her this is the projected path of the storm, after lashing florida it will move through, georgia south carolinah carolina before heading out over the atlantic. u.s. national hurricane center 's work meaning of life-threatening storm surges of 12 to 16 feet above ground level. that is enough to inundate a bus. these storms out of bands are already causing flooding in some coastal areas of the state, earlier i spoke with the public information officer from dixon county emergency management, across city florida, which is rain the hurricane span, here is what they told me about the monster storm. >> for us, we are fixing the start, getting the first few bands of the winds coming at this slowly gone up with the what we look at of the road, such as ambulances and fire checks and even our law enforcement, and has 45 miles per hour sustained winds, that is not wind gusts, that is what minnesota getting to 45 sustained winds, it is slowly going to keep up from there to up to the 80s, 90s, and stay there for a good few hours. that is where we get really concerned, because that is what we can no longer st

>>> at this hour, hurricane adahlia i -- idalia is churning through georgia and headed to south carolinaat you're looking at is a live picture at earth cam. winds up to 80 miles per hour, georgia's governor says his state is expecting up to 10 inches of rain, along with heavy winds. more than 110,000 people there are already without power. and as millions in georgia and south carolina brace for impact, millions more in florida are starting to take stock of the damage. the coast got the worst of it. this video showing how the wind tore roofs off of houses. downtown cedar key, city hall was swamped with 6 feet of water. officials say the storm surge got as high as 15 feet. that's on top of 100 miles an hour winds. strong enough to pull this gas station awning on to its side. more than a quarter million people are without power in florida. and moments ago, the head of fema talked about the people who chose to ride out the storm. >> and my biggest concern is those people who chose not to evacuate, and i know that our local first responders, the heroes that are out there in those local commun

the storm is over georgia and moving into south carolina. people there and in the carolinas will continue to experience impacts throughout the day today and possibly into the weekend. again, fema is well postured with our federal partners to support floridians during this time of need and stands ready to support other affected states as needed. with that, i can take any questions. >> thank you. what are you most concerned about over the next day or two since you just said it's too early right now to assess the extent of damage in florida? >> my biggest concern is those people who chose not to evacuate and i know that our local first responders, the heroes that are out there in the local communities are doing amazing job already of going into the areas where people did not evacuate, and helping to get them to safety. i think that is our priority through the day-to-day is to make sure that everybody is safe after the storm has passed. as we go into the next few days, we are going to want to assess what the total amount of damage is, and see wh

the storm is over georgia and moving into south carolina. people there and in the carolinas will continue to experience impacts throughout the day today and possibly into the weekend. fema is well postured with our federal partners to support floridians during this time of need, and stands ready to support other affected states as needed. with that, i can take questions. >> what are you most concerned about over the next day or two? you said it is too early to assess the damage right now? ms. criswell: the biggest concern is those people who chose not to evacuate. i know that our local first responders, the heroes in those communities, are doing an amazing job already of going into the areas where people did not evacuate and helping them get to safety. our priority today is to make sure everybody is safe after the storm has passed. as we go into the next few days, we are going to assess the total amount of damages and see what immediate needs need to be put forth in order to help support and start the recovery process. >> administered a cris

as well as georgia, south carolina, north carolina so fema is coordinating to the regional office torces that they have the resources that they need and the coordination that they need to be able to go in and respond as quickly as possible afterwards. as well as urban search and rescue teams that are on alert, ready to go, should they need to be to go out and find people that are missing. with the wildfires and the flooding that we have seen recently, you are an expert in this area, you know see a change in pace and the number of major natural disasters that ahead in the us? yes, right now it feels like we're getting bombarded every day with a new disaster, when you look at all of the hurricane is lined up in the atlantic coming towards the coastline there as well as those in the pacific, so, the wildfire in maui is still going on so an active response effort as well as other disasters that have happened over the course of the summer, so, they are ongoing and not stopping. £31 ongoing and not stopping. of course, there is a greater depth of need for resources for that, president bide

