Is set to hit Floridas Gulf Coast late Wednesday Night tampa, potentially in the bullseye in the Citys Mayor is not mincing words. She is warning people who dont evacuate, quote you are going to die it appears some are taking her very seriously with those foreboding words, hitting the roads and streaming out of the area before it gets too late. The storm described as extremely dangerous with sustained winds of 100 and 65 miles per hour. Milton, now the strongest storm to occur anywhere on the planet. This year. I want to bring in Cnn Meteorologist Chad myers. Chad, weve heard the strong words in the tampa mayor. What is this new advisory show . It shows that we lost a little bit of pressure. The pressure went up. Thats good news. Weve lost a little bit of Wind Speed from one at 165. Thats still category five okay. Were not were not bringing this down. Do cat two or one or tropical storm a very dangerous storm, but hurricane hunters, both noah and also Air Force have flown in the ai ove
Tonight, massive evacuations are underway, is now a category five Hurricane Milton takes aim at floridas West Coast by Source Tonight is the mayor of tampa, but they blunt warning for those who are staying behind plus Vice President harris is kicking off a Media Blitz. What she just said it a new Interview Tonight about firing that glock that she owns. And his israel is marking a somber for anniversary, the number of antisemitic incidents here at home is off the charts. Were going to bring the latest data to tonight. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the Source Debris from hurricane helene. Tonight, florida is now bracing for another monster storm hurricane. Milton is barreling toward floridas West Coast with winds that are up to a mindboggling 180 miles per hour. This storm has exploded from a tropical storm to a category five in just 24 hours milton, as it is turning over that very warm water in the Gulf Coast right now is more powerful lin, any storm on this planet this year. Millions
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
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
The breaking news. Florida bracing for what could be one of the most powerful and destructive storms on record. The state trying to keep Gas Stations supplied as people rushed to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton. All right. Just in to cnn. Donald trump had, quote maybe as many as seven calls with russian president Vladimir Putin since he left office the Bombshell New reporting by Bob Woodward and two of the countrys biggest music Stars Country Music stars joining forces to help with Hurricane Recovery efforts. Sara is out today. Im John Berman with Kate Baldwin. This is cnn News Central that is what officials in florida tell us that they are doing right now as Hurricane Milton takes direct aim this hour nearly the entire West Coast Line of florida has been tampa are warning that miltons extremely dangerous strike could bring impacts not seen in over 100 years. Orders to evacuate. They seem to be working. Officials on the ground seem to be happy with what theyve seen so far. Because t