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And they are really concerned about flooding there. listen. >> we're looking at storm surge of 4 to 7 feet at high tide, which has the potential to bring water onto the airport. and so we are taking all of the measures that we need to, to make sure we mitigate as best we can the impact of water onto the airport. >> here is the issue. tpa is right on tampa bay. so, very likely that they will have some flooding there. they hope to be able to do a damage assessment there some time on wednesday, hopefully opening the airport back up on thursday. but, alex, it's not looking good so far just yet. we...

Precautions. we do have counties, a total of 28 counties have issued some form of evacuation orders including alachua, hamilton, leon, nas snassau and putnam. if you're in an area, certainly the coastal areas, barrier islands. if you're in areas that are low lying or near some of the rivers, you likely would be advised to be evacuating at this time. we are already seeing impacts in southwest florida. we're seeing storm surge. the eye of this storm is probably 100 miles or more off the coast of southwest florida, and yet those outer bands are already showing significant impacts. you're going to...

County, bobby mccallum. thank you for joining us. we know how busy you are, how much is going on. i want to talk about cedar key. we just spoke with bill we're just north of you. cedar key and other areas could see a catastrophic storm surge. we understand as high as 10-15 feet. how worried are you? how dangerous is that storm surge going to be? >> extremely worried. we've been through a lot of storms over the years. we've been through a lot but nothing like we expect to see with this storm. that storm surge is just unbelieve nl. we're trying to convince the folks of seda key and yankee town a...

We're not encouraged about that fact, that people still seem to be wanting to ride out the storm as they've done in the past. this is not a storm. this is not a surge that you can afford to do that. >> sheriff, what more support do you need from governor ron desantis and from fema as this storm bears down? >> we have fema representatives in our emergency operations center currently. governor desantis was here with us yesterday. he has fully supported us with state resources. our fdle commissioner, florida department of law enforcement commissioner, he has agents, the florida highway patrol. we...

That will leave significant impacts, and particularly in this part of the state. 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 historical analog in anybody's memory. it's likely to cause a lot of damage. that's just the reality. so be prepared for that. be prepared to lose power, and just know that there's a lot of folks that are going to be there to help you get back on your feet. we'll hear from kevin guthrie. >> thank you, governor. good evening, everyone. as th...