This is crunch time right now.

We're going to get hit with a major hurricane.

If you're there while that hits, it's going to be very difficult to survive that.

It's critical that the people that are in the path of this storm are also prepared.

Very few people can survive being in the path of major storm surge,

and this storm will be deadly if we don't get out of harm's

way and take it seriously. Hurricane Adalia set to make landfall about one hour from now. And by then,

it could be upgraded to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm. Florida residents now bracing for strong winds and a life-threatening

storm surge. Officials are warning folks to get out, stressing that the high waters could prove

deadly. We have team coverage at this hour. Meteorologist Angie Lassen is tracking the

storm's path, plus live reports from

Tampa and Gainesville, where evacuations are underway. Plus, special counsel Jack Smith's

team is looking into Rudy Giuliani's drinking. We'll explain how that issue could play a role

in one of Donald Trump's key legal defenses. Plus, a new fundraising goal

for the former president, the very specific number he wants to earn by the end of the month

that looks eerily familiar.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, August 30th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

Thanks for starting your day with us.

And we, of course, begin this morning with Hurricane Adalia, which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make landfall along Florida's Big Bend, where the peninsula merges into the panhandle, as a category

for hurricane between 6 and 9 o'clock this morning, Eastern time.

That's just a few hours from now.

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