Tallahassee within the next few hours. Now, right now, helene is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. So, for more than 545,000 households in florida, they are reportedly without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their homes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to affect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. So, what may bring the most danger are the storm surges. Earlier today, residents experienced flooding in places like pine island, which is just outside of fort myers. But, flooding will likely get much worse across the state as the night continues. A storm surge warning is in place for almost the entirety of florida s west coast. This video is a simulation of what could happen if the storm surge rises to approximately 10 feet. But, in some parts of florida, officials look worn that a hurricane helene could cause storm surges of up
Now on the last word with lawrence o donnell. Good evening, we will get to andrew weissmann and other news, but we will begin with the hurricane. As you just heard from alex wagner, there are 600,000 people are ready without power. We will go straight to nbc news meteorologist bill karins at this hour for the latest on exactly what the track of the storm is. What do you see coming? we are in the impact his own. We are now watching the northern eye move onshore and it is like the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles wide that is now moving into florida and it will knock down everything in its path if it is not made of concrete or brick. You can see where the storm is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category 4, almost to the higher end of category 4. The hurricane hunters said it is still intensifying right up until landfall. This is the coast and where the really destructive winds are and now they are starting to close in on populated areas. Thi
The Un Secretary general, antonio guterres, told the Security Council that hell was breaking loose following days of cross border fire. Israels ambassador to the un said israel didnt want a full Scale War but would not stand by when its Northern Region was attacked. The lebanese Health Ministry said more than 70 people were killed by israeli Air Strikes on wednesday, while hezbollah has continued to fire into israel. The Security Council meeting in New York went on late into the evening and started with this warning by the Un Secretary general. Hell is breaking loose in lebanon. As i told the general assembly yesterday, we should all be alarmed by the escalation. To all sides, let us say with one clear voice, stop the killing and destruction, tone down the rhetorical threats, step back from the brink. An all out war must be avoided at all costs. It would surely be an all out catastrophe. The Prime Minister of lebanon told the Council Israel was violating his Countrys Sovereignty and ca
[cheering and applause] [ whistling ] greg: you filthy people. I know what you are thinking. Happy wednesday everyone. Joe biden appeared on the view today where cohost sarah hans said it s like having one of the beatles at the table. True if you re talking about george or john. Thought more like yoko. Kamala harris will visit the southern border friday and says she s looking forward to meeting justin trudeau. At the last debate she said she was a middleclass kid. It appears harris enjoyed things most middleclass kids didn t like living abroad, private school, growing up at some of the wealthiest places on earth. The only thing she didn t enjoy was anani. I like her husband. [cheering and applause] that was a long way for a cheap joke. You re welcome america. New cdc data shows u. S. Obesity rates have fallen for the first time ever. Just like the crime statistics the they left at the cities of new orleans, los angeles and the view. Reports claim i u. S. Woman died inside switzerland s
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