Bill thank you sean we are live here as milton is a major storm here in central and western and Eastern Florida tonight. Hurricane milton battering florida moving on shore making landfall as a category three storm 90 minutes ago downgraded earlier from a category five in the Gulf Of Mexico. Lifethreatening storm with a surge upwards of 10 feet expected in several areas of the West Coast. And its a very fierce. Weve got live coverage we will get to it right now. Steve has been in tampa all Day Adam is live in the Weather Centre. What are you seeing right now tonight cree. A sideways rain with heavy Wind Gust. The wind has been strong enough to snap small trees here with those being pushed down so you can imagine how difficult it will be for people to get around and rescuers to move around. With major distraction we arent seeing it in the buildings. We arent seeing Street Signs and is interesting to hear the mayor of Tampa Bay and Governor Desantis says going to be a few hours on your own for the next couple hours hunkering down and they are going out after that droughts below 40 miles per hour still having a few hours a real hardship with millions out po power. Bill im wondering about Daylight Tomorrow thats the first time we get a measure of what they have done to the West Coast. And Worstcase Scenario is just north of Tampa Bay which didnt happen as Tampa Bay is dodging the bullet despite the destructive already in here and in a Mobile Home here in the real worst of it is we could see houses underwater from a Storm Surge. Its really gonna be Wake Up and find out where the next spot in the morning is. Back to you later and Tampa Bay. If you drive 80 miles east from Steves Location which is orlando which is up next. Getting to Fox News Meter allergist and the Weather Centre throughout the day. Theres the coordinate is what we see and its about 60 miles south of tampa a huge part of the story. The top loaded Storms Everything on the north is where the heaviest rain is in the strongest wind has been. We sought recently 83 miles per hour. This shows you the direction of the wind all of it coming from the left and east. It goes overland running over the bay and pushing water out to see being the exact opposite of what you see a Storm Surge of their with a getting 10 feet and 15 feet a Storm Surge and then its pushing that will there. And then with the strong wind funneling out. So if you are south of this talking about the wind coming from the Gulf Of Mexico pushing on land with Wind Gusts here 60 or 70 miles an hour getting higher than that. Pushing in. Naples is 5 feet, Fort Myers, 4. 3 feet. Its a major Storm Surge the problem being you get to sarasota and smaller communities between Fort Myers towards Tampa Bay there just arent any agents. We wont know until Tomorrow Morning with 8 feet a Storm Surge we just cant be certain right now. If you look at the South Side of the storm thats the direction you need become a potential he big problem. Were dealing with this and with gusts getting up as it continues. Also with The Rain coming down taking out power is were seeing half A Million folks which i expect will continue because its going to stay a strong slime wind continuing to come down and thats where it starts to fall. We do expect that category two hurricane to stay a hurricane as it crosses the States Everything here includes Orlando And Wind from 75110 miles per hour obvious enough to take down with those Power Outages and on top of that i think its been the most active Tornado Hurricane that we have ever seen with 126 Tornado Warnings which is still feasible heading into the overnight hours. Bill adam i was watching you earlier today. Heard your reporting and a warning just means attorney has been spotted. Maybe it touches down on the ground but 120 and a Threehour Period just remarkable to me. It is and its not unheard of to get tornadoes when there is a hurricane but the size of the tornadoes at least the ones confirmed its not something to take lightly. Bill there is an estimate there could be as much as 18 inches of rain. I dont know if that will happen but adam do standby dont go far back there in new york. Lets go to Jeff Paul whos live for 20 minutes away from our location in orlando. Things are definitely kicking up now. Where are you jeff and how does it look . We are near lake Williston Orlando lots of unknowns in terms of what Hurricane Milton could deliver to Central Florida folks concerned about two things. Strong wind and what it can do to this area in Central Florida as well as the flooding. The route grounded 30 really saturated so with inches upon inches of rain falling on the heavily saturated ground you have flooding. On Blake Willis you do see intermittent wind picking up not very strong. Of rain has been fairly constant but the concern for a lot of folks is really falling trees without flooding. We spoke with a local who had been living here on Blake Willis the last couple decades whos a little concerned with the tourists and newcomers who have moved to florida arent taking this seriously. Until 2004 it was the case may people didnt think we would have a category one or what hurricane are in orlando and then we did. It does seem folks for the most part it a what youre saying where you are at Downtown Orlando but people seem to be listening to those warnings you dont see those people out on the roads. Has people from the Tampa BayArea And people around Central Florida incurring down in riding this out. We drove out a little bit ago less than a mile away to go to a nearby Gas Station 7eleven which was open. They did avgas and folks working there seemed happy people were coming in getting those lastminute things like Water And Food and ice. Bill thank you jeff. The Attorney General in florida good evening to you thank you for your time. What are you hearing and what are the people in your State Need to know. Good evening i know you are there in orlando as milton is heading across our state. Im in the Tampa Bay area i think its heading from me towards you. We have advised folks to hunt kurt down as we are in the thick of it right now also do be comforted that we have plans for this not only rescue Personnel Law Enforcement officers ready to maintain order as soon as the weather permits safety of those first responders. Sometimes these storms dont meet the moment and that can be a good thing. I dont get the sense of this is the case it appears to me to be a significant storm with massive surge affecting millions on the West Side to your state. Is that your evaluation during this early hours of the storm . This was a storm that the Weather Experts tried hard to predict was going to make landfall on how fast it would be a Big To Storm would be and where the Storm Surge would be. Interestingly we saw tornadoes popping up all over florida on the East Coast even before it