This is what's next. Tonight, Idalia Aftermath. Now a tropical storm, but still dangerous. Tonight we'll have the latest track and new video of some of the damage the storm left behind along the Gulf Coast, nearly a week after devastating, severe weather here. One local county is offering extended help to those who need it most, and car thefts are happening all around the city. But there was one place that's now become a hotspot for criminal activity. And good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight. All eyes on Adelia is 1, the once Category 4 storm, a near shadow of itself now but still very dangerous as a tropical storm with its sights set on the Carolinas. Here are the latest 3 developments on this storm. It was downgraded to a tropical storm earlier today as it weakened moving over land flooding rain now the primary concern in the Carolinas with storm surge and strong winds moving out, while in Florida damage assessments continue. We have plenty of new video and images coming from the Gulf and East Coast tonight in the wake of Adalia. This was the view a few hours ago of Charleston, SC, very close to where the center of Adalia is currently located and you can see the battery wall there, the waves coming in from the storm crashing that water up against the protective wall. More scenes from the storm surge in Florida. This is the town of Steinhatchee where you could see just how badly the storm surge flooded out the entire area, pushing the water up the sides of homes. There and heavily damaging boats now to Cedar Key, FL where a drone captured the view above all the damage from Medalia's winds and storm surge. In fact, Adalia made landfall as a strong category 3 storm about an hour north of this town just around 8:00 this morning. And take a look at this even the animals were affected in this hurricane. A dolphin made a quick appearance out of the water today in the Tampa area. A man walking along the seawall this morning captured it on video. That dolphin. Jumping up just a few feet away and just as quick as the sea creature appeared, it was gone. Let's take a live look now along Myrtle Beach, SC, where winds are whipping up waves along that famous beach, which is usually packed as we approach the Labor Day weekend. Now back to Florida, where it may take days to realize just how much destruction the storm left. NBC's Jay Gray has details from Gainesville. Good evening and what a difference a day makes. A beautiful evening here in Gainesville. If you would have told me that this morning when we were riding out this storm, I I just wouldn't have believed it. Overnight into the early morning we saw heavy rain, strong winds. But this storm, once it got over land, accelerated and and moved through pretty quickly, allowing teams to get out, allowing repairs to start happening along the coastline. That's where it Dalia made its most serious mark in Florida. It really ravaged the areas where it made landfall. A wall of water in some places 10 feet higher more and there was that wind 125 miles an hour sustained that ripping apart some of those coastal communities as well. This was a well organized intense storm and we know that because over land pushing into Georgia it was still a category one hurricane there significant damage flooding down trees and a mess in Georgia as it continued to push through and the Carolinas now taking the beating we've seen. Throughout the evening there a tornado watches and warnings. They are getting some severe rain. We've seen water lapping up and over some of the sea walls there. This storm is going to continue to move and what forecasters are saying is it's going to continue to pack this punch it. It could by late this evening or early tomorrow morning begin to turn out and and back over water where hopefully at that point it's going to fade away, but not without leaving severe damage in its wake. That's the latest from here in Gainesville. I'm Jay Gray. Back to you now. So how much longer will Idalia be a big problem for the Southern US? So we turned to senior meteorologist Matt Wintz with the latest in our first look. Well, guys, it looks like another 8 to 12 hours for areas of the Carolinas, especially South Carolina. Right now. This is a late, our latest radar imagery. You can see it's a Northside heavy Precip event with this. There's not a lot of moisture out over the ocean. As it hits land, obviously, all that motion slows down, so it tends to pile up. You get the heavy rain, but. Areas of North and South Carolina taking a beating right now. The window isn't the biggest issue with this. They've had gusts today and this is over the last six hours, 44 Charleston, 33 Myrtle Beach. So it's a windy system, but by and large it is the flooding that is the biggest issue. From this widespread flash flood warnings out for South Carolina that extends up into the Southport, the Wilmington area. You notice the tornado watch on the leading edge of that. You can get quick spin up tornadoes with systems like this, even tropical storms, and they're going to have to keep a watchful eye out for that tonight. But in terms of rainfall, damage has already been done, areas in red anywhere from 48 inches stretching from areas of southern Georgia and now starting to pile up as we get into the Carolinas as well. That is going to be the problem from here on out. So the latest this year 11:00 advisory, 60 mile per hour winds. The good news about Idalia, it is that is a fast mover tropical system. Sometimes when they hit land can slow down. We all remember Harvey back in Texas. Idalia continues to have legs on it, 21 mile per hour movement off towards the northeast. That will get the system out of there. Quickly and then eventually out towards CSJ. Gray was saying by