as soon as charlie located right here, the georgia and south carolina border, it is working up dakota as they should stay pretty much right on the eastern seaboard on the atlantic coast line about i'd say 12 to 14 hours after that. finally, pushing out to see one thing to note though is that there's a cold over an off to it's west that cold bottom is both helpful and hurtful. it's helpful because eventually pushes the storm out to see steering it away from the rest of the eastern seaboard, steering and away from the nation's capital. but it also asked a boat with mechanism, kind of boosting how much moisture actually falls as rain, squeezing that out of the air, focusing it along that was your full. and so it's useful in that it gets it out to see it's bad because the channels all that moisture caused me heavy rains. okay. may i think i'll put you in pensacola, florida. thank you. well, the world's most famous food fight has turn the streets red and the spanish city of glen. your thousands came from around the world to do battle and the annual tomatoes throwing fest they've trucked mo

it is sitting georgia, south carolina, all flights out of savannah, georgia, were canceled today in florida. local law enforcement reporting 2 deaths from car accidents during the storm calling them weather related. our kron 4 is a reporter. blake eastern is live in tarpon springs for us. a city in central florida's gulf coast area seeing all kinds of flooding there how are folks said they're dealing with it tonight? >> hey, good evening. see about you said it best. you know what a difference. 24 hours i can tell you right this is tarpon springs, 115 miles southwest of where hurricane made landfall. but as you look around, a small coastal town, you can quickly see that dahlia really left its mark on it. obviously a direct result of that powerful category 3 storm that moved up florida's gulf coast, you know, bringing winds north of 120 miles per hour. flooding cars, streets, you name it. it came along with this hurricane as far as tarpon springs ago. i believe we have video we can show you of what this town looked like a little bit earlier today. residents tell us that they woke up this morn

but it is still packing a punch as it takes aim at georgia and south carolina. correspondents are on the scene covering idalia's devastation in florida and the storm's assault on georgia happening right now. but first, let's go to john bierman in the city of perry. john, you just got there. what have you seen so far? >> reporter: yeah, alex, the storm made landfall on keaton beach. 18 miles due that way and then passed directly overhead here in perry. you can see some of the damage it did. i'm at roady's truck stop. you can see the wind just completely blew the awning over. it ripped up the brick there. twisted the metal. >> john, we have to go to governor desantis who's giving an update. >> and they probably gone through about 70% of the areas they need to to be able to check for people that are in distress and you know so far, all signs have been positive. there is of course a lot of debris to clean up but we will get working with that with the local communities to make sure that the roads are cleared and people can go back to their lives. as of 6:00 today, the

>>> at this hour, hurricane adahlia i -- idalia is churning through georgia and headed to south carolinaam. winds up to 80 miles per hour, georgia's governor says his state is expecting up to 10 inches of rain, along with heavy winds. more than 110,000 people there

federal teams on the ground are going to continue to work with the first responders in florida, georgia, south carolina this and seeing it on television, a number of rescues already taking place, as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the storm. i let each governor i spoke with with know if there's anything, anything the states need right now, i'm ready to mobilize that support with what they immediate. i don't think anybody can deny the impact of a climate crisis anymore. just look around. historic floods, more intense droughts, extreme heat, significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we have never seen before not only throughout the hawaiian islands but in canada and other parts of the world. we have never seen this much fire. while we're dealing with this. rebuilding efforts and county and many of you you were there. i directed my team to raise our game in how we lead and coordinate our responses to natural disasters. because i have been around awhile, i have known how these when they need our help the most. because of the devastation of wild

