Rain and wind picked up very quickly in the hour before Helene's landfall, as AccuWeather's Ali Reid showed live on AccuWeather.
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00:00Our team coverage continues now live with Allie Reed. She joins us live from Tallahassee of Florida and boy
00:07Things have gone down here very quickly as we told you it would Allie. It will get far worse here in the next two hours
00:19Bernie the first thing I was gonna mention to you was does it look a little different behind me the rain now starting to come
00:25down the wind certainly starting to pick up here in Tallahassee and
00:30Things are going to start to change over the next few hours as Helene makes landfall
00:35Now we are on Park Avenue right now a very picturesque
00:39Beautiful area here in Tallahassee lights along the trees here, but I want to point your direction to the street
00:44I think that's important to mention that is because there are with the wind moving now as quickly as it is and coming in fast
00:51To this area you'll start to notice that along the street as well now in this particular area
00:57There are a number of oak trees and as we've heard governor Ron DeSantis mentioned in his press conference earlier this afternoon
01:04And just with local officials all throughout this area the major concern here
01:08Is that with how tall and how old some of these oak trees are that could potentially be a major?
01:15Problem here for those that live in this area
01:17I've been mentioning it constantly because it is a big concern anyone that lives in a mobile home or manufactured home is also going to
01:25Have a number of issues it was a mandatory evacuation yesterday through 8 o'clock this morning for anyone living in those homes
01:32To seek shelter an alternate shelter whether that be leaving this area altogether or going to one of the government
01:39Designated shelters in this area a lot of the high schools across Leon County have now opened up
01:44For anyone that needs to be in a different location
01:46And last check a couple of thousand of people are now in those shelters across this entire County here again the big thing now
01:55As Helene starts to move in gets closer to Tallahassee in the next couple of hours
02:01We are going to see that rain and wind really start to pick up and Bernie and Jeff again
02:06That is exactly what we are seeing in Tallahassee right now Bernie
02:10I think it's great every single time we talk you call me text me any report
02:15You give is exactly what is happening here, and that's that's what we're going to be seeing over the next few hours
02:19I'm looking forward to showing you what this area brings
02:23But the big thing is that we are talking about the possible
02:26Devastation that can this can bring with the high winds that Helene will bring along with it Allie. I've got the
02:32Northwestern eyewall
02:3428.5 miles just off to your south the movement is at 24 so here we are at
02:421003 by
02:441115 you're gonna have wind gusts likely over 70 miles per hour so hunkered down it is on the way Allie read a
02:51Reporting live from Tallahassee here this evening