The Florida governor made the remarks after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the state as a Category 3 storm before gradually decreasing in strength.
The worst impacted city was Perry, where firefighters tackled two blazes and one house"potentially" collapsed, according to Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management."They have a lot of debris on the ground and about 99% power outages," he said.
"A couple" of 911 centres went offline for approximately half an hour and there are some"minor backlogs" in the counties of Madison and Taylor, Mr Guthrie added.Ken Welch, the mayor of St Petersburg in Florida, said parts of the city have been hit with about 4ft of storm surge.Mr Welch says there remains a risk from tornadoes and live downed power lines. No deaths in the city had been reported by late morning although some neighbourhoods were flooded.
He added that there are a lot of trees in the states affected that could come down and injure people or block roads. Mr Porter said:"We don't want people to let their guard down here as this storm continues to be very dangerous. "Just because the maximum sustained winds of the storm will be coming down, there is still going to remain a significant risk to people."
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