Five hurricane just about a day right now, which stands at eight category four, and it is promising 40 plus called an hour winds for this region, as well as a deadly, deadly Storm Surge. I want to show you what he started to happen in Tampa Bay right now. The water has started to recede. These are easterly wave that is dragging water out typically the Water Line is much closer but through this spot right here the seawall in front of me, this recession is something you typically see was storms at some point, this will come flying back as a potential 15 foot Storm Surge in some parts its estimated to be somewhere between eight to 12 feet here in Tampa Bay. And that is what has officials very, very concerned this may be a category four storm, a very powerful one, but the Storm Surge is a category five and it is set to Shatter Records Set by Hurricane Helene wait only about two weeks ago at some of the debris from Hurricane Helene is still out in this area. You see here in this pier, a Pol
Cnns elisa raffa, elisa, whats the latest track for Hurricane Milton . So we still have a category three hurricane on our hands right now. The track, still again, focusing on the West Coast. There are florida where weve been watching. So closely with this, is that Center Line Right where here it is. Heres a Category Three Hurricane Rights to 120 Mile Perhour winds. The warnings with the trial this was the graphic that i wanted to get you to where were looking at the Center Line of this. Where we were worried about some Storm Surge coming into Tampa Bay, right . That eight to 12 feet of Storm Surge with this Center Line of that core of the a. I. Going just to the south there of Tampa Bay, there will be more offshore wins in Tampa Bay, more of those seating winds and the worst that Storm Surge would be sarasota and areas to the south so it does look like that we have updated that Storm Surge forecast here from the Hurricane Center. You could see we didnt get a chance to update the boxes
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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
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