Forecasters Expect Tropical Storm Idalia Will Become a Hurricane Before it Hits Florida

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The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Idalia is intensifying and expected to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida's Gulf coast.

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00:00 As of 0800 today, 90 miles south of Cuba,

00:05 tropical storm Idalia continues to gather strength.

00:08 It will become a hurricane today,

00:12 and it is forecast to reach landfall

00:14 as a major hurricane, a category three.

00:17 I think it's important to point out,

00:19 if we were sitting here three days ago,

00:22 a lot of people thought it would end up

00:23 being a tropical storm.

00:24 Then they said, well, maybe a category one.

00:27 Then yesterday it was, oh, maybe it'll hit cat two.

00:30 Now, there really doesn't seem anything

00:32 to prevent it from continuing to strengthen.

00:35 And we've seen this before

00:36 with something like Hurricane Michael

00:38 that continued to gather strength.

00:40 So this is gonna be a major impact,

00:43 and Floridians should expect that this storm

00:46 will be a major cat three plus hurricane.

00:50 So please prepare accordingly.

00:51 The National Hurricane Center

00:53 currently has hurricane watches in effect

00:56 for the Gulf Coast from Sarasota County

00:58 all the way up to Franklin County in Northwestern Florida.

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