Even now, the storm is getting stronger ahead of its predicted landfall Wednesday.
“This storm is going to hit tomorrow morning, you will start seeing effects in parts of the state later today,” DeSantisat a Tuesday morning news conference. “You still have time to finish your preparations but you have to do that now.” He added that residents don’t have to leave the state but they should get to higher ground.
DeSantis said the state is working with power companies and that 25,000 linemen had been staged in order to respond to potential blackouts. Some 5,500 National Guard members have been activated, while urban search and rescue teams have also been readied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency . “The No. 1 killer in all of these storms is water, whether it’s the storm surge that’s going to happen at the coast or the excessive rainfall that might happen inland that causes urban flash flooding,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell toldIdalia was about 320 miles south-southwest of Tampa on Tuesday morning, moving northward at about 14 mph, with forecasters expecting it to accelerate during its landfall on Wednesday.
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