1877866 8555. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News. Hurricane milton is quickly getting more intense, even more intense in the Gulf Of Mexico at this hour. And taking aim directly at central florida. Its at category four strength right now but is expected to be a cat five again later today. Were also getting this new Exclusive Video from madeira beach florida, a Town Standing right in miltons path. This is debris piled up from the Hurricane Helene cleanup, still posing a danger as miltons winds could pick all of this up and shoot it in all sorts of directions as the storm pummels this area. Something to be on the lookout for if you live in that area. Got to clean that up. Lets begin our coverage in Fort Myers florida. Flood waters there could reach ten feet in some areas. Thats where we find cnns Carlos Juarez and carlos thats a big part of the story, right . The Storm Surge. And it could just really come up through
Welcome everyone. Thanks for joining me. Im Omar Jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. Were going to start today with Breaking News because yet another Hurricane Threat is facing floridas West Coast. Just moments ago, tropical Storm Milton Florida as a category three storm in just a few days. Now, governor Ron Desantis has declared a State Of Emergency for 51 counties ahead of and it could bring devastating Storm Surge to parts of the state still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Cnns Rafael Romo joins me. Now, Rafael Helene slammed into florida just ten days ago. I know you were on the ground covering some of its devastation. Can you tell us what were learning now ahead of this potential impact here yes, some are high. This is probably going to feel like a onetwo punch for many floridians in addition to we clearing a State Of Emergency and 51 states, florida governor Ron Desantis has ordered Management Sites to be opened 24 7, so that many areas covered by debris after Hurricane Helene
Welcome, everyone. Thanks for joining me. Im Omar Jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. We start this hour with breaking News Hurricane Milton is now a category one hurricane threatening floridas West Coast with devastating Storm Surge, flooding, and damaging winds. Its forecast to intensify into at least a category three storm before making landfall in just a few days the team covering this dangerous storm, Cnn Correspondent Rafael Romo And Cnn meteorologist Elisa Raffa are here. I want to start with you, rafael, though what are we learning as far as preparations and other things go . Hey omar, this is a very serious situation in addition to the clearing of State Of Emergency and 51 counties, florida governor Ron Desantis has ordered Management Sites to remain open 24 7, so that many areas covered by debris after Hurricane Helene can be cleared before the arrival of milton, which became a hurricane this afternoon more than 800 guardsmen are currently deployed for debris removal, but the
Morning rising. Shy. Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, october im amara walker. Guesses back with a new skip in his step, a new song. It is hard looking, relaxed, and refresh you know, victor. Hello. This is, you know, how it is when you have some time off, you come back, you feel like you can do anything. I get you youre radiating happiness, dry braiding with theyre do so if im a little extra today is because im back from two weeks off, but we must do. Thank you very much. It is a good morning and good to be back heres what were working on for you this morning. Both President Ial Candidates are on the ground in Battleground States this weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in North Carolina, former President Trump returns to pennsylvania the side of the July Assassination attempt on his life and The Middle East is on edge. This morning as the region awaits a possible retaliation from iran strike on israel, the rising concerns, as israels is days away from marking th
Im Jim Acosta in for fredricka whitfield. We begin this hour on the president ial Campaign Trail. Now, just about a month away from Election Day in both campaigns revving up their supporters, appealing to undecided voters in key Battleground States during this final critical stretch of the race, voting already underway across several states and polls showing there it is again, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in basically a dead heat at this point, their campaigns now navigating several big News Stories that could obviously shape the outcome of this election from the war in the Middle East to the devastating aftermath of helene another storm on the way to the florida Gulf Coast, apparently in a surprisingly strong jobs report that just came out at The End of this week. But lets start in battleground, pennsylvania, where in the next couple of hours, former President Donald Trump will take the stage In The City of butler at the site of his first Assas