very heavy rains and flood threat that appears to be unfolding as we speak over south—eastern georgia, eastern south carolina north carolina. did idalia make landfall as had been anticipated and how widespread was the damage? unfortunately the intensification into a major hurricane prior to landfall did occur. it went inland within the florida big bend near a small community named keaton beach. we don't know much about how badly they were impacted there because for obvious reasons there is no communication or television, so it will probably take until tomorrow before we truly understand the magnitude of the impact. you have been warning about record levels of storm surges. did we see that it, has the worst passed or people still need to be wary of water levels? what we do know is a community to the east of where landfall occurred, cedar key, we do have information from there and we do have footage from there and it looked like they got really substantial storm surge, flooded large portions of the island and in some cases cut off transportation and roads so we can only assume that it's only going to be worse

to be affecting much of the state of florida now into georgia and the carolinas where we still have a hurricane warning parts of georgia into southarolina. not done yet. flash flooding. we haven't talked about that, of course. that's going to be a big deal, 5 to 8 inches in a very short period of time. you know, you can't travel across water. you don't see the bottom of. and if you are in an area that is getting storm surge or flooding, rescue crews are going to have a hard time to getting out to you. know that and this is what we are dealing with today and tomorrow. by friday the storm is offshore. it's out in the atlantic. but i do want to put a little as asterisk. models bring it back towards the southeast coast over the weekend, yeah, so we have to pay attention. we are into peak season. sometimes the steering currents will bring these storms right back towards land. that's something we're going to have to watch. right now our main concern is for the folks in florida, imminent landfall hang within the next few minutes but the core of the strongest winds right now at least 100 mile-per-hour winds for the duration of a couple o

wednesday evening, could it still possibly be at hurricane strength in south georgia, or right along the border with south carolina and georgia? certainly it can. and the projection is that it will. under a state of emergency, north carolina, south carolina, georgia and florida. as you can well imagine there could be severe flooding in the low-lying areas. it's all low-lying areas. i've checked the elevation of a number of cities. we go through time, and here we see some of those bands still moving onis for for tampa. still affecting gainesville. still affecting st. mark's apalachicola lab, tallahassee, gainesville. we will see widespread trees down already some 40,000 customers without power across florida. that number is going to go exponentially. well, as i mentioned, we'll have another update at the top of the hours from the national hurricane center and allison chinchar will be here to update you. >> karen maginnis, thank you so much as always. >>> now south of cedar key florida is wikiwachi. that's where i find the chairman of the county board of commissioners. john, lay out the picture for us. what are you

the storm is over georgia and moving into south carolina.eople there and in the carolinas will continue to experience impacts throughout the day today and possibly into the weekend. again, fema is well postured with our federal partners to support floridians during this time of need and stands ready to support other affected states as needed. with that, i can take any questions. >> thank you. administrator, what are you most concerned about over the next day or two since you just said it's too early right now to assess the extent of damage in florida. >> yeah, my biggest concern is those people who chose not to evacuate and i know that our local first responders, the heroes that are out there in those local communities, are doing an amazing job already of going into the areas where people did not evacuate and helping to get them to safety. i think that is our priority through the day today is to make sure everybody is safe after the storm has passed. as we go into the next few days, we're going to want to assess what the total amount of dama

teams on the ground will continue to work with the first responders in florida, georgia, south carolinayou've all been reporting this and you've seen on television the number of rescues already taking place as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recoverfrom the of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the storm. and each governor i spoke with knows it anything these days need right now i am ready to mobilise that support of what they need. i don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis any more. just look around. historic floods, historic floods, more intense droughts, extreme heat, significant wildfires have caused significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we've never seen before not only throughout the hawaiian islands in the united states but in canada and other parts of the world. we've never seen this much fire. and while we are dealing with this latest extreme weather event i remained laserfocused on recovery and rebuilding efforts in maui. many of you out there, devastating what happened there. when i took o

