Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Hurricane milton is Bearing Barreling toward florida as one of the recent hurricanes in recent history and dangerous category 4 storm is churning north of mexicos yucatan peninsula. Milton is set to make landfall in florida late wednesday in to thursday and its expected to trigger a Lifethreatening Storm Surge and it could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa Area in more than a century. The mayor saying if you choose to stay, youre going to die. Joining us is our meteorologist. How are people preparing there . You can probably see some of those Preparation Efforts happening as we speak. This is outside of this is normally a busy wharf and completely shut down. Flood protection barriers are outside of these businesses. People bracing so that they can protect the businesses that are here. We are seeing these kinds of efforts all around tampa. I want to take you to some of what we saw in Treasure Island that is outside of pinellas county. W
Its monday, October 7, right now on cnn this morning. One year later, israel marks the somber anniversary of the October 7 Hamas Terror attacks the fights a war now expanding to multiple fronts just plain false debunking the rumors, the Fema Administrator setting the record straight about the response to Hurricane Helene as the Trump Campaign pushes false claims and this if you are in evacuation zone, leave in the storms path, Floridas Gulf Coast, preparing for another major hurricane as theyre still reeling from helenes impact. And later families come in all kinds of shapes and forms and their family nonetheless, pushing back Kamala Harris Dismissing rightwing criticism over not having biological children east coast. A live look at Capitol Hill on this monday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us a Sorrowful Anniversary lives lost during the October 7 Hamas Terror attacks, and holding out hope for the safe return of the hostages still in gaz
Location near you see llf bk. Com you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We do begin the hour with Breaking News as yet another powerful Hurricane Barrels towards florida. There it is. Milton is now now a category four, and its getting stronger quickly. Its aiming directly at the Tampa Bay Area and could become a category five storm at some point, officials are warning of lifethreatening Storm Surge and damaging winds to communities still picking up the pieces from helene, florida governor Ron Desantis gave this warning just moments ago. We need as much of this debris picked up as possible. This creates a Safety Hazard and it also will increase the damage that milton could do with flying debris cnns derek Van Dam joins us now, derek the governor said it right there. You got to have another Path Powerful Hurricane Come in and slam the coast and lift up this Debris And Flight in 100 different directions. That that does sound like a scary situation for the resident
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