Tropical storm Idalia moving through Georgia, South Carolina

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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We just got a new update that Idalia is no longer a hurricane and is now a tropical storm after lashing Florida as a devastating Category 3 hurricane. The area of Florida’s Big Bend seems to have taken the biggest hit where some areas experiencing so much water in the streets that only the roofs of homes were visible. Plus, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had another episode today where he appeared to freeze when answering questions at a news conference, prompting concerns for his health. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper and we start today with breaking news after thrashing
0:11.4	the Gulf Coast of Florida.
0:13.3	Hurricane Idleia is now targeting Georgia and South Carolina with heavy rains, dangerously
0:19.3	high winds and serious threats of flash flooding.
0:22.5	Idleia is now a category one storm, but it made landfall as an intense category three
0:28.8	storm earlier today.
0:31.4	The area of Florida's big bend took the biggest hit.
0:35.1	Big bend is the part of Florida where the panhandle meets the west coast of the peninsula
0:40.9	of Florida.
0:41.9	This was the town of Steenhatchy just a few hours ago, so much standing water in the streets
0:47.1	that only the roofs of these homes and businesses were visible.
0:51.1	Up the road near the town of Perry, Florida, the brutal winds toppled this gas station on
0:55.7	the morning.
0:56.7	The winds in the area gusty to 85 miles per hour earlier today.
1:00.8	And just take a look at this storm damage in Keaton Beach, also in the big bend area
1:04.7	where the eye of Idleia came ashore shortly before eight this morning.
1:08.9	This home has been ripped apart.
1:10.9	The entire roof and front of the structure are gone, debris scattered all across the yard.
1:17.2	The city of St. Petersburg shared this video with us saying it's keen to rescue more than
1:22.5	75 people so far.
1:24.4	More searches are still underway.
1:26.1	The National Weather Service also reported water rescues underway in parts of Georgia today.
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