Hurricane Idalia WATCH LIVE: DeSantis gives first update since storm hit Florida

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Ron DeSantis
FILE – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, May 9, 2023, in Miami. Florida officials are warning drivers of potentially widespread fuel contamination at gas stations across the state’s west coast as residents brace for the landfall later this week Tropical Storm Idalia. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said late Sunday, Aug. 27 that gasoline purchased after 10 a.m. Saturday at some Citgo-supplied stations had a strong likelihood of being contaminated with diesel fuel. The Port of Tampa contamination is “happening right of the eve of the storm,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at Sunday news conference. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Hurricane Idalia WATCH LIVE: DeSantis gives first update since storm hit Florida

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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will speak on the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Big Bend area on the Gulf Coast, bringing a storm surge that caused power outages for hundreds of thousands of Floridians.

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Hurricane Idalia touched down as a Category 3 storm Wednesday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and bringing life-threatening conditions to residents. The National Weather Service has placed over two dozen Florida counties on tornado watch, with multiple issued warnings as powerful winds and flooding are imminent. The storm has been downgraded to a Category 1 as of Wednesday afternoon.

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DeSantis is set to speak again from the State Emergency Operations Center at 12:30 p.m. EDT.

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