Understand and fully comprehended, but were going to cover it to the best of our ability and shine a spotlight on whats going on, jim. Thanks very much. You got it hadnt morning to All Of You. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington. We begin this hour with this breaking News Hurricane Milton its is barreling toward the western shores of florida, the national Hurricane Center just issued the latest advisory saying the storm remains a category four, but it could pick up speed and go back to category five meanwhile, floridians heading out of state could be facing a number of obstacles. Some Gas Statiounning and officials see to expect Hours Worth of traffic. And this morning, Tampa International Airport suspended all operations. We begin this Hours Coverage with Meteorologist Derek Van dam. Derek, we just got an update on the storm tell us the latest alright. So pamela, since 5 00 a. M. Weve seen an increase in the Wind Speeds were at 150 miles per hour, sustained
Per hour. And its barreling straight toward florida as a Cat Category four storm. People have across the state are trying to evacuate before it makes Landfall Tomorrow Night the city of tampa is in the storms bull bullseye. And later this hour we will get an update from the mayor. Shes already issued a blunt warning. If you stay in the Evacuation Zones, you who are going to die President Biden echoed that sentiment from the White House moments ago a potential for this storm to both enter florida as hurricane and leave Florida Hurricane on the atlantic coast this could be the worst Storm Hit Florida in over a century. And god willing, it wont be, but thats what its looking like right now. If youre under Evacuation Orders, you should evacuated. Now. Now now i should have already evacuated. Its a matter of Life And Death, and thats not hyperbole. Its a matter Life And Death the president just canceled his planned foreign trip this week so he can oversee the response to the second hurrican
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Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Leave or die, thats the warning for hundreds of thousands across tampa and beyond this hour as Hurricane Milton, now a monstrous category 4, takes direct aim on floridas third largest city. Right now, almost all of floridas West Coast is under an Emergency Warning as Crews Race to clear the debris from last weeks hurricane, that one helene, before milton makes landfall sometime tomorrow night. It is dangerous eye is set to unleash a once in a Century Damage and record Storm Surge. The national Hurricane Center is warning of up to 15 feet of water in tampa alone. As we speak, thousands are still trying to get out, residents rushing to escape the storms path, have clogged highways, and interstates. And adding to all of that chaos, all of that concern is politics. And the rampant disinformation that is being peddled by Donald Trump and some republicans including false claims about Fema Funds and not so subtle Social Media posts that say they control the w
Can with hurricane milton. Now cat five storm heading straight for tampa, florida, which hasn t taken a direct hit since 1921. Also live the latest from hardhit north carolina and the lies the former president continues to tell about the relief efforts. And later on the oneyear anniversary of the october 7 terror attack would check back in with a woman still waiting for her family being held hostage to come home good evening. Thanks for joining us. It took hurricane milton less than 24 hours to go from an 80 mile an hour storm to 100 names 80 mile an hour monster, one of the fastestgrowing hurricanes ever. And on the path that its on, it could also be the first in more than 100 years to directly hit tampa, florida, a city largely at sea level, or even a smaller storm could do serious damage and which is still cleaning up from his brush with hurricane helene, which may be why people began leaving today and why as many as 6600 ambulances today began evacuating patients from area hospital