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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
Florida latest track, and we ll take you inside this inter, also, secret calls and special deliveries. What donald trump was reportedly sneaking to vladimir putin as a pandemic was ravaging the united states. And how many calls they ve had since trump left office. Cnn has the new details from bob woodward s new book and vice president harris tonight initially drawing a blue blank when she was asked what she would do differently than president biden and then one notable change came to mind. I m kaitlan collins, and this is the source battered for the second time in about as many weeks that much we know for sure tonight as forecast are saying that this storm could weaken, but it is expected to double in size what we don t know for sure tonight is exactly where this monster storm is going to make a direct hit twice tonight, more than 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate forecasters. Florida s governor, mayors, up and down that state are pleading with people not to mess around wi
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Hello, im mathew amroliwala. The israeli military says, its expanding its Ground Offensive against hezbollah by moving into a new zone, in south western lebanon. It says it now has some 15,000 soldiers deployed in the south of the country. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at northern israeli cities and while israel says it shot most of them down, there has been some damage in the Port City of haifa. Amid the fighting, the Deputy Leader of hezbollah has said he supports a call from lebanons parliament, for a ceasefire with israel. Its thought to be the first time hezbollah has called for a ceasefire without tying it to a truce in gaza. 0ur chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet is in tel aviv. Clear Signs Today of an escalation in israeli military operations in southern lebanon, with forces moving away from the South East where they have been focusing their actions to the south west, giving evacuation Orders Yesterday for people to move out of that area. It said from the