The Tampa Bay powerful category four storm is barreling toward the state officials are warning of lifethreatening Storm Surge and heavy landfall and unleashed its fury overnight, we are awaiting a Press Conference. At any moment from Florida Governor Ron Desantis. Well bring that to you live in the meantime, we have Team Coverage of Hurricane Milton. We have seen as Randi Kaye and Isabel Rosales Standing by in florida. But first lets go to Cnn Meteorologist derek van dam. Derek, this is still a very powerful monster sure, a storm. Whats the latest yeah, indeed, jim, in fact, were getting hourly updates now and will continue to do so through landfall, which we anticipate sometime late tonight and into the early morning hours of thursday still 155 mile per hour wind, that is a powerful category four. Note that i did not say category five at one has earlier this morning, didnt lose much intensity overnight like we had hoped it would, but lets not split hairs here. The amount of energy tha
Well, the following Breaking News here on cnn, im Boris Sanchez live near Tampa Bay alongside my coanchor, Brianna Keeler in the Nations Capital and Hurricane Milton is inching closer and closer to sata, to west florida, Gulf Coast of florida right now, youre attempt they were watching low tide its start to set in the water began to recede. And that water is coming back with a dangerous Storm Surge anticipated between up to eight to 15 feet along the Gulf Coast, 15 feet in sarasota would prove devastating. Here in Tampa Bay. As you can see behind me, it is coming down the Water Fuel previously, we are starting to get to the point of maximum rainfall. And this will be sustained throughout the evening hours into tomorrow Hurricane Milton is proving to be an unprecedented storm yesterday, strengthening to a category five. And as it gets closer to florida, though it does begin to change and expand those Wind Speeds have started to slowly come down. That doesnt mean that the danger is any l
Five hurricane just about a day right now, which stands at eight category four, and it is promising 40 plus called an hour winds for this region, as well as a deadly, deadly Storm Surge. I want to show you what he started to happen in Tampa Bay right now. The water has started to recede. These are easterly wave that is dragging water out typically the Water Line is much closer but through this spot right here the seawall in front of me, this recession is something you typically see was storms at some point, this will come flying back as a potential 15 foot Storm Surge in some parts its estimated to be somewhere between eight to 12 feet here in Tampa Bay. And that is what has officials very, very concerned this may be a category four storm, a very powerful one, but the Storm Surge is a category five and it is set to Shatter Records Set by Hurricane Helene wait only about two weeks ago at some of the debris from Hurricane Helene is still out in this area. You see here in this pier, a Pol
Begin only two hours from now conditions in the Hurricane Strike Zone are growing much more dangerous by the minute. As milton unleashes ferocious winds torrential rains, and a slew of destructive tornadoes. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im Wolf Blitzer a youre in the Situation Room were following every angle of the major Breaking News in florida right now Hurricane Milton taking aim at the Tampa Bay Region and now on a faster track toward a devastating landfall, this Monster Storm is posing a grave and urgent danger and residents who havent escaped Miltons Path are being warned. Its not too late to get out cnn teams are fanned out all along Floridas Gulf Coast and areas bracing for the worst of this storm our chief climate correspondent, Bill Weir is on the scene in st. Petersburg, florida. Bill, whats the latest from where you are of the pier here in st. Pete. As you can see, these waves are just starting to breach the Seawall Weve been watchin
Los angeles and this is americas late news, Fox News At Night. And breaking tonight, just hours away from Hurricane Milton, the category five storm of the century. Florida governor Ron Desantis Racing to secure his state and it appears Kamala Harris is racing to secure political points. Nbcs reporting Governor Desantis is ignoring your calls. It is utterly irresponsible and selfish. And it is about political gamesmanship. It is not about you Kamala Harris, its about the people of florida. She has never called on any of the storms we have had since she has been Vice President until apparently now. Clearly her boss does not need the same political points. The governor of florida has been cooperative and talks began yesterday. And i said no, youre doing a great job. Trace in the meantime, Kamala Harris doing Damage Control on her Softball Media Blitz this week but she may be doing more harm than good. What does success look like an ending the war in ukraine . There will be no success in e