Any questions . Yeah. Reporter when it comes to the number of people in your people are apparently choosing to stay behind, do you know how many people seem to be trying to ride this out . We dont. That comes up all of the time. You know, that kind of talk is so foolish. Said so many times do you want to pick a fight with Mother Nature and shes when he 100 of the time. And individuals and these say you are in a singlestory home, 12 feet is about that house. If you are in it, basically that is the coffin you are in. It is just of this magnitude, what we can hope for is that the storm goes a bit south. We dont want to wish anything on our neighbors. But if it went a little bit south, that would prevent Storm Surge from coming into Tampa Bay where it has no place to go. Bit is just a Storm Surge. It gets pushed into the bay and it is coming into the neighborhoods. Does it seem like most people are respecting that . Oh, yes, you can look at the traffic and it is incredible. I spoke with my
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
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
Category 4 Storm Hurtling toward the West Coast. Meteorologists warning that the Hurricane Zone is getting larger as it gets closer to florida. Officials ordering mandatory evacuations in some zones, telling everyone to get out while they can. A storm so big President Biden has canceled an overseas trip this week. If you are under Evacuation Orders, you should evacuate now, now, now. You should have already evacuated. Its a matter of life and death. Thats not hyperbole. Its a matter of life and death. Can fema handle backtoback storms . Alejandro mayorkas joining me and his fight against disinformation. Three of irans proxies attacking israel overnight. Israel hits lebanon again with unrelenting rocket and Drone Strikes against hezbollah targets. With four weeks to go until election day, could it all be decided in pennsylvania . We will talk to the head of the democratic national Committee And Senator Bob Casey who is fighting for reelection in the keystone state. Good day, everyone. I
It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. No rest for the storm weary. We are live in florida as Crews Race to clear the damage from Hurricane Helene before the other Monster Storm named milton rolls ashore. Forecasters say the intensity is building again. Plus, get out now or die. Dire Evacuation Orders set off a scramble with highways clogged and things flying off the shelves. The latest on the storm that could be the worst to hit florida in a century. And when Disaster Relief turns political. Growing spat between Kamala Harris and Floridas Governor Ron Desantis after he reportedly dodged her call. What both sides are saying. And Donald Trumps predictions for the stormravaged south. Theyll still turn out for him even if they have to crawl to the voting booth. We start in tampa, florida, where people trying to evacuate face long lines for gas, standstill traffic, hundreds of cancelled flights. Sam brock is there live. What can you tell us about whats