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34 Florida  counties remain under a state of emergency tonight as Colin makes landfall. As Mike Vasilinda tells us State Emergency planners say Floridians should not be complacent about the tropical system.

A flash flood alert was in place for much of the panhandle.

Steady rain fell most of the day.

”our latest advisory on Colin” was how a conference call with the National Hurricane Center began.

Governor Rick Scott cancelled a meeting with Donald Trump. The meeting was cancelled to plan strategy for winning Florida, but the Governor could stay closer to home.

“I just declared a state of emergency for 34 counties that look like they’ll get the brunt of Tropical Storm Colin” Scott told reporters.

The 34 counties run from Sarasota to the mid panhandle, as well as inland and Atlantic coastal counties. More could be added. While not a monster storm, Brian Koon, the state’s emergency director, says people should use it as a learning experience.

“If this story were a little bit slower, the rainfall would be higher. If this storm were a little bit stronger, the storm surge would be higher. You change a couple of minor things, this storm could be much worse. The next storm could be much worse, so we want people to use this as a reminder” says Koon.

Even the Emergency operations center hasn’t bee activated to its highest level because Colin isn’t expected too cause that much damage. Still the national guard has been put on alert.

We asked the Governor how he’d characterize this storm.

“I think we’ve got to take it seriously. Let’s think about what we’re going through. there could be a lot or rain. We could have tornadoes., lightening, We could have hail, we could have flooding” Scott said.

The state of emergency allows the lifting of tolls, weighty limits on highways, and opens the state to disaster assistance if damage mounts.

Scott also told us the meeting with Donald Trump that was cancelled has not yet been rescheduled.