Out of florida, millions of people under threat from Monster Size Hurricane milton. That powerful Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour has come ashore. The eyewall made landfall half an hour ago in siesta key, which is a Barrier Island off of the coast of sarasota. Right now, the storm with a diameter of 450 miles, is bringing lifethreatening winds and potentially devastating Storm Surge up to 13 feet. Earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. They showed 40 nautical miles away from meltons eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. That powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the eyewalls direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical Storm Watch or warning. The national Weather Service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. Airports,
service even issuing an alert that didn t mince words, exclaiming quote to protect your life. take cover. now a former mayor of rolling fork told a local television station that a tornado blew the windows out of the back of his house. and the sharkey county sheriff s office reporting gas leaks and people trapped in piles of rubble, mississippi governor tate reeves saying in a twitter post that search and rescue teams are active and that more ambulances and emergency assets are being sent to those affected areas. the governor also saying quote many in the mississippi delta need your prayers and god s protection. the storm prediction center, saying the greatest threat of tornadoes overnight will be in arkansas, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee. storms with damaging winds and hill also forecast from eastern texas and southeastern oklahoma into parts of southeastern missouri and southern illinois. let s go now to fox weather meteorologist ian oliver, who s standing by with th
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this is 3,000 barrels of oil, 126,000, 130,000 gallons. again, these pipelines carry it to the shore. where again? we re not sure of. let s follow the winds that push the sea currents. anyone in southern california will tell you you have the onshore flow, offshore flow. even though you see that red box, where the oil sheen is, at 5.8 miles in length, when you have the winds pushing on shore at a less density with this crude oil, you can almost expect that field to expand. by the time it makes its way further along the shoreline to the south on these winds, sometimes it will push it offshore and you ll start to see at night and again a process of carrying on. we can expect that field to elongate twice its size, possibly three times its size. the winds mean everything. they are light but those sea currents are definitely going to carry on shore. another concern is high tide. we re going to hit this twice. this evening and later on tomorrow, high tide is both over 5 feet.