federal teams on the ground are going to continue to work with the first responders in florida, georgia, south carolina north carolina to get people to safety. a number of rescues are taking place as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin recovery. >> mike is at the white house. >> the biden administration appears to be doing everything possible to show it is doing everything it can to help the states deal with this current crisis. as the president has directed the administrator of federal emergency management agency to travel to the area to assess the damage to see what the federal government can do in terms of assisting local administrations and then to report back to him. now the administrator briefed the media on the situation and pleefg the president throughout the course of the morning and made the very important point that these storms are getting more intense because of the warming of the oceans and said the storms crossing over water that are getting hotter and hotter and lessens the reaction time for those who are going to deal with the consequences of these storms. president biden r

change on the ground, they're going to continue to work with the 1st responders in florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, to get people to safety. you've all been reporting this issue, not television or number of rescues already taken place. as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the store has hope to have corresponding like highlight here is that the white house for us. and like i said by them is driving the message to him about the climate crisis after a sunroof, usually extreme weather. indeed, yes sir, it will present. and by then has been briefed in the course of the moment morning by the administrators of the federal emergency management agency, fema at the end criswell and she also brief the media on what is happening then also simple bite and has instructed her to go to florida to investigate and inspect on the scene exactly what is happening and then report back to him in terms of how best the federal government's kind of health of the state governments in, in, in florida as well as in georgia and now in north carolina, with davia, is a

they're going to continue to work with the 1st responders in florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, to get people to safety. you've all been reporting this as soon on television or number of rescues already taken place. as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the store. and mike hannah is at the white house. the biden administration appears to be doing everything possible to show that it is doing everything it can to help the states deal with this current crisis. as the president that has directed the administrator of the federal emergency management agency, fema, to travel to the area, to assess the damage, to see what the federal government can do in terms of assisting local administrations. and then to report back to him. now she again chris will be administrative, also brief. the meet you on the situation along with reading the president. throughout the course of the morning, she made the very important point that the storms are getting more intense because of the woman of the oceans. she says that the storms passing over water

agencies all have federal resources, commodities, supplies that are in florida as well as georgia, south carolinace to make sure that they have the resources that they need and the coordination that they need to be able to go in and respond as quickly as possible afterwards. as well as the urban search and rescue teams that are on alert ready to go should they need to be activated to go out to find people that are missing. itruiith people that are missing. with the wildfires _ people that are missing. with the wildfires and _ people that are missing. with the wildfires and the - people that are missing. with the wildfires and the flooding that we have seen recently, you are very expert in this area, are very expert in this area, are you noticing a change in pace and the number of major natural disasters that are hitting the us?— natural disasters that are hitting the us? natural disasters that are hittin: the us? , ., hitting the us? yes. right now it feels like _ hitting the us? yes. right now it feels like we _ hitting the us? yes. right now it feels like we are _ hitting the us? yes. right now

are dead tonight as hurricane idalia leaves a path of destruction across florida and slams georgia, south carolinandfall is stunning. idalia hit florida's big bend region as a category 3 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. tonight, hundreds of thousands of customers are still without power. we are hearing stories tonight of survival. some residents who rode out the storm at home say they had to escape by swimming out of their windows. the national hurricane center's advisory is just in. idalia is now a tropical storm. but the risk of flooding, storm surge, and strong winds continues. and at this hour, there are reports of at least one tornado in south carolina. we have team coverage of this historic storm, starting with cbs's omar villafranca in crystal river, florida. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. some neighborhoods here in citrus county are still underwater. this storm pummeled florida's gulf coast with heavy winds and torrential rain, and at its peak, more than 250,000 people were without power. hurricane idalia roared ashore at 7:45 this morning. >> the

storm surge expected far across the state, and then up into south carolina, georgia, and even into north we come right back. it well. ♪ ♪ jardiance ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance, ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to seee. ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c. ♪ jardiance works 24/7 in your body to flush out some sugar! and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. jardiance may cause serious side effects including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function, and genital yeast or urinary tract infections. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection, ketoacidosis, or an allergic reaction, and don't take it if you're on dialysis. taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. ♪ jardiance is really swell, ♪ ♪ the little pill with a big story to

