Hurricane Adalia is expected to slam into Florida this morning.

This is going to be something that will leave significant impacts and particularly in this part of the state.

That's where we're starting the show.

I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post. It's Wednesday, August 30th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. The Dahlia is forecast to make landfall as an extremely dangerous category for hurricane.

The storm surge is expected to cause catastrophic damage.

It could bring up to 16 feet of water on normally dry land.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave an update yesterday evening.

So it's definitely going to hit the big bend.

Everywhere in the big bend is going to get storm surge,

is going to see major, major impact,

whether the eye wall's hitting you or not.

So please prepare for that. it is going to be a

significant significant impact to that region of Florida.

Tampa, Tallahassee and Gainesville are a few of the cities in Adagia's path.

Evacuation orders have been issued for 23 counties impacting more than 5 million people.

The National Hurricane Center warned residents to prepare for long-duration power outages.

Some locations may be uninhabitable for several weeks or even months.

You can follow live updates on our home page as Adalia closes in. Number two, the U named 10 drugs that will face Medicare price negotiations.

The Biden administration plans to negotiate the prices of these drugs with pharmaceutical companies.

The aim is to lower costs for older and disabled Americans.

The drugs on the list were announced yesterday.

It includes blood thinners and medications that treat diabetes, heart failure, and cancer.

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