Potentially one of the most destructive storms on record, thats the new warning from the national Hurricane Center about Hurricane Milton headed for floridas West Coast. Tampas mayor also not mincing words, saying, if you dont leave the evacuation zones, youre going to die. Breaking this morning, a Brand New poll shows good news for Kamala Harris as we are learning of a new plan, she is set to unveil today that could revolutionize Home Health Care for seniors and hope of a Ceasefire And Hostage deal fading new cnn reporting that the u. S. Is not actively trying to revive the deal. What u. S. Officials are focusing on instead now, im Kate Baldwin with john berman. Sara sidner is out today this is Cnn News Central in a lifetime storm. Hurricane milton is churning right now and headed directly towards the states densely populated West Coast. Do you see it right there . Millions of people could be in its path. Every official that is tracking this thing is using language that should scare y
Warning as theyre heading into this it is incredible is right. Matt. Thank you very much, kate. New hour of Cnn News central starts now the national Hurricane Center out with a new update on Hurricane Milton. The track, the intensity when it is making landfall and the center calling it a Once In A Lifetime event and this has to stop that are the words of and that is what we were just told by the head of fema on this show about the false rumors swirling about the Agency And Disaster relief rumors being pushed by Donald Trump. And with 28 days until the election, Voting Groups are concerned how natural disasters like milton will be impacting your Vote And Voter registration. Im Kate Baldwin with john berman. Sara sidner is out today. This is Cnn News central we do have breaking news. We just got a Brand New updated forecast on Hurricane Milton the major hurricane is still a category four storm. A very powerful Category Storm with potentially catastrophic winds, as well as an extremely da
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
Understand and fully comprehended, but were going to cover it to the best of our ability and shine a spotlight on whats going on, jim. Thanks very much. You got it hadnt morning to All Of You. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington. We begin this hour with this breaking News Hurricane Milton its is barreling toward the western shores of florida, the national Hurricane Center just issued the latest advisory saying the storm remains a category four, but it could pick up speed and go back to category five meanwhile, floridians heading out of state could be facing a number of obstacles. Some Gas Statiounning and officials see to expect Hours Worth of traffic. And this morning, Tampa International Airport suspended all operations. We begin this Hours Coverage with Meteorologist Derek Van dam. Derek, we just got an update on the storm tell us the latest alright. So pamela, since 5 00 a. M. Weve seen an increase in the Wind Speeds were at 150 miles per hour, sustained
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