they're going to continue to work with the 1st responders in florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, to get people to safety. you've all been reporting this as soon on television or number of rescues already taken place. as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the store. chalet is announcing a plan to search for the remains of people who disappeared during the minute trouble of augusta finishing the move locks the 1st time since the end of the printer say, raising the to land. government has tried to find those who went missing the wildest commemoration of the day of the dispatch on wednesday. meanwhile, the families of victims of force disappearances in bangladesh have rallied that to them onto their return. human rights groups blamed security forces for more than 600 disappearances of the past 14 is almost a dissidence and from opposition political parties. the boundaries actually government says the allegations are false and fabricated. of course and zambia has denied vale to 11 suspects facing smuggling corruption and espionage c

you're going to see those power outage numbers go up through the states of georgia and south carolinat more of those heavy bands and heavy winds. georgia and south carolina filled with trees. as they come down they can take out power lines with them which is another concern as to why we're going to start to see numbers go up. rainfall a big concern for those areas inland. tallahassee all the way up to the outer banks, you're talking widespread rainfall of 4 to 6 inches but there will be some spots that pick up 8, 9, even 10 inches of rain before it's all said and done. you have a lot of factors here. storm surge will be impactful, you have strong, devastating winds as well as the potential for flooding. >> we have already seen storm surge in some areas setting records. allison chinchar, thank you. >>> still plenty more news to come on "cnn news central." we're going to speak to two men who are riding out the storm and we will also take you to steinhatchee where the water right now is rising as we see some incredible video. take with us, we are back in just moments. written by those wh

federal teams on the ground are going to continue to work with the first responders in florida, georgia, south carolinabeen reporting this and seen it on television, number of rescues already taking place. as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the storm. i let each governor i spoke with know if there's anything, anything the states need right now i'm ready to mobilize that support of what they need. i don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. just look around. historic floods, i mean historic floods, more intense droughts, extreme heat, significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we have never seen before. not only throughout the hawaiian islands in the united states but in canada and other parts of the world. we have never seen this much fire. and while we are dealing with this latest extreme weather event i remain laser focused on recovering and rebuilding efforts in maui. we were out there and many of you were there as well. it's devastating what happened there. when i took office i directed my team to raise our g

you guys mentioned at the top so we know right now that georgia is getting the brunt of it. then it goes to south carolina. >> lindsey, thanks so much. stay safe out there. >>> just ahead, we'll talk to the mayor of savannah, georgia, we're continuing to track the we're continuing to track the storm right now at nbcnews. rsv is in for a surprise. meet arexvy. ( ♪♪ ) the first fda-approved rsv vaccine. arexvy is used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can severely affect the lungs and lower airways. arexvy is proven to be over 82% effective in preventing lower respiratory disease from rsv and over 94% effective in those with these health conditions. ( ♪♪ ) arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and joint pain. rsv can be serious. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about arexvy today. rsv? make it arexvy. i told myself i was ok with my mod

throughout the southeast, even as it moves up the eastern coast of the united states affecting georgia, south carolina, north carolina, and we have to remain vigilant. and there's much more to do. i just came from the oval office where i met with the fema administrator standing to my left here and our federal response folks. and early monday morning long before the storm made landfall, i spoke with governor desantis and approved an early request for emergency declaration to enable him to have the full support ahead of time to protect the people's lives in the state of florida. and out of the danger zone and to help the governor's team the greatest degree possible in i can't understand, in advance of the hane's arrival. -- hane's arrival. -- hurricane's arrival. as a matter of fact, i've asked that she get on a plane and leave for florida this afternoon. she will meet with governor desantis tomorrow and began help to conduct in federal assisting at my direction. several teams will work to get people to safety. you've all been reporting this. there are a number of rescues already taking place as i walk

