(The Center Square) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 46 counties in Florida on Monday as Tropical Storm Idalia is predicted to make landfall as
Addition strong winds and this is where the biggest threat fors is loekded. you have to understand where the storm came from to know what to expect. look at the amounts of rain that have been dropped in portions of florida. ft. pierce with 16 inches of rain. gainsville with nearly a foot. napeles with a foot of rain. look at georgia and it recently started to rain. kingsland over 10 inches of rain already. homeland about eight inches of rain. keep in mind for georgia, the rain is still coming and likely will for the next several hours. the numbers are going to go up in terms of wind speed. we will not see numbers like this going forward, but they are impressive and naples with a wind gust of over 140 miles per hour. largo island at 130 miles per hour. storage surge is still a concern for portions of florida. mostly on the western coast.
And chemical color and flash floating around and it s unhealthy here. that s something people have to contend with. this massive tree fell down and flipped off the power line. as this place digs out and tries to come out and everybody tries to get up and running again, crews have to come here and deal with scenes like this. as of now, about three million customers in florida are still without power. it s an awful situation with the downed power lines. the flood streets is a prescription for potentially lots of disaster. stay careful and we will get back to you. on the scene as he always is. we will look at the massive destruction that irma left behind in the florida keys. joining us on the phone, monroe county commissioner. you evacuated, but you are involved with emergency management and you are in close
Shear in this location. that s helping to rip irma apart layer by layer. the downfall is that same shear is ratching up the threat for tornados for those states. thank you very much. we originally feared the worst for the southeastern part of florida. tens of thousands fled areas like miami and west palm beach expected to bear the brunt of the storm. john berman is live from miami. a few minutes ago, the mayor told me that they didn t just dodge a bullet. they dodged a cannon. is it a similar story in miami where you are? it certainly isn t as bad as it could have been. that doesn t mean there is no damage. we are standing at a marina and coconut grove. the boat for instance is supposed to be in the water. it was pushed up here onshore. that boat is supposed to be in
Working diligently. as you know, millions of people that are without power. this is stretching the resources dramatically and bringing in people from across the country to take care of what s happening in florida. are there power lines down that could be very dangerous? absolutely. i saw them early this morning and i saw them last night. we see the crews there along with the first responders and the public works team and the fire departments that have gone beyond the call of duty to make sure that god forbid no one can get hurt and that s one of the reasons we can t have people back until we are able to secure it. what are your biggest challenges right now? i can tell you this. the good news is this. we invested a tremendous amount. we have been raising roads and putting in pumps and generators. we have been fighting back against sea level.