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Communities. what's most important at this time is that you keep yourselves and your families safe during this storm event which will begin in earnest in just a few hours here. >> all right, mr. mayor, as we say with all local leaders when this kind of event is headed their way, use this as a resource. if you want to coordinate getting people the help they need, we're here for you. that's why we have the job. >> thank you. thank you for that. really appreciate it, chris. god speed. >> be safe. i hope it is better than expected. mayor andrew gillum, good luck to you. we also invited his oppon...

Concern for us. i think we did as best we could. we're looking to the post storm event and recovery, clear the roads and get citizens back as soon as possible. there will be possible curfews. our sheriff will address that later on today. >> it all depends on what happens in the next several hours. thank you for jumping on the phone with us. you guys are just about to be in the thick of it. i appreciate it. thank you so much. we will continue to follow this monster storm as it is barling towards the florida panhandle. the effects starting to be felt. we have reporters and correspondents fanned ...

We have a tropical storm warning for portions of georgia, south carolina into north carolina. this keeps on going with time. let's look at the impact associated. one of them, you're looking at the storm surge. let's make this a little bit bigger so everyone can see it. the storm surge is still going to be there. you have the rain. both combining makes for some dangerous -- with the water. still looking at the rainfall that could occur. luckily were moving pretty quickly here with the movement and as a result more not going to have a lingering system that can produce some of this flooding rain ...

Tallahassee, you specifically got blame put on you for not accepting the governor's offer of help. you say you have an answer to that. that that's a false charge. what's the reality? >> well, it is a false charge. unfortunately, that was a situation where we had a storm get politicized and i think that's the last thing you want in a storm event where people are trying to keep themselves and their family safe. that was the first storm to hit our family in 30 years. we woke up the next day to recognize 90% of our public infrastructure had been devastated. our entire sewer system knocked out. and...

That are likely to come down. my city is covered in almost 50% tree cover. that is pretty impressive for an urbanized area like ours. but what that means during a storm event like this is those trees are going to come down on homes and vehicles and on power lines of course. >> that's a big issue because of course just today, just a couple of hours ago, we heard that the city of tallahassee declared for the first time ever an extreme wind warning. that's unprecedented. it goes to show, ali, how historic this storm has been so far. really, the worst is yet to come. we've heard that the winds are...