federal change on the ground are going to continue to work with the 1st responders in florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, to get people to safety. you've all been reporting this issue, not television or number of rescues already taken place. as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the storm. chilion presidents and gabriel bork has launched a search plan to find the remains of people who disappeared during the military rule of, of the still pen of shay. it comes as the world commemorates the day of the disappeared and is the 1st time since the end of the finish, the regime in 1990, that the government has vowed defined to the forcibly disappeared. thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured and killed. drink finish is 17 years in power. all right, those who are headlines on alpha 0 then use continues right here, of to witness to state, to the new generation of young people and making demands to re balance society. welcome to generation change a global series to attempt to understand and telling the ideas that mobilize use around the world in lon

are dead tonight as hurricane idalia leaves a path of destruction across florida and slams georgia, south carolinana. the video after landfall is stunning. idalia hit florida's big bend region as a category 3 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. tonight hundreds of thousands of customers are still without power. we're hearing stories tonight of survival. some residents who rode out the storm at home say they had to escape by swimming out of their windows. the national hurricane center's advisory is just in. idalia is now a tropical storm. but the risk of flooding, storm surge, and strong winds continues. and at this hour, there are reports of at least one tornado in south carolina. we have team coverage of this historic storm starting with cbs' omar villafranca in crystal river, florida. good evening, omar. >> good evening. some neighborhoods here in citrus county are still under water. this storm pummelled florida's gulf coast with heavy winds and torrential rain. and at its peak, more than 250,000 people were without power. hurricane idalia roared ashore at 7:45 this mornin

tonight, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina now under states of emergency.s, the new advisory just in from the national hurricane center. what it says. and here are tonight's he

really got the brows. >> dagen: hurricane idalia making its way across the south now through georgia and heading to south carolinalandfall this morning about 7:45 a.m. hitting the state's big bend area hard. you could once see roads and beaches, now looks like rivers. drone footage captured this video. here is the scene of a mother and daughter having to wade in the water to escape their home. here is the latest with steve harrigan. steve what was it like a few hours ago compared to now? >> there is more hope. things are getting better. we've seen helicopters overhead and national guard is out performing search and rescue operation and clearing roadways with high-water vehicles. trying to come back and pick up the pieces, sweeping from the early morning hours. a lot of places don't have electricity, but are doing what they can to get businesses back. we have seen a number of cars stuck. the national guard is operating, 300,000 people still without electric power and many places hard to get to. we have seen fire engines stuck with fire in the distance, getting around is the biggest hurdle. water has receded. thing

not done yet and have georgia and south carolina as category two, do not write this storm off, we areot done yet. a lot of areas we cannot get into. >> brian: we got to get out to grady trimble, 20 miles south of old town area. what are you seeing? >> yeah, this is stein hatchy, it is 20 miles south of where the storm made landfall an hour ago. you are seeing flooding combined with the stein hatchy river. in the distance, you might see moving water on the river and seen in the last 20 minutes, pretty remarkable sight and not in a good way. as we arrived, saw a massive steel structure floating down the river and this scene is sense of how powerful the storm is in terms of water and wine. we are taylor county, we came from dixie county. both counties are experiencing major power outages, about 75% of the area are without electricity right now. water creeping to the roadway here and we spoke with someone going, he stay the night in a church with his pastor seeking shelter and was coming back to assess damage and he says he's lived here all his life and never seen flood water this high. w

federal change on the ground are going to continue to work with the 1st responders in florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, to get people to safety, you've all been reporting this issue, not television or number of rescues already taken place as i walked out of my office a moment ago to begin to recover from the impacts of the storm. hol, let springing. nbc news correspondent j grey. he joins us from gainesville, and florida j. it's pushing a little drive and now do i possibly even see a little sunshine where it is a dahlia housing hottest now? yeah. and this, and this study to as if you had told me that we would see sunshine this morning when we were taking a bit of a beating from this storm. i wouldn't have believed it. it moved through and it moved quickly, which is good news if there is any with this storm we saw through the night and into the early morning here, heavy rain, strong winds at times. and of course, the most severe damage along the coastline where a value of made land fall this morning. a sustained winds of a 125 miles an hour. a wall of water 10 feet high or more, are rea