tomorrow we're dealing with a system that's way out over the ocean. We'll have to have eyes on Bermuda over the next couple of days, but remaining a tropical storm, what about us here in Ohio? Well, we're dealing with Big Blue H, high pressure, large and in charge right now in that frontal boundary that brought the cooler air today is actually keeping Adelia Bay. It's keeping everything down towards the South that turns it out towards the ocean. So we deal with sunny skies as we go into our daytime tomorrow. As we go through time, you notice how all the moisture pulling out tomorrow morning. We're left with nothing but sunshine and sinking air here. Another little disturbance down towards the Gulf. Maybe some high clouds in our southern counties off of that, but it looks like a gorgeous day tomorrow. We've got a couple of things to talk about here locally. We have some heat building back for our Labor Day forecast. And what about the humidity? Does that follow? We've got answers for you and your 10 day coming up guys. Alright. From fall to summer must be Northeast Ohio, certainly. Alright, Matt, we'll see you in a bit. Thank you. Well, in the aftermath of Hurricane Natalia, the Red Cross is sending relief workers from here in the Cleveland area. Aubrey Buckley has more on that side of the story. As Hurricane Adalia ripped through Florida. Red Cross crews from Northeast Ohio made their way down to help with relief efforts. What I do is I'm on the feeding team and we'll be feeding the the residents in need. Al Irwin has been a disaster responder for the last six years. His team is staging in the southeast corner of Alabama ready to head to Tallahassee Thursday morning to find out their assignment. We loaded the shelf stable meals on our on our herb so that we can get started as soon as we get there. And I have 144 packages of 10 day meals. He's one of over 500 deployed with the Red Cross ready to help displace residents, bringing in shelter supplies to support 20,000 people, with a total of 100,000 ready to eat meals. Whoa. Hoping to be a bright spot in what has been some very dark days for. Those impacted people are in need. They have no idea what their next step is. They've gone through a disaster. Some have lost their home. Some have lost everything that they have. You know, and it's just. It's just very rewarding to be able to help them to see the smiles on their face, to say thank you. It's just it's a very good feeling. Now, if you're interested in helping, the Red Cross is looking for volunteers or donations to help with relief efforts. We have more on that on our website, and so many people can benefit from it. You're Buckley, live in the studio with us tonight? Thanks. And closer to home, the Red Cross will be opening a temporary shelter for Erie County residents who were displaced during last week's extreme weather here. The shelter is set to open tomorrow morning at 10. It's located at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Sandusky. The Red Cross says anyone who shows up will be provided with cots. Blankets and meals. It is not clear how long that shelter will remain open. Also, the City of Bay Village will have a meeting tomorrow night to talk about improvements needed to streets, sewers and drainage systems. That meeting will be at 5:30 at Bay Village City Hall. There will be a question and answer session at the end of the meeting. One person is dead, another recovering tonight after an apartment fire on Akron's Eastside. This morning, 30 people were displaced for a few hours while emergency crews put out the fire and made sure everything was safe. It happened near 2nd Ave. around 7:30 this morning. So I would never got woke up by the smoke detectors in the hall. It just. It stinks, I will say. Everything is pretty thick up there, like the apartment next to it looks fine and everything too, so and under it is fine. Because of the cause of that fire is under investigation. New tonight Akron police are investigating a deadly shooting. This happened in the 200 block of Coal Ave. Police say a 32 year old man was shot in the chest and later died at a hospital. Also, a 20 year old man had an apparent gunshot wound to the head. He's listed in critical condition. Police say the the search rather for suspects continues in Independence. Police say thieves have been targeting hotel parking lots in the past three days. 25 cars were broken into. Another two were stolen, investigators say. Has happened in the overnight hours at hotels along Rockside Rd. including Holiday Inn, Laquita and Courtyard. Police say the thieves are stealing catalytic converters and smashing into cars to take belongings that hotel guests left visible. No arrests have been made. And Ohio Representative Bob Young was back in court this morning. He's facing a misdemeanor charge for allegedly violating a protection order in connection with a domestic violence case. Young pleaded not guilty, was released on bond and was ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device. There's another scary moment for Mitch McConnell today, as the Senate Majority Leader appeared to freeze for a second time during a press conference. What are my thoughts about what Running for reelection in 20 Ohh 6? That's right. Did you hear the question, Senator? Running for reelection in 2026? Scary to see, the episode happened in the Kentucky Senators home state. The 81 year old had just finished a nearly 20 minute speech in a forum and was taking questions from reporters. The same thing happened to him in July. Coming up tonight what a local school district is doing right when it comes to safety on school buses and spreading the word about the importance of organ donation.
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