Furniture, they could be telling you theyre stressed to help them feel more calm try feel away optimum tonight on 360 people getting out while they can with Hurricane Milton. Now cat five, storm heading straight for tampa, florida, which hasnt taken a direct hit since 1921. Also tonight, the latest from Hardhit North Carolina and the lies the former president continues to tell about the Relief Effort and later on the Oneyear Anniversary of the October 7 Terror Attack would check back in with a woman still waiting for her family being held hostage to come home. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. It took Hurricane Milton less than 24 hours to go from an 80 mile an Hour Storm to 180 mile an hour munster. One of the fastestgrowing hurricanes ever on the path that its on it could so be the first in more than 100 years to directly hit tampa, florida, a city largely at sea level, or even a smaller storm could do serious damage and which is still cleaning up from its brush with Hurricane Hel
Two down here and penta gordon. And so that can happen. It can get close to land. They can turn Flood Watch in effect, obviously four to eight inches of rainfall. Some models now predicting probably in the neighborhood of about 15 inches of rainfall. And thats just the freshwater flooding thats possible from alberto two barrel, the very hi, im on Wednesday Night show that you and i will be on. Alright. Chad myers. Thank you very much. Well have more on Hurricane Milton later in the program, as well as reporting from the error is worst hit by helene in North Carolina where the Death Toll is still a climbing and to that point, Fema Today said the agency has enough funding to handle the response to Hurricanes Milton and helene. The fact that it has to reassure people about that not just to the weather lately, but also the political climate. Thats because in spite of republican mayors and governors and senators and Hurricane Affected States thing, otherwise dont. Trump has been lying again
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Im jake tapper. Were going to start this hour with the Breaking News moments ago, we got an update on her Hurricane Milton, which once again is im not happy to tell you, has strengthened to a category five storm. Was category for now its back to five and has 165 165 mile an ho sustained winds. It is expected to double in size before making landfall in florida. Nearly 20 Million people in the United States are currently in the path of Hurricane Milton. Its effects or already being felt. Parts of the Tampa Bay Area are gonna lose access to running water starting today, Gas Stations are running out of fuel as evacuees fill up their cars and tried to flee. Those riding out the storm are stocking Up To power their generators. Lets get straight to cnn Meteorologist Chad myers in a hurricane headquarters. Chad, it doesnt sound like this forecast is what we wanted it is not, it is. We saw all day and i talked to you about this at 4 00 this afternoon that the last plane left about three hours a
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Leave or die, thats the warning for hundreds of thousands across tampa and beyond this hour as Hurricane Milton, now a monstrous category 4, takes direct aim on floridas third largest city. Right now, almost all of floridas West Coast is under an Emergency Warning as Crews Race to clear the debris from last weeks hurricane, that one helene, before milton makes landfall sometime tomorrow night. It is dangerous eye is set to unleash a once in a Century Damage and record Storm Surge. The national Hurricane Center is warning of up to 15 feet of water in tampa alone. As we speak, thousands are still trying to get out, residents rushing to escape the storms path, have clogged highways, and interstates. And adding to all of that chaos, all of that concern is politics. And the rampant disinformation that is being peddled by Donald Trump and some republicans including false claims about Fema Funds and not so subtle Social Media posts that say they control the w