tonight, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina now under states of emergency, plus the new advisoryt in from the national hurricane center. what it says. and here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ millions under evacuation orders ahead of the unprecedented storm set to make landfall tomorrow morning. with the national weather service morning no one has seen a hurricane like this. >> if you have the opportunity to evacuate and you can, please do. ♪ ♪ >> norah: bringing down drug prices. the new white house effort to cut the cost of ten medicines, including some for diabetes and cancer. >> for too long, drugmakers have made a fortune while patients like me live in constant fear, wondering how we pay for our medicine. ♪ ♪ >> and international operation took down one of the most dangerous cybersecurity threats on the web. >> by stopping qakbot and dismantling qakbot, we are saving consumers and victims tens of millions of dollars of losses. ♪ ♪ >> the university of arkansas is working with the department of health to identify and e. coli in outbreak among students. ♪ ♪ >> when a 911 call com

tropical storm idalia moves on to georgia and south carolina, after carving a path through florida'shrey in florida, where the devastating scale of the destruction is becoming clear. plus, a bbc team is on ukraine's front—lines, as forces come under attack from so—called kamikaze drones. gabon�*s deposed president calls for help following a coup as the army officers who staged the uprising pick a transitional leader. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. tropical storm idalia is marching northeast, after making landfall in florida early on wednesday. it's now been downgraded from a hurricane, but is still bringing dangerous winds and heavy rains to the us states of georgia and south carolina. these are the latest pictures we have out of south carolina where winds are whipping across the beach there. the tide level in charleston harbour was

georgia. we feel like that will fall to a tropical storm by the time it leaves us and heads into south carolinainking it will get to south carolina between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. this evening. there's been a heavy impact in south georgia with heavy rainfall and winds. most of the people across the state of georgia will not feel the impact of this storm. for those that were in the line of the storm, it is very hard hitting. we are certainly watching that as it continues to move through the state. we had multiple counties in the effected area that are seeing winds in 70 to 80 miles an hour and some gusts up to 90. we know by radar, we may have in some areas nine to ten inches of rain. the good thing is this is a narrow storm and is very fast moving. it's not sitting on us and dumping even more rain than that at one time. we are thankful for that. just to give you some logistics on what the director has been doing at my direction, we activated the state operation center, as you know, early monday morning, to monitor the storm's progress and coordinate closely with all relevant agencies that i me

carolina. and as you mentioned those power outages are extensive. more than 355,000 people in florida, georgia, and south carolina are waking up without power this morning. this was a record breaking history making storm when it came ashore less than 24 hours ago. and it really has impacted people in all four states up and down the south eastern coast, i should say. the storm surge in some places down at the big bend area of florida reaching 10 feet, and bill boards, trees, and countless structures no match for idalia's 120-plus mile per hour winds. the hurricane quickly made its way across florida wreaking havoc throughout georgia, and once in south carolina spying many tornados flipping one car, injuring the two people inside. and while the low country here in charleston no stranger to flooding, when you mix that storm surge as well as that record high tide with the super moon, it can cause quite a mess in this area. now, once the sun starts to come up and we get daylight, it will have a lot better perspective on the damage in this region. but thankfully as you mention, jonathan, idalia is forecast to

federal teams on the ground are going to continue to work with the first responders in florida, georgia, south carolinaolina, to get people to safety. >> tampa's international airport is open for arrivals only but officials say the full-service should come back around 3 a.m. on thursday. as of now, governor ron desantis says there have been no confirmed fatalities. back to you. >> let's talk flights a live look at the severances of airport which is not to impacted but flights across florida continue to be disrupted with a number of airports shut down. it tampa's airport closed and plans to reopen tomorrow of course that is having a ripple effect nationwide. not much of an impact tonight at sfo with 132 delays and for cancellation so far today which is about average. >> dry and gusty conditions have prompted a fire weather watch for parts of maui. more than three weeks after those deadly wildfires that tore through the island. an updated list of those unaccounted for will be released on friday, search and recovery operations in lahaina have finished now and the focus at this point is shifting to rebuild