made landfall on the West Coast as we do know from speaking with the sheriffs we seen destruction from these tornadoes, fatalities so i think on the other side of the storm we will see some catastrophic damage affects and we will try to predict these things in warren but these things are unpredictable. We are more ready of course and we do plan ahead and make preparations theyve seen a historic amount of resources ready to go from Utility Workers to Law Enforcement personnel and urban Search And Rescue like you said i think this will be catastrophic and that it could be an assessment of not only damage at of property but life. And can you confirm reports of fatalities in st. Lucy which is in the southeast side of the state can you confirm that tonight week. I do not want to get ahead of personnel but i do know from Law Enforcement that theres been damage at the Sheriffs Office but they did at the responder they do believe there are likely fatalities. We will hope for a better outcome. Thanks for your time go to look tonight thank you. Bringing in Tyler Pain the mayor of Treasure Island in florida he decided to stay and ride the storm out. Good evening your Dew West of tampa i assume youre close to the water if not on it what are the Conditions Today . It it evacuates 6 miles inland from my office. We are still getting significant Rain And Wind their weve lost power as you could probably tell but i cant imagine what its like out on the beaches i do hope everybody did take those Evacuation Orders seriously pay only talked of your colleagues a mayor of clearwater said everyone left is that your red of your town also . Yes, i was out on the island around 2 00 today and it was a complete Ghost Town which is it is a good thing the people heated warnings because we were hit hard with hellion in the Storm Surge. Were in the middle of the Debris Cleanup and the contents from their homes or out by the road we had most of the homes in our city under 23 feet of water. So we tried the best we could to have our contractors clean all that up and do so in advance but that made Evacuation Orders even more important because all that debris is most likely flying around at this point causing even more damage. Mayor i met a whole a lot of people at a hotel in orlando over in the Tampa Bay area who evacuated towards orlando where they are getting smacked with this storm again. A few did tell me that hellion 14 days ago scared them they took it as a warning shot. So how do you measure that Reaction Tonight and when you consider the bay of Tampa Hadnt taken a direct hit and more than A Hundred years you can help but get a little complacent over the time thinking you are a pretty safe zone. What youre feeling on that now . Absolutely. My grandparents and dad moved to Treasure Island in 1970 so even residents here for over 50 years and thats what everybody said before hellion. There were plenty of people are didnt evacuate during the storm because before saying it had never happened here we Cant Experience Something like that. Coming off those heels of hellion experiencing it firsthand sharing sharing those stories with friends and neighbors of the terror they experienced with Water Hit heading into their homes and sleeping on the countertops while the water was rising i think encourage people to leave. I would have hated to see what wouldve happened if we had this storm without Hellion Right before because we wouldve fed more people staying on the island and its terrible conditions. Bill a great point unfortunately. Could look at daybreak mayor. Thank you Sir Nain getting to Ashley Harding and heading to milton and sarasota with her husband. Can you hear me . Yes. Okay great and i can see you as well. You did stay it was a direct hit. How would you make it through or at least how are you making it through so far . We prepared as much as we could we have our shoulders up and tried to tie things down. We had family who also decided to stay and we are hoping that together we can help there and be there for each other but it is scary as we are in the thick of it and its crazy. I dont know whats going on as her powers oh. Bill knowing its dark and you cant see much what you hear . You hear the wind coming for the show theres a bit the whistling outside. Its pretty scary ashley is your home built us Hurricane Specifications . It is which is one of the reasons we stayed and hunkered down as we feel safer in our home then out there traveling trying to find somewhere else to go. Bill youve got the shutters i would also imagine the windows are quite thick. Depth thick windows not sure if there Hurricane Proof per se but they are on. The houses made of cement. Hopefully its sturdy enough to sustain the wind and hopefully we are far enough away from The Ocean we wont see that surge although my family is houses on siesta so im not quite sure what we will go back to their. Bill last Question Hellion ripped through their profit weeks ago and scared a lot of people but not you. Why did you feel it was different . I feel like so many people evacuated because of hellion and were terrified and leaving. We knew that we could write it out and hunker down and stay safe so we didnt want to add to the chaos out there and take up new resources really. I know its a scary moment im wishing the best of luck to you and your parents. A beautiful that is on The Ocean. It took a direct hit. We will have to wait until The Sun comes up to figure out whats happening in siesta keep, good luck to you and your husband. Hurricane milton and extreme wind even at this hour. Window 110 miles per hour arising Storm Surge up and down the Gulf Coast we will get an update from the national Hurricane Center 40 minutes from now but in the meantime milton is a monster still out there. More from some of the worst affected areas with our reporters at the Fox News Channel and Fox Weather up and down the Florida Coast we will hear from all of them coming up this hour. Elief, the only topical with 4 powerful Pain Fighting Ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. Live in orlando this special coverage of this Hurricane Milton is a stubborn force of nature moving across the state of florida with a number of updates to get through 1. 5 million without power downgraded to a category two but packing powerful wind of 110 miles per hour. The worst of it in the county of st. Lucy on the East Coast towards the south part of the state they were confirmed fatalities by way of the associated press. A senior Community Land with Mobile Homes 125 homes got destroyed from the tornado we mentioned a short time ago. The tornado was near Fort Pierce as i recalled from earlier today and there were reports about casualties down there that were unconfirmed until now. The sheriff of the county there showed a 10,000 Squarefoot Iron Building that was twisted into a crumpled h