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
Sandra all right, your Fox Weather Alert the top of a brandnew hour. Hurricane milton im barreling down on florida with Lifethreatening Storm surges and Flash Flooding in area saturated with water from Hurricane Helene. It is headed that way and we are watching it Tampa Bay in the bullseye for where the storm could make Landfall Bed effects felt across the entire state. Florida meteorologist breaking down while discussing this sheer intensity of the storm. It is an incredible, incredible, incredible hurricane. It has dropped it has dropped 50 millibars in ten hours. I apologize, this is just horrific. Speed to emotional response there to what we are all seeing, John This is a big line and anticipated the worst to hit florida over 100 years and welcome back to america reports. And Sandra Smith in new york. s been winwin in Meteorologist File it can be a bad one. Washington being called the storm of the century and other storms have gotten that moniker at this one will be huge. Millions
John thank you. Today marks one year since hamas is attack on Israel Kickstarting A Brutal War In The Middle East and while most of the world is holding the somber remembrance ceremonies, antiisrael protesters are marching in demonstrations across this country. Sandra we are awaiting a briefing from the White House and marks from Vp Nominee j. D. Vance who is set to address a memorial in washington. We will bring you the highlights as they happen. She is just the best mother and the best sister. There is no way she would be okay with the number of resources she has been using because there are so many families that are also hurting and missing. Speak of the men and women on the ground are doing the best that they can but fema has every priority wrong. They did not know what to do or where to do it, how to access the mountains. They are turning people away trying to deliver funds. My life has completely changed ten days ago. Theres not really any comparison to it. There is so much tragi
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