More than 5 1 2 Million people are under voluntary or mandatory Evacuation Orders in Florida Tonight as the state braces for the impact of hurricane milton. Tolls were waived, Highway Shoulders were open to try to ease clogging as florida residents took to the roads to get out of this storms way. Hurricane milton is expected to make landfall in florida late Tomorrow Night or early thursday morning. And, well, anything could change in the next 24 hours, milton is expected to drive straight through central florida. The first direct strike by a hurricane in areas of tampa in more than a century. The mayor of tampa issued this stark warning to residents. If you choose to stay in one of these Evacuation Areas you are going to die. Now, even in less extreme circumstances preparing for a Natural Disaster is always a challenge. The government has to coordinate between state and local and federal agencies, those agencies then not only have to prepare for the physical impacts of the disaster but
Going to be different . And so the difference between what theyre used to and what this will be, as a way to, hopefully, give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out . Thank you, Madam Vice President. Yes, we are emphasizing the Size And Intensity of the storm and the direction at which its approaching which is unusual and really raises that Storm Surge Risk for the West Coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes approach the West Coast of florida from the South Or Southeast parallel to the coast. This track, more perpendicular to the coast raises the Storm Surge Risk. And the size of the storm is going to produce hazardous impacts across much of the peninsula. So, weve been hitting the surge risks on both coasts, and flooding and tornadoes, trying to emphasize the Scale And Breadth of the threat which is somewhat unusual for milton. Thank you. Thank you for your good work. Mike, one more question yes, sir. For people listening, what is the width from the state of
Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
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Is set to hit Floridas Gulf Coast late Wednesday Night tampa, potentially in the bullseye in the Citys Mayor is not mincing words. She is warning people who dont evacuate, quote you are going to die it appears some are taking her very seriously with those foreboding words, hitting the roads and streaming out of the area before it gets too late. The storm described as extremely dangerous with sustained winds of 100 and 65 miles per hour. Milton, now the strongest storm to occur anywhere on the planet. This year. I want to bring in Cnn Meteorologist Chad myers. Chad, weve heard the strong words in the tampa mayor. What is this new advisory show . It shows that we lost a little bit of pressure. The pressure went up. Thats good news. Weve lost a little bit of Wind Speed from one at 165. Thats still category five okay. Were not were not bringing this down. Do cat two or one or tropical storm a very dangerous storm, but hurricane hunters, both noah and also Air Force have flown in the ai ove