Its looking like the storm of the century. Everbody is woried about the same thing, you know, do i have a home to come back to . Norah and hundred thousands are without power with near the eighth quarter of Floridas Gas stations out of fuel. This hurricane is going to pack a major, major punch. Norah our interview with four to governor Ron Desantis from inside the states Command Center. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im Norah Odonnell in washington, along with vladimir duthiers, who is leading our team of correspondents in the path of vladimir duthiers, who i thank you for joining us. And as we come on the air, we are getting new information about this monster storm. A major category three closing in on landfall earlier than expected, along floridas central Gulf Coast. Millions are bracing for impact. Now the latest track just in has the Eye Of The Storm hitting the sarasota area. That is just south of tampa, a region that hasnt had a hurricane this powerfl in more than
Hurried preparations, theres also a new worry. Limited resources. Gas stations literally running on empty, and Grocery Store shelves picked clean. Nbcs marisa is joining us from tampa. Jay gray is standing by in ft. Myers. And Meteorologist Michelle Grossman is tracking the storm for us. The track of this storm has shifted slightly since yesterday. Where do we expect landfall now . Yeah, this has kind of wobbled back and forth, ten miles north or south. As we go throughout time, we are anticipating that westcentral u. S. Coast impact on The State Of Florida. We are looking at a category 4 storm. This is catastrophic. People are going to lose homes. Theres a threat to life and property. So were going to watch this very closely, we are about 16 hours away from landfall. Were looking at winds of 155 miles per hour. Yes, it weakened to a category 4, but keep in mind a Category 5 is 157 miles per hour, so this is a very strong category 4 strong. Its heading northeast at 6 miles per hour, no
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This is Fox Friends. Fox weather alert. Mandatory evacuations now underway as florida braces for another hurricane. This one milton, Florida Governor Ron Desantis standing by. He will join us in minutes. There he is. Good morning, governor. Steve North Carolina getting helping help of two americas biggest stars as residents pick up the pieces from Hurricane Helene. Luke combs and Eric Church will join us live on this Fox Friends. Ainsley plus with exactly four weeks until election day, Kamala Harris struggles to answer for all of her flipflops. Listen. Against tracking now for it. You were for medicare for all, now youre not. People dont truly know what you believe or what you stand for. Lawrence the second hour of Fox Friends starts right now. Lawrence so we have a Fox Weather alert. Millions across Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for Hurricane Milton as it heads toward Tampa Bay bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge. Milton could be the strongest storm to Hit Tampa in more than 100 ye