tonight, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina now under states of emergency, plus the new advisoryn from the national hurricane center. what it says. and

we are expecting it it to be a hurricane even when it reaches the cost of georgia and south carolina,or near hurricane strength getting into tonight. that's why we have the hurricane warning and storm surge warning for portions of the georgia and south carolina coast. the inland areas in georgia and south carolina under hurricane warnings as well. again substantial impacts that will spread inland with the center of idalia and not to mention the flooding, heavy rainfall, especially to the left of the track, areas farther inland like augusta, columbia, south carolina, fayetteville, substantial risk the next 24, 36 hours. >> you will be keeping us updated. appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. >> now to cnn's brian todd. i was talking about tallahassee. he is in tallahassee. we heard from governor ron desantis, the florida governor, in tallahassee earlier this morning. the power went out. brian e what are you seeing inland from where landfall took place? >> reporter: right, phil. interesting that you saw the power go out when governor desantis was addressing people because a few minute

of the very heavy rains and flood that appears to be unfolding as we speak over south—eastern georgia, eastern south carolinaa make landfall as had been anticipated and how widespread was the damage? unfortunately the intensification into a major hurricane prior to landfall did occur. it went inland with the florida big bend near a small community named keaton beach. we don't know much about how badly they were impacted there because for obvious reasons there is no to medication or television, so it will properly take until tomorrow before we truly understand the magnitude of the impact. you truly understand the magnitude of the impact-— of the impact. you have been warnin: of the impact. you have been warning about _ of the impact. you have been warning about record - of the impact. you have been warning about record levels l of the impact. you have been| warning about record levels of storm surges. did we see that it has the worst past or people still need to be wary of water levels? ~ ., still need to be wary of water levels? ~ . ., ~ ., , levels? what we do know is community _ levels? what we do know is

several teams on the ground are going to continue to work with the first responders in florida, georgia, south carolinafety. >> tam is open for arrivals only but officials say the full-service should come back around 3 a.m. on thursday. as of now, governor ron desantis says there have been no confirmed fatalities. back to you. >> thank you for reporting live. >> let's check in with abc seven news meteorologist, your time -- tracking the hurricane as well so where is it? >> it is 115 miles southwest of charleston south carolina. as we take a look at live doppler 7 you will notice the bands of rain moving into the carolina -- carolinas at this hour. it has caused damage as i just mentioned and there have been hundreds of reports. everything from flooding to funnel clouds to heavy rain. as we take a look at is a tropical storm packing winds of 70 miles an hour. it is moving rapidly to the northeast at 21 miles an hour. tomorrow at 11 a.m. it is expected to make its turn. right near charleston at 11 a.m. and then continuing to move outward over the open atlantic. the concerns are still flooding, the strong

then further inland for those in georgia and south carolina , georgia and south carolina, it'll be a on his words, his words saying this is particularly destructive. >> it will have massive, massive impact, effectively saying don't take this as a joke. you know, you need to really be aware and hunker down. i think was the phrase he last used. >> and it's advice, it always goes out. but some people choose whatever for whatever reason , whatever for whatever reason, even to just ride out the storm. um, sadly, we've seen , of um, sadly, we've seen, of course, far too many hurricanes in the past where those that decide to stay often become the victims. >> mark for the moment, thank you for that. we'll continue to monitor the situation, of course, and keep people updated . right now, elsewhere, britain's airline industry has started to count the cost of that air traffic meltdown that's paralysed the industry. earlier this week , another 64 planes this week, another 64 planes cancelled today, although easyjet has started to fly. special repatriation flights from gatwick to rescue thousands