate. finally put, the shooting was racially motivated and he hated black people. nbc national correspondent is tracking developments in west palm beach. marissa, bring us up to date what we know at this hour? yes, a lot of it you heard now authorities were largely tightlipped until the last half hour, alicia, what we learned from the press conference was frankly disturbing and illuminating. we know there are four dead total including the gunman who the sheriff s office in jacksonville said he turned the gun on himself. the manifesto is such a key part of this because they say that this was rooted in white