Saying yeah, we have a category three hurricane on our hands right now, what 125 mile per hour winds my point that out because it category four hurricane starts at 130 mile per hour winds, so were really talking about a difference of five to ten miles per hour here, right . So right now, its a very Highend Category three teetering on that category four, which is why the national Hurricane Center is saying, hey, look, its still sitting over very warm from Ocean Waters right now. It has all the ingredients it needs to strengthen. So theres really not much to stop it from gaming that five miles per hour that it needs to just get to that category and become a category four either way, whether its this Highend Category three, or it makes that fivemile per Hour Difference to a category four. We are still talking about the Sam Catastrophic on survivable impacts when it comes to the Storm Surge and heavy Rain And Everything else. Weve been talking about, the radar. You can see again still with
Already begun in Southwest Florida. The impacts were not that significant, where the storm has already passed, fdot crews have already driven and cleared more than 2000 miles of roadway in Southwest Florida so weve already started working once the initial initial response is through our cut and tell us crews were transition to Debris Removal. And undergoing are two sentences, leadership, we will stand ready just like with the Dahlia And Debbie to support fiscally constrained counties with the Debris Removal operation please leave dr. Please do not drive on them water over a road can be very dangerous, especially around culverts and bridges. Every storm season, we see people tried to navigate through water. You have no idea whats Going On underneath the water, please do not drive through but were going to stay in touch with our airports and Seaports Sea ports are closed, Water Side right now airports are going to reopen just as soon as practically feasible and thank again, governor. Tha
It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
Ainsley it is 6 00 a. M. Here on the East Coast. It is thursday, cents 26th. And this is Fox Friends. We start with our exclusive interview with melania. Trump she opened up to us in our first interview in more than two years talking about everything from politics to family. And recounting that terrifying moment she found out about the first Assassination Attempt on her husband. I tv and i rewind it. I watched it. I was only a few minutes behind seen him on the floor. And you dont know you dont know what really happened. Steve wow. Great. Cant wait for that and Kamala Harris breaking down her economic policy proposals kind of. But, once again, there was a word that stuck out. And looking holistically. And looking holistically at the incentive to actually engage in planning in holistic manner. Brian i dont know. Plus, new York City mayor Eric Adams indicted in historic federal probe. What he actually what he says is actually behind the investigation is worth investigating. Steve its hol
A category 4 storm today. We are live on the ground in the Sunshine State. Carley and mayor Eric Adams facing calls to resign after being indicted by a Federal Grand Jury and we are expected it to be unsealed later this morning. Todd former first Lady Melania Trump joining Fox And Friends since the Assassination Attempt s targeting her husband. I saw it on Television And I c called again and he was okay because Secret Service were great. I think both of the events, they were really miracles. Todd ainsley will be here live with more from her exclusive interview. This is a wildly busy thursday mor morning, im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. Hurricane helena is expected to crash into the big Bend Coast by this evening. Storm surge warnings are in place for most of the states West Coast and officials warn the surge could be lifethreatening. Janice dean joins us. Janice not a lot of time. 5 00 a. M. Advisory, 90 mile per hour sustained wind, we are expecting this to be a category three