Washington. A fox news alert. A massive hurricane that could be the most destructive in the history of the country is about to slam into florida. Hurricane milton could make landfall as early as 8 00 p. M. Eastern, exactly one hour from now. Now, the national Weather Service says the window to evacuate has closed. Shelter in place now. Tampa, Fort Myers and orlando are all expected to face lifethreatening impacts. Tornadoes have already been seen and many of floridas West Coast beaches are at risk as well of being wiped out. Now, first responders in st. Petersburg have paused all operations. Not responding to any emergencies until it is safe to do so. We will bring you conch from across the state but, first, we start in Brayden Ton Florida where Fox Weather Robert ray is standing by, robert . Yeah. Laura, good evening to you. And you see the Manatee River behind me that is raging with up to 80 mileperhour winds that have occurred here in this part of the Gulf Coast. We are not too far
storm barrels towards the course. property loss could be in the billions, human cost still unknown. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are tracking hurricane ian tonight as it closes in on florida s west coast. we just got the 11 pm forecast from the national hurricane center, and we ll bring you the latest on the huge storms path in just a moment. meanwhile, the january six committee has postpone tomorrow s hearing because of the storm. so far the hearing has yet to be rescheduled. but we are getting more video from a roger stone documentary that the committee is likely to feature once the hearing does happen. in one newly released clip, stone is heard talking about challenging the election results even before the election happened. what they are assuming is the election will be normal, the election will not be normal. oh east of the california result, sorry we re not expecting them, will challenge them
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are tracking hurricane ian tonight as it closes in on florida s west coast. we just got the 11 pm forecast from the national hurricane center, and we ll bring you the latest on the huge storms path in just a moment. meanwhile, the january six committee has postponed tomorrow s hearing because of the storm. so far the hearing has yet to be rescheduled. but we are getting more video from a roger stone documentary that the committee is likely to feature once the hearing does happen. in one newly released clip, stone is heard talking about challenging the election results even before the election happened. what they are assuming is the election will be normal, the election will not be normal. oh these are the california result, sorry we re not expecting them, will challenge them in the court, if you actually show up at the electoral college, armed guards will show them a. on the president, a few, you re not stealing florida, i
governor when i receive it. i directed my team for surge assistance before the storm hit. we re here to help them before in any way we can. white house says president biden and florida s governor have spoken by phone as people on the west coast of florida get ready for a category three hurricane. florida governor desantis has made more headlines for cruelty than governing lately in a state where the property insurance market has almost claps as insurance companies have folded or left the state completely. climate change making storms bigger and more costly while florida s legislators mostly ignore the threat completely. we ll get to that in a minute with the republican mayor of miami who is not against climate change but first the national weather service just posted still latest forecast for hurricane ian. i want to want to bring in msnbc meteorologist somara theodore. somara, you just got the 11 pm at update what did you learn? what a this, with each update our concern for the fr
miami who is not against climate change but first the national weather service just posted still latest forecast for hurricane ian. i want to want to bring in msnbc meteorologist amara theater. just got the 11 pm at update what if you learn? what a this, with each update our concern for the friends south of florida continues to grow. it remains a category three hurricane, don t let that fool you. we could see this continue to strengthen. who once it hits 130 miles per hour that s when we re talking a category four. already starting to see strong storm surge in parts of the florida keys. here s the timing. right now we are anticipating this to make landfall to meet tomorrow evening to tomorrow night. we could see this continue to make landfall a little farther south if we get a more northwestern trajectory. that will see upbringing in wednesday night into thursday morning. friday regardless, you re