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Hurricane Idalia is bringing destructive winds and catastrophic storm surge to Florida’s Gulf Coast. States of emergency are also in effect in Georgia and the Carolinas. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.

National Hurricane Center director Michael Brennan joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the latest on the strength and impacts of Hurricane Idalia.

Floridians picked up sandbags, filled up on gas and boarded up storefronts as they prepared for Hurricane Idalia. CBS News’ Omar Villafranca reports from Crystal River, Florida.

Hurricane Idalia rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Florida’s Big Bend region Wednesday morning.

Florida residents are bracing for Idalia’s impact, where the storm is expected to hit as a Category 3 hurricane. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports on preparation efforts from Crystal River. Plus, CBS News senior weather and climate producer David Parkinson examines the forecast path of the storm.

Millions of people are bracing for the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, which will continue gaining strength as it moves toward Florida. Life-threatening storm surges are expected along the state’s Gulf Coast. Omar Villafranca reports.

As Florida braces for Hurricane Idalia, scientists say warming oceans are having dangerous impacts on the frequency and intensity of these storms. CBS News’ Lilia Luciano has more on why.

What is a “king tide” and how could it affect the storm surge?

Deanne Criswell, head of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, addressed reporters Tuesday at the White House with details on how her agency is preparing for Hurricane Idalia.

Florida continues its preparations for Hurricane Idalia’s expected Wednesday morning landfall. CBS News Miami reporter Ted Scouten is off the Florida mainland in Key West, where the storm is already being felt.

If the Idalia wreaks enough havoc, the name could be retired from the hurricane name list – following a trend for hurricane names that start with “I.”

NASA shared video from the International Space Station as it flew over Hurricane Idalia, which was heading toward Florida on Tuesday. Idalia is expected to grow into a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall on Wednesday. (There is no audio on this footage from the space station.)

As people on Maui report coughing up “black stuff” and blood, one resident says, “Come back 20 years later, 10 years later, and you’ll see how many native people are sick.”

The water level could reach as high as 15 feet in some areas if storm surge coincides with high tides.

Forecasters expect Hurricane Idalia to make landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast by Wednesday morning and warn it could strengthen to a Category 3 by then. Weather Channel meteorologist Jen Carfagno has the latest on the storm’s path, and Miami Herald lead climate change reporter Alex Harris joined CBS News to